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The Dr. Denis Mukwege Foundation (MF) is an international rights-based, survivor-centred organisation, dedicated to ending sexual violence as a weapon of war globally. The Mukwege Foundation supports survivors’ demands for a world where sexual violence as a weapon of war is no longer tolerated, and bears consequences for individual perpetrators and states.

The position is based in Damascus, with in-country travel within Syria. Fluency in both Arabic and English is required, along with strong skills in project management.

The main responsibility of the Senior Project Officer is to ensure the successful planning, execution, and completion of the above-mentioned project and activities, including the part implemented by ADMSP by actively facilitating the development, strengthening, and impact of national survivor networks in Syria, under the guidance of the team based in The Hague.

1.Survivor consultations and network building

2. Project coordination

3. Logistics and organisational support

4. Other responsibilities

Qualifications and competencies

Kalayaan is recruiting for an Immigration Lawyer to join our legal team, the full role description and person specification can be viewed here. We will close this recruitment by midnight of January 19th, 2026.

Please apply by sending a copy of your CV and a covering letter to [email protected]. We will endeavour to respond to your application before January 19th 2026 and will do so after that date otherwise.

Kalayaan is an equal opportunities employer and we believe that diverse organisations are better organisations. We are keen to receive applications from candidates with lived experience of the Overseas Domestic Worker visa, either personally or through a close family member as well as applications from candidates with personal experience of navigating the UK immigration system. Please fill out this Equality and diversity monitoring form and return it to us anonymously with your CV and covering letter to [email protected]. The equality and monitoring information will not be used as part of your application but will help us understand the diversity of our job applicants. The information will be kept confidential.

If you would like to share any information about your lived experience, diversity or necessary adjustments as part of your application, please refer to these in your covering letter.

 Role Outline 

The Technology Facilitated Abuse Project Manager of the Technology-Facilitated Abuse & Economic Empowerment team supports the service to raise awareness of the growing threat of technology-facilitated domestic abuse. The post holder will work with the Head of Services to implement Refuge’s tech strategy to ensure that Refuge continues to learn about and respond to changing technological developments and their ability to both isolate and empower potential and actual victims. The postholder will help Refuge cultivate a learning culture around technology and will work with senior Refuge colleagues and specific partner organisations to enable Refuge to develop resources such as information materials, curricula, and training programmes. Working with the Head of Service, the postholder will ensure that Refuge systematically maintains and constantly updates its tech empowerment knowledge amongst its entire staff and that Refuge is constantly listening and learning from survivors and frontline staff about tech abuse and empowerment. The Technology Facilitated Abuse Project Manager will help monitor Refuge’s anonymised aggregated data about perpetrators’ abuse of technology as well as sharing the technological solutions and effective strategies developed by staff and survivors to improve understanding and competence across the organisation. 

 Person Specification Experience, Knowledge & Qualifications 
• In-depth understanding of technology-facilitated abuse, and how it is used against women and girls. 
• Current, up to date knowledge and understanding of the various tech platforms used e.g., commonly used apps and devices, including highly specialist knowledge about privacy and safety considerations. 
• In-depth understanding of the needs of survivors and their children impacted by technologyfacilitated abuse. 
• Experience of project management and delivery of projects, managing targets and deadlines. 
• A thorough understanding of safeguarding in the context of vulnerable adults and children in relation to technology-facilitated abuse 
• Experience of successfully managing change. 
• A strong track record in delivering evidence based, outcomes focused services with excellent knowledge of domestic abuse and the impact of technologyfacilitated abuse on survivors and their children. 

 

With more than 60 years of experience developing the capacity of member states, IIEP-UNESCO is the only specialized organization with the mandate to support education policy, planning and management in the UN system. 

Over the past decade, IIEP-UNESCO has strengthened its commitment to reducing gender inequalities by integrating this issue in its activities. Since 2014, it has also been one of the Institute’s strategic priorities in line with UNESCO Strategy for gender equality in and through education (2019-2025) which focuses on a system-wide transformation to benefit all learners equally.

At the backbone of its strategy and commitment to reducing inequalities in education, IIEP UNESCO co-leads the Gender at the Centre Initiative – GCI, together with UNGEI. Launched in 2019 at the G7 Summit, the GCI aims to strengthen the gender mainstreaming capacities of education system stakeholders and support the development of resources to achieve gender equality in and through education. 

 

a.    Assist UNESCO Member States, as per their requests, in the development, implementation and monitoring of educational policies with a gender perspective: development of educational policy and national strategy documents (sector analyses, institutional analysis, education policy orientation document, simulation models, education sector plan, budgeted action plan, etc.), support the development of management and monitoring and evaluation tools, and the preparation of Joint Sector Reviews.
b.    Assist with developing and sustaining political and education policy management and planning dialogue with the highest authorities of target countries.

a.     Through the implementation of multi-country training initiatives developed in the framework of GCI, in collaboration with its partners (courses on gender responsive planning, community of practice in gender and education, South-South collaboration, knowledge exchange and peer learning).
b.    Through the professional development of officials in charge of management of education planning, management and training in selected countries (through short-term and contextualized trainings in the countries).