Her Voice Fund Manager

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Womankind Worldwide

  • Location: Kenya, United Kingdom
  • Career category: Fundraising/ Grant management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: £53,562 GBP-£56,927 GBP / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 06/04/2025
  • Location: Kenya, United Kingdom
Movement building
Womankind Worldwide is a global women’s rights organisation working in partnership with women’s rights movements and organisations to transform the lives of women and girls. We strengthen and support women’s movements in our focus countries in Africa and Asia, and take collective action at regional and global levels, to ensure women’s voices are heard, their rights are realised, and their lives are free from violence.

Key Responsibilities:
1. Grant Making:
  • Design and manage the grant-making process, ensuring adherence to feminist best practices of flexible funding to support policy and advocacy work.
  • Review and evaluate grant applications, assessing their alignment with the fund's objectives and priorities and Womankind’s overall grantmaking strategy and approach.
  • Conduct due diligence alongside Womankind’s Finance and Resources team on informal groups applicants shortlisted to be recipients of the funds to ensure they are aligned with our criteria for funding informal groups.

2. Donor Advocacy:
  • Drawing from HVF grantees and wider feminist movements, develop compelling narratives and evidence-based research that demonstrate the importance of quality funding for WROs and Feminist Movements and the role of quality funding in strengthening the Feminist voices and transformative agenda.
  • Work closely with the Policy and Advocacy and Fundraising & Marketing teams in engagement with donors and effective donor advocacy.

3. Program Management:
  • Oversee the overall program management, ensuring efficient implementation and allocation of resources.
  • Coordinate with partner organisations and informal groups to ensure that they get the support they need from Womankind.

4. Learning:
  • Lead work on any Her Voice Fund related research in collaboration with relevant colleagues.
  • Working closely with Womankind’s Impact and Learning Advisor, lead the learning efforts of the Her Voice Fund to improve flexible funding practices to partners and informal groups.

5. Research:
  • Conduct Feminist participatory research on critical issues related to quality funding for Women’s Rights Organisations and Feminist Movements centering the voices of partners and informal groups we work with
  • Utilize research findings to inform evidence-based advocacy strategies and policy recommendations in form of policy briefs and statements.

Essential Experience and Skills
  • A strong commitment to advancing women's rights and promoting feminist agendas.
  • Over 5 years’ proven experience in grant-making, programme management, or similar roles in the development sector.
  • Experience designing effective and efficient grant-making systems and processes that do not compromise principles of flexible funding.
  • Familiarity with the policy landscape and advocacy spaces related to women's rights in the Global South.
  • Excellent participatory feminist research and analytical skills, with the ability to center the voices of those affected by the research questions.
  • Demonstrated ability to engage with donors, advocate for quality funding, and build sustainable partnerships.
  • Experience in managing complex projects involving multiple stakeholders.
  • Knowledge of and focus on intersectional feminist approaches
  • Excellent communication, writing, and presentation skills.
  • Experience working closely and collaboratively in remote teams
  • Proficiency in collaboration and fostering strong partnerships and relationships with diverse stakeholders.

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