Programme Manager, Resourcing Movements
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African Women's Development Fund (AWDF)
Remote (local)- Location: Central Africa, East Africa, Northwest and Northeast Africa , Southern Africa
- Career category: Fundraising/ Grant management, Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Job
- Experience level: 5-10 years
- Organisation type: Funds
- Remote option: Remote (local)
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: $55,760 USD-$76,670.06 USD / yearly
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 24/09/2025
- Location: Central Africa, East Africa, Northwest and Northeast Africa , Southern Africa
Background
As a Pan-African feminist fund, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) resources, strengthens and upholds women’s rights and feminist organisations and movements across Africa, to make gender justice a reality for all on our continent and worldwide. Over the past 24 years, AWDF has awarded approximately USD100 million to women’s rights and feminist organisations throughout Africa (and in selected Middle Eastern countries through one of our initiatives). Through its grantmaking, programmatic and advocacy work, AWDF has supported work that has led to changes in law and policy, social norms and movement-building for gender justice.
Building on its strong track record, in 2023 AWDF launched Lemlem, a ten-year strategic framework (2023-2033), which guides its efforts to advance gender equality and gender justice for girls, women and gender-diverse people across Africa. At its core, the strategy’s focus is on resourcing, nurturing and strengthening those who are best placed to achieve transformative change: African women’s and feminist groups, organisations and movements.
Job Summary
The Programme Manager, Resourcing Movements leads the strategic direction and daily functions of the Resourcing Unit, playing a key role in conceptualizing and implementing AWDF’s grantmaking strategies, initiatives and processes. The role of the Programme Manager, Resourcing Movements provides grantmaking strategy and modalities of processes for our grantmaking that allow AWDF to fulfil its role as a feminist fund considering the fact that resourcing movements is at the core of AWDF’s work and central to our mission.
Reporting to the Director of Programmes, the Programme Manager, Resourcing Movements provides thought leadership on grant management, and cultivates meaningful relationships with grantee partners and feminist movement actors, while also contributing to regional advocacy, fundraising efforts, and learning agendas grounded in African feminist knowledge and practice.
The Programme Manager, Resourcing Movements supervises the Resourcing team and collaborates with Programme Managers for Nurturing Movements and Impact and Learning to ensure alignment and coherence in programme strategy and delivery. As a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT), the Programme Manager, Resourcing Movements also participates in organization-wide decision-making processes and helps to uphold AWDF as a healthy, accountable, efficient and values-aligned organization.
Qualifications
As a Pan-African feminist fund, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) resources, strengthens and upholds women’s rights and feminist organisations and movements across Africa, to make gender justice a reality for all on our continent and worldwide. Over the past 24 years, AWDF has awarded approximately USD100 million to women’s rights and feminist organisations throughout Africa (and in selected Middle Eastern countries through one of our initiatives). Through its grantmaking, programmatic and advocacy work, AWDF has supported work that has led to changes in law and policy, social norms and movement-building for gender justice.
Building on its strong track record, in 2023 AWDF launched Lemlem, a ten-year strategic framework (2023-2033), which guides its efforts to advance gender equality and gender justice for girls, women and gender-diverse people across Africa. At its core, the strategy’s focus is on resourcing, nurturing and strengthening those who are best placed to achieve transformative change: African women’s and feminist groups, organisations and movements.
Job Summary
The Programme Manager, Resourcing Movements leads the strategic direction and daily functions of the Resourcing Unit, playing a key role in conceptualizing and implementing AWDF’s grantmaking strategies, initiatives and processes. The role of the Programme Manager, Resourcing Movements provides grantmaking strategy and modalities of processes for our grantmaking that allow AWDF to fulfil its role as a feminist fund considering the fact that resourcing movements is at the core of AWDF’s work and central to our mission.
Reporting to the Director of Programmes, the Programme Manager, Resourcing Movements provides thought leadership on grant management, and cultivates meaningful relationships with grantee partners and feminist movement actors, while also contributing to regional advocacy, fundraising efforts, and learning agendas grounded in African feminist knowledge and practice.
The Programme Manager, Resourcing Movements supervises the Resourcing team and collaborates with Programme Managers for Nurturing Movements and Impact and Learning to ensure alignment and coherence in programme strategy and delivery. As a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT), the Programme Manager, Resourcing Movements also participates in organization-wide decision-making processes and helps to uphold AWDF as a healthy, accountable, efficient and values-aligned organization.
Qualifications
- A masters degree in project management, gender, women’s rights or equivalent qualification.
- At least 8 to 10 years of relevant professional experience in the fields of social justice, human rights, or gender justice work, some of which must include philanthropy or grants administration and management. Previous experience working on projects in a grants manager position or in a similar capacity advantageous.
- Expert Knowledge and experience in African women’s rights programming and feminist movement building.
- Excellent communication skills, written and oral in English. Proficiency in French desirable
- Work experience in Africa is essential
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing. Working Knowledge of French desirable
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