Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy (Education Resourcing)

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Malala Fund

  • Career category: Advocacy/ Policy
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: USD 167,500 USD-USD 189,000 USD / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 23/08/2025
  • Location: United States 
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About Malala Fund

Registered in the U.K., U.S. Nigeria, and Pakistan, Malala Fund is working toward a world where all girls can learn and lead. Malala Fund advocates for resources and policy changes needed to give all girls a secondary education. The girls we serve have high goals for themselves and we have high expectations for leaders who can help them. We invest in local education leaders and front-line organizations, the people who best understand girls in their communities in regions where most girls are missing out on secondary school. 

About the position

The Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy (Education Resourcing) is responsible for providing strategic leadership and vision for Malala Fund’s global advocacy efforts to secure sustainable financing for 12 years of free, safe, and quality education for all girls—one of the organization’s two core strategic pillars.

Reporting to the Chief of External Affairs, the Senior Director will lead a team of experienced policy and advocacy professionals to develop and execute an ambitious, multi-dimensional global advocacy strategy focussed on education financing. A central component of this strategy is the Debt Justice Initiative (DJI), which directly contributes to strengthening international policy frameworks around reasonable debt to expand and protect girls’ right to secondary education. Through this work, the Senior Director will play a critical role in advancing Malala Fund’s mission by ensuring that governments and global institutions increase education financing, and that these resources are targeted toward realizing girls’ right to secondary education.

As Malala Fund’s primary content expert on education financing policy, the Senior Director will build  Malala Fund’s position in the global financing space, strategically leveraging Malala Fund partners, staff and co-founder voices. The ideal candidate will demonstrate deep content expertise in education financing, strong experience in advocacy and government relations and exemplary leadership and interpersonal skills. They will be accountable for designing and executing this high-impact initiative in line with Malala Fund’s mission and values.

Qualifications

  • A postgraduate degree or equivalent in social science, economics or a related field.
  • Demonstrated success in leading multidimensional advocacy initiatives to influence global policy  frameworks and institutions.
  • Significant policy expertise related to education financing, international financial architecture  and/or social sector resourcing.
  • Considerable experience in building, leading and mobilising diverse civil society coalitions and  partnerships for effective collective advocacy.
  • Experience and ease in engaging/communicating with a wide range of audiences, including  senior-level policymakers, media, and civil society partners.
  • Keen understanding of normative and legal frameworks that apply to girls’ education..
  • Solid judgment and problem-solving skills; proven attention to detail, accuracy, and  quality.
  • Excellent team and personnel management abilities with the ability to motivate teams, build partnerships and connect with individuals from a variety of cultural backgrounds.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the keen ability to distill complex ideas  and data into clear and concise messaging and tailor communications to particular audiences  (external and internal).  
  • Travel 15%.

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