The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is strengthening its institutional readiness and capacity to engage effectively with humanitarian funding and support feminist and women’s rights organisations responding to crises across Africa. Women’s rights and feminist organisations are often among the first and most trusted actors responding to crises within their communities. Their proximity to affected populations, contextual knowledge, relationships of trust and networks of care enable them to provide locally grounded and responsive support. However, many organisations face barriers to accessing, managing and implementing humanitarian funding, including limited humanitarian technical knowledge, complex donor requirements, safeguarding obligations, security and duty-of-care considerations, monitoring, evaluation and learning requirements, and financial management and accountability standards.

Purpose of the Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is to engage trainers to design and facilitate participatory, practical, feminist and context-sensitive online humanitarian capacity-strengthening sessions for
AWDF partners and staff. The trainers will be expected to adapt the content to the different learning needs of the two participant groups and ensure that the sessions are relevant to the realities of feminist and women’s rights organisations operating in crisis-affected contexts.

Scope of Work

The selected trainer or training team will be responsible for the following:

Develop practical and accessible training materials, including presentations, case studies, scenarios, exercises, worksheets, tools and reference materials.

Delivery of Partner Training ( The partner training will comprise three online sessions delivered over a two-month period)

Delivery of Staff Training (The staff training will comprise three online sessions delivered over a two-month period)

How to Apply

Interested institutions may submit a proposal to consultancy@awdf.org by 2nd October 2026. Proposals should comprise the following;

A technical proposal (maximum 5 pages) outlining the consultant’s understanding of the assignment, proposed methodology and facilitation approach, work plan, and how they intend to deliver the required scope of work and expected outcomes.

A detailed financial proposal presenting the proposed budget for the assignment, with a clear breakdown of all anticipated costs.

Profile/CV of the consultant/s, highlighting relevant expertise and experience in individual and organisational capacity strengthening and delivery of similar assignments.

Read full details in the Terms of Reference.