Programme Associate for the Climate Justice Programme & Crises and Women’s Human Rights Initiative
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Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD)
Remote (local)- Location: Caucasus and Central Asia, East, South and Southeast Asia, West Asia/ Southwest Asia, Pacific
- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Job
- Experience level: 0-5 years
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: Remote (local)
- Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
- Remuneration: $1,200 USD / yearly
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 24/10/2025
- Location: Caucasus and Central Asia, East, South and Southeast Asia, West Asia/ Southwest Asia, Pacific
Programme Description & Selection Criteria
The Climate Justice Programme focuses on building the capacity of the women most affected by climate change and collecting evidence on the impacts faced by communities. Our advocacy aims to ensure that climate policies from local to global levels incorporate the voices, experiences and demands of Asia-Pacific women’s climate justice movements. It recognises that feminist solutions for climate justice are key in dismantling structural inequalities between countries, between rich and poor and between men, women and other genders
Crises and Women’s Human Rights Initiative: focuses on working with members and partners to interrogate, expose and dismantle the root causes of multiple interconnected crises and its consequences on women’s human rights – by documentation, research, political education and capacity building, advocacy and movement actions.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
The Climate Justice Programme focuses on building the capacity of the women most affected by climate change and collecting evidence on the impacts faced by communities. Our advocacy aims to ensure that climate policies from local to global levels incorporate the voices, experiences and demands of Asia-Pacific women’s climate justice movements. It recognises that feminist solutions for climate justice are key in dismantling structural inequalities between countries, between rich and poor and between men, women and other genders
Crises and Women’s Human Rights Initiative: focuses on working with members and partners to interrogate, expose and dismantle the root causes of multiple interconnected crises and its consequences on women’s human rights – by documentation, research, political education and capacity building, advocacy and movement actions.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
- Assisting and work closely with Programme Officers to implement, monitor and evaluate programme activities (includes training, documentation, research, consultations, campaigns, advocacy) according to programme’s annual work plan and overall strategic plan;
- Providing support to programme organising committee members and partners in engaging with the programmes that includes maintaining regular and secure communication among network members or partners (including email, video calls, telephone calls, etc.);
- Providing support to coordinate the participation of members and partners attending programme activities (including logistical, visa, airline booking, finance support during meetings); as well as supporting the coordination with members and partners to strengthen advocacy opportunities in regional and international policy spaces;
- Providing administrative and planning support to the Programme Officers including network coordination relevant to its work in engaging international and regional human rights, climate and development mechanisms/processes;
- Providing support in ensuring the thorough and substantive documentation of the programmes’ major activities and ensure that summary evaluation feeds into programme reports;
- Providing support in facilitating the publication of key knowledge tools and resources that may be led by the programmes or outcomes from cross-programme collaboration;
- Assisting the Programme Officers in writing programme narrative and financial reports for members and donors.
Selection Criteria
- Demonstrated commitment to the promotion of women’s human rights in Asia and the Pacific.
- In depth understanding and knowledge on political, economic, and socio-cultural environments in the region and its impact on women’s human rights.
- Minimum of two (2) to three (3) years of experience in development work, women’s human rights, and/or social movements at the national, regional, or international levels.
- A degree in social and political science, law, human rights, development or women’s studies.
- Experience in research support via desk, legal, qualitative and quantitative research skills, and capacity to analyse and critique economic, social and development policies. Experience in policy analysis is an asset.
- Experience and knowledge of participatory data gathering and analysis and participatory facilitation with grassroots organisations and their communities is an asset.
- Excellent command of English language, both oral and written; demonstrated ability to write for movements as well as programme reports and project proposals.
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