Transformative Partnerships & Philanthropy Officer
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Urgent Action Fund Africa (UAF)
Remote (local)- Career category: Fundraising/ Grant management
- Job type: Job
- Experience level: 0-5 years
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: Remote (local)
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: Not Disclosed
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Location: Zimbabwe
Organisational profile
Urgent Action Fund-Africa (UAF-Africa) is a feminist and pan-African Rapid Response Fund committed to transforming power relations through resourcing African feminists and womn human rights defenders and their formations as an act of solidarity. Recognizing the need to move resources rapidly on a continent where opportunities and threats arise and decline quickly, UAF-Africa uses a Rapid Response Grantmaking mechanism to support unanticipated, time-sensitive, innovative, and unique initiatives that promote womn’s agency in peace and political participation, social and economic power building as well as natural resources governance and stewardship. The Fund works to support African Womn Human Rights Defenders (AWHRDs), particularly in the feminist and womn’s rights movements, in their actions, which enable them to support and sustain themselves, each other, and their work before, during, and after urgent situations.
Responsibilities
Resource Mobilisation and Partnership Strengthening
• Working closely with the Director of Transformative Partnerships and the Philanthropy portfolio, the Officer will support resource mobilization activities, including drafting concept notes, proposals, email communications, newsletters, and position papers.
• Develop bi-weekly updates for the team regarding progress on the Feminist Republik Festival Gungano planning.
• Organizing meetings, coordinating programmatic and logistical arrangements, not limited to drafting reports and meeting minutes, and setting action plans for follow-up.
• Researching and generating knowledge about funding opportunities and recommending the most suitable ones for advancement.
Partnership Building and Philanthropy
• Assist in coordinating and planning for the Healing Farm visit in November.
• Developing a tracking sheet for the RSVP list for the Feminist Republik Festival and the Gungano.
• Facilitate quick communication and planning for the Feminist Republik Festival and Gungano.
• Organize meetings and webinars with funding partners by preparing invitations and agendas.
• Support communications and media engagement efforts for the TP&P Director by drafting articles, blogs, and internal documents.
Other Responsibilities
Assist with programme presentations of Transformative Partnerships & Philanthropy. § Any other duties assigned by the Director of Transformative Partnerships & Philanthropy.
Qualifications
• Master’s degree in Social Sciences, Women’s Studies, Political Sciences, International Development, Law or related fields. • A minimum of 4-7 years’ experience in partnership development, proposal development, and donor reporting for Feminist Funds, Individual Givers, Bilateral Governments and Private and Public Foundations.
• Expert in human rights/social justice/development funding and grants management.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of UAF-Africa’s core mandate and vision.
• Passionate about UAF-Africa’s mission, committed to teamwork, and achieving results.
• Individual with an unwavering commitment to feminist and social justice individual and organisational principles andvalues.
• Experience working in a multicultural team. • Strong feminist and social justice conceptualisation and analytical skills.
• Progressive gender equality/women’s rights and/or social justice experience and knowledge at the international level, particularly work experience in developing countries.
• Excellent time management skills and ability to work quickly and efficiently (under pressure), especially when facing tightdeadlines.
• Strong oral and writing skills, in English
• Excellent inter-personal, public speaking, and negotiation skills.
• Computer literacy skills a must.
Urgent Action Fund-Africa (UAF-Africa) is a feminist and pan-African Rapid Response Fund committed to transforming power relations through resourcing African feminists and womn human rights defenders and their formations as an act of solidarity. Recognizing the need to move resources rapidly on a continent where opportunities and threats arise and decline quickly, UAF-Africa uses a Rapid Response Grantmaking mechanism to support unanticipated, time-sensitive, innovative, and unique initiatives that promote womn’s agency in peace and political participation, social and economic power building as well as natural resources governance and stewardship. The Fund works to support African Womn Human Rights Defenders (AWHRDs), particularly in the feminist and womn’s rights movements, in their actions, which enable them to support and sustain themselves, each other, and their work before, during, and after urgent situations.
Responsibilities
Resource Mobilisation and Partnership Strengthening
• Working closely with the Director of Transformative Partnerships and the Philanthropy portfolio, the Officer will support resource mobilization activities, including drafting concept notes, proposals, email communications, newsletters, and position papers.
• Develop bi-weekly updates for the team regarding progress on the Feminist Republik Festival Gungano planning.
• Organizing meetings, coordinating programmatic and logistical arrangements, not limited to drafting reports and meeting minutes, and setting action plans for follow-up.
• Researching and generating knowledge about funding opportunities and recommending the most suitable ones for advancement.
Partnership Building and Philanthropy
• Assist in coordinating and planning for the Healing Farm visit in November.
• Developing a tracking sheet for the RSVP list for the Feminist Republik Festival and the Gungano.
• Facilitate quick communication and planning for the Feminist Republik Festival and Gungano.
• Organize meetings and webinars with funding partners by preparing invitations and agendas.
• Support communications and media engagement efforts for the TP&P Director by drafting articles, blogs, and internal documents.
Other Responsibilities
Assist with programme presentations of Transformative Partnerships & Philanthropy. § Any other duties assigned by the Director of Transformative Partnerships & Philanthropy.
Qualifications
• Master’s degree in Social Sciences, Women’s Studies, Political Sciences, International Development, Law or related fields. • A minimum of 4-7 years’ experience in partnership development, proposal development, and donor reporting for Feminist Funds, Individual Givers, Bilateral Governments and Private and Public Foundations.
• Expert in human rights/social justice/development funding and grants management.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of UAF-Africa’s core mandate and vision.
• Passionate about UAF-Africa’s mission, committed to teamwork, and achieving results.
• Individual with an unwavering commitment to feminist and social justice individual and organisational principles andvalues.
• Experience working in a multicultural team. • Strong feminist and social justice conceptualisation and analytical skills.
• Progressive gender equality/women’s rights and/or social justice experience and knowledge at the international level, particularly work experience in developing countries.
• Excellent time management skills and ability to work quickly and efficiently (under pressure), especially when facing tightdeadlines.
• Strong oral and writing skills, in English
• Excellent inter-personal, public speaking, and negotiation skills.
• Computer literacy skills a must.
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