Feminist Knowledge Leadership Assistant
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Urgent Action Fund Africa (UAF)
Remote (global)- Career category: Monitoring & Evaluation /MEAL, Partnership, Research/ Data analysis
- Job type: Job
- Experience level: 2-5 years
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: Remote (global)
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 31/07/2026
- Location: Remote (global)
Who we are
Urgent Action Fund-Africa (UAF-Africa) is a consciously feminist and women’s human rights pan- African Fund, registered in Kenya and Zimbabwe. Operating as a virtual organisation, the Fund boasts of strategic presence in Africa’s four sub-regions- North Africa: Cairo, Egypt; East Africa: Nairobi- Kenya, Kampala-Uganda; Southern Africa: Harare- Zimbabwe, Lilongwe- Malawi, Antananarivo- Madagascar, Johannesburg, Pretoria & Cape Town- South Africa, Gaborone- Botswana; and Central Africa: Yaoundé & Douala - Cameroon. Recognising the need to move resources rapidly on a continent where opportunities and threats arise and decline quickly, UAF Africa uses a Rapid Response Grant making mechanism to support unanticipated, time sensitive, innovative, and unique initiatives that promote women’s agency in democratic governance, economic, environmental and climate justice, natural resources governance and conflict transformation while protecting their personhood, integrity, and rights.
Position Overview
The Feminist Knowledge Leadership (FKL) Assistant contributes to the coordination and implementation of UAF-Africa’s feminist knowledge production, research, learning, documentation, and monitoring activities. The role supports the delivery of the organisation’s Knowledge Leadership Strategy by coordinating research and documentation processes, contributing to the development of learning products, managing Registry partnership workflows, providing substantive support to MEAL functions, and assisting with the coordination of the Feminist Republik platform and Festival processes. The FKL Assistant is expected to take ownership of defined workstreams under the guidance of the FKL Coordinator.
Qualifications
• Bachelor degree Women’s Studies, Gender Studies, Social Sciences, Political Science, International Development, Law, Communications, Research, or related fields. Skills and Experience
• Minimum of 3 years relevant experience for degree holders, with demonstrable experience in at least two of the following areas: feminist research or knowledge production, programme coordination, MEAL support, or documentation and learning in an NGO or civil society context.
• Strong writing, editing, and communication skills, including the ability to produce clear, audience-appropriate outputs in English.
• Strong organisational and coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams, prioritise independently, and meet deadlines in a remote team context.
• Solid understanding of feminist principles, gender equality, social justice, and women’s human rights, with the ability to apply these to research, documentation, and knowledge production work.
• Ability to work collaboratively and effectively within multicultural, virtual, and fast-paced environments.
• Demonstrated integrity, accountability, confidentiality, and attention to detail, with a proactive approach to problem-solving and quality assurance.
• Familiarity with data management and MEAL tools and systems, including database entry, reporting platforms, and basic data analysis tasks.
• Deep commitment to feminist principles, collective care, and movement solidarity, with an understanding of the political and ethical dimensions of knowledge work in African civil society contexts.
Urgent Action Fund-Africa (UAF-Africa) is a consciously feminist and women’s human rights pan- African Fund, registered in Kenya and Zimbabwe. Operating as a virtual organisation, the Fund boasts of strategic presence in Africa’s four sub-regions- North Africa: Cairo, Egypt; East Africa: Nairobi- Kenya, Kampala-Uganda; Southern Africa: Harare- Zimbabwe, Lilongwe- Malawi, Antananarivo- Madagascar, Johannesburg, Pretoria & Cape Town- South Africa, Gaborone- Botswana; and Central Africa: Yaoundé & Douala - Cameroon. Recognising the need to move resources rapidly on a continent where opportunities and threats arise and decline quickly, UAF Africa uses a Rapid Response Grant making mechanism to support unanticipated, time sensitive, innovative, and unique initiatives that promote women’s agency in democratic governance, economic, environmental and climate justice, natural resources governance and conflict transformation while protecting their personhood, integrity, and rights.
Position Overview
The Feminist Knowledge Leadership (FKL) Assistant contributes to the coordination and implementation of UAF-Africa’s feminist knowledge production, research, learning, documentation, and monitoring activities. The role supports the delivery of the organisation’s Knowledge Leadership Strategy by coordinating research and documentation processes, contributing to the development of learning products, managing Registry partnership workflows, providing substantive support to MEAL functions, and assisting with the coordination of the Feminist Republik platform and Festival processes. The FKL Assistant is expected to take ownership of defined workstreams under the guidance of the FKL Coordinator.
Qualifications
• Bachelor degree Women’s Studies, Gender Studies, Social Sciences, Political Science, International Development, Law, Communications, Research, or related fields. Skills and Experience
• Minimum of 3 years relevant experience for degree holders, with demonstrable experience in at least two of the following areas: feminist research or knowledge production, programme coordination, MEAL support, or documentation and learning in an NGO or civil society context.
• Strong writing, editing, and communication skills, including the ability to produce clear, audience-appropriate outputs in English.
• Strong organisational and coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams, prioritise independently, and meet deadlines in a remote team context.
• Solid understanding of feminist principles, gender equality, social justice, and women’s human rights, with the ability to apply these to research, documentation, and knowledge production work.
• Ability to work collaboratively and effectively within multicultural, virtual, and fast-paced environments.
• Demonstrated integrity, accountability, confidentiality, and attention to detail, with a proactive approach to problem-solving and quality assurance.
• Familiarity with data management and MEAL tools and systems, including database entry, reporting platforms, and basic data analysis tasks.
• Deep commitment to feminist principles, collective care, and movement solidarity, with an understanding of the political and ethical dimensions of knowledge work in African civil society contexts.
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