Location: Flexible / Remote (candidates in the Global South are strongly encouraged to apply)
Term: Fixed-term (12 months) Part time - 28 hours a week
Organization: Alliance for Feminist Movements, hosted by Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)
Salary: US $72,267.00
Benefits: Group medical and life insurance. Paid time off (20 vacation days, 15 sick days, 5 personal days, and up to 12 public holidays). Contribution of 5% of gross monthly salary to retirement savings. Remote work and flexible work arrangements.
Overview of the organization:
The Alliance for Feminist Movements (AFM) is a multi-stakeholder initiative that brings together governments, private philanthropy, women’s / feminist funds and feminist civil society to increase and improve the quality of resources supporting feminist movements, as well as mobilize political support for diverse feminist movements. Currently hosted by the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID, www.awid.org), the AFM’s day-to-day work is facilitated by a lean three-person Secretariat.
The position and profile
The Membership Engagement Lead is a role based on a 28-hour per week work schedule which is focused on strengthening the AFM’s engagement with its more than 400 members located worldwide. This role requires flexible work across different time zones, especially in the Central Standard Time and Eastern Standard Times.
The Alliance continues to strengthen its commitment to building a strong and engaged relationship with our membership to collectively build a case to mobilize resources for feminist movements. The Membership Engagement (ME) Lead is a position established to play a key role in outreach and relationship building, developing comprehensive engagement strategies with members especially focused on feminist civil society. The ME Lead will also play as a key liaison role between membership, key programs, and the Alliance’s steering group.
The ME Lead works under the supervision of the AFM Co-Directors and is responsible for delivery of all donor-funded activities relevant to membership engagement in partnership with AFM Secretariat staff, identifying priorities most relevant to movements and reaching out to potential new constituencies and developing a membership engagement strategy.
We are looking for someone who is able to multitask calmly under pressure, has an appreciation for, and experience in membership engagement activities, partner relations, event management and travel support management.
As the right candidate, you will be understanding of AFM’s feminist values and ways of working, and be sensitive to upholding them in the way you take up the responsibilities of the role. You will also be familiar with regional and global realities of feminist movements, and the political and logistical aspects of creating safer, welcoming and accessible spaces to a diversity of constituencies. You will be willing to continuously expand your knowledge about diverse accessibility needs and solutions.
Successful applicants should be able to work in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment with diverse stakeholders and have excellent relationship-building and interpersonal skills to build strong alliances with diverse constituencies.
For details, please refer to the Job Description for the Membership Engagement Lead
How to apply:
All candidates must submit in English a current CV and a cover letter not more than one page explaining how you meet the requirements of the role. Include “Membership Engagement Lead” through to this email address jobs@awid.org by 11 April 2025 at 23:00 EST.
We thank all those who apply. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. No calls or emails please. To learn more about the Alliance for Feminist Movements, please visit our website at www.allianceforfeministmovements.org
Candidates would be expected to work in the range of Western Hemisphere working hours. Women, trans, non-binary and intersex persons, Black and Indigenous people, persons with disabilities and other candidates from historically oppressed groups, of all ages, are strongly encouraged to apply for this position. If you fit most, but not all, requirements for this position, please don’t hesitate to apply.
AFM and AWID are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on organizational needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex, pregnancy status, age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression. If contacted in relation to an employment opportunity, please advise us of the accommodation measures, if required, which would enable you to be interviewed in a fair and equitable manner. All information received in relation to accommodation measures will be treated in confidence.
