Advocacy Director
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Purposeful
Remote (local)- Location: Central Africa, East Africa, Northwest and Northeast Africa , Southern Africa
- Career category: Advocacy/ Policy
- 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: $25,000 USD-$30,000 USD / yearly
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 30/01/2026
- Location: Central Africa, East Africa, Northwest and Northeast Africa , Southern Africa
WHO WE ARE:
“Remaking the world with and for girls” Purposeful is a movement-building hub for adolescent girls and young feminists. We resource their resistance, accompany journeys of political education, build solidarity between and across movements, amplify their voices, catalyse collaborative philanthropy and support innovation in grassroots programming with and for girls and young feminists.
COPE OF WORK
1. Special Advocacy Grant (Pilot)
● Lead the pilot of the Special Advocacy Grant (SAG) including a closed call for proposals, selection process, accompaniment, reporting, learning and evaluation
● Design and administer clear criteria for the selection of potential grantees for the pilot
● Collaborate with the Communications team to develop materials to introduce and launch the SAG
● Coordinate and synthesize learning calls with Resourcing Resistance (RR) partners to inform the design of the SAG and to map potential recipients across the region
● Develop and implement a theory of change (ToC) in collaboration with the Insights & Learning team
● Contribute to the impact and learning report at the close of the pilot, documenting lessons for potential scale-up and fundraising.
2. Regional Advocacy and Movement Coordination
● Maintain strong relationships and collaboration with key movement partners that support Purposeful’s advocacy on FGM, access to safe abortion, and ending violence against young women, girls, and gender-diverse youths across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
● Represent the organisation in national and regional coalitions in response to ongoing threats to Purposeful’s advocacy agenda and contribute to regional advocacy strategies.
● Support Purposeful’s regional and global engagement at spaces such as ECOWAS, AU, Regional CSW
● Track and regularly report on the progression of regional litigation, policies, campaigns and conventions related to FGM, access to safe abortion, and ending violence against young women, girls, and gender-diverse youths
● Provide and regularly report on Sierra Leone’s policy positioning after major regional or global engagements (e.g., post-SFC) - mapping reach, tactics, and impact.
● Lead joint advocacy initiatives that connect girls’, queer and feminist movements across geographies, linking anti-rights trends to collective resistance.
● Facilitate learning exchanges, dialogues, and joint advocacy moments of activists, survivor-leaders, and organisers from across the region.
● Support and document emerging regional trends
3. Learning, Reflection, and Documentation
● Facilitate team learning and reflection related to regional movements and advocacy
● Support learning spaces and contribute to publications, blogs, and reflection pieces that connect advocacy action to policy influence and feminist learning.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
● At least three to five year’s experience working with philanthropic funds.
● Strong grounding in African feminist organising, advocacy, and social justice.
● Proven experience coordinating grantmaking programmes or regional advocacy initiatives.
● Excellent writing, coordination, and communication skills in English and French.
● Ability to synthesise insights from movement partners and translate them into actionable advocacy strategies.
● Experience working in cross-cultural, multilingual, and multi-country teams.
● Commitment to Purposeful’s values of feminist solidarity, collective power, and transformative justice.
“Remaking the world with and for girls” Purposeful is a movement-building hub for adolescent girls and young feminists. We resource their resistance, accompany journeys of political education, build solidarity between and across movements, amplify their voices, catalyse collaborative philanthropy and support innovation in grassroots programming with and for girls and young feminists.
COPE OF WORK
1. Special Advocacy Grant (Pilot)
● Lead the pilot of the Special Advocacy Grant (SAG) including a closed call for proposals, selection process, accompaniment, reporting, learning and evaluation
● Design and administer clear criteria for the selection of potential grantees for the pilot
● Collaborate with the Communications team to develop materials to introduce and launch the SAG
● Coordinate and synthesize learning calls with Resourcing Resistance (RR) partners to inform the design of the SAG and to map potential recipients across the region
● Develop and implement a theory of change (ToC) in collaboration with the Insights & Learning team
● Contribute to the impact and learning report at the close of the pilot, documenting lessons for potential scale-up and fundraising.
2. Regional Advocacy and Movement Coordination
● Maintain strong relationships and collaboration with key movement partners that support Purposeful’s advocacy on FGM, access to safe abortion, and ending violence against young women, girls, and gender-diverse youths across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
● Represent the organisation in national and regional coalitions in response to ongoing threats to Purposeful’s advocacy agenda and contribute to regional advocacy strategies.
● Support Purposeful’s regional and global engagement at spaces such as ECOWAS, AU, Regional CSW
● Track and regularly report on the progression of regional litigation, policies, campaigns and conventions related to FGM, access to safe abortion, and ending violence against young women, girls, and gender-diverse youths
● Provide and regularly report on Sierra Leone’s policy positioning after major regional or global engagements (e.g., post-SFC) - mapping reach, tactics, and impact.
● Lead joint advocacy initiatives that connect girls’, queer and feminist movements across geographies, linking anti-rights trends to collective resistance.
● Facilitate learning exchanges, dialogues, and joint advocacy moments of activists, survivor-leaders, and organisers from across the region.
● Support and document emerging regional trends
3. Learning, Reflection, and Documentation
● Facilitate team learning and reflection related to regional movements and advocacy
● Support learning spaces and contribute to publications, blogs, and reflection pieces that connect advocacy action to policy influence and feminist learning.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
● At least three to five year’s experience working with philanthropic funds.
● Strong grounding in African feminist organising, advocacy, and social justice.
● Proven experience coordinating grantmaking programmes or regional advocacy initiatives.
● Excellent writing, coordination, and communication skills in English and French.
● Ability to synthesise insights from movement partners and translate them into actionable advocacy strategies.
● Experience working in cross-cultural, multilingual, and multi-country teams.
● Commitment to Purposeful’s values of feminist solidarity, collective power, and transformative justice.
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