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Background<\/strong><\/p>\n The African Women\u2019s Development Fund (AWDF) is<\/strong> a pioneering grantmaking foundation headquartered in Accra, Ghana. AWDF was founded by and for African women. Since its founding in 2001, AWDF has continued to support a growing portfolio of grants to leading women\u2019s rights organisations and feminist movements across Africa, while also supporting knowledge generation, capacity building, movement building and donor advocacy around African women\u2019s activist histories, movement resourcing needs, and feminist futures.<\/p>\n Job Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n The Knowledge Management Specialist\u2019s role is to lead and coordinate the work of the AWDF Knowledge Management function- producing analysis, generating new knowledge around women\u2019s rights in Africa, and collaborating to communicate the impact of AWDF\u2019s work and the work of its grantees, advocacy and movement building partners. The KMS coordinates also the documentation of organisational learning and knowledge generation within AWDF. The work of the KM function is conducted in English, with selected initiatives in French.<\/p>\n The Knowledge Management Specialist will work with colleagues to sustain a programme of knowledge generation and management initiatives (including documentation, archiving, building knowledge resources, co-developing and managing knowledge production by staff and external actors), and to grow the work of the Knowledge Management unit in line with the AWDF strategic framework and direction and with support from Senior Management.\u00a0 As a member of the AWDF staff team, the Knowledge Management Specialist supervises the Knowledge Management Assistant, engages in other cross-departmental activities of AWDF and represents AWDF in external events as relevant.<\/p>\n Qualifications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n