Are you interested in shaping  how women’s rights,  feminist and gender justice movements are resourced?  This opportunity may be for you. Apply by 23 September 2025. 

Background

As a Pan-African feminist fund, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) resources, strengthens and upholds women’s rights and feminist organisations and movements across Africa to make gender justice a reality for all on our continent and worldwide. Over the past 24 years, AWDF has awarded approximately USD 100 million to women’s rights and feminist organisations throughout Africa (and in selected Middle Eastern countries through one of our initiatives). Through its grantmaking, programmatic, and advocacy work, AWDF has supported work that has led to changes in law and policy, social norms, narrative, and movement-building for gender justice.

To champion our work on resourcing, we  are looking for a Programme Manager, Resourcing Movements who understands this work with deep political clarity and practical experience in responsive, flexible and agile grant making.

Role Purpose

In this role you will :

• Lead the strategic direction and daily functions of the Resourcing Unit, playing a key role in conceptualising and implementing AWDF’s grantmaking strategies, initiatives and processes. 
• Provide thought leadership on grant management, and cultivates meaningful relationships with grantee partners and feminist movement actors, while also contributing to regional advocacy, fundraising efforts, and learning agendas grounded in African feminist knowledge and practice.
• Supervise the Resourcing team and collaborates with Programme Managers for Nurturing Movements and Impact and Learning to ensure alignment and coherence in programme strategy and delivery.
• As a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT), the Programme Manager participate in organisation-wide decision-making processes and helps to uphold AWDF as a healthy, accountable, efficient and values-aligned organisation.

Application process

Qualified and interested persons should send the following documents:

• A cover letter of not more than 2 pages to the Human Resources Manager explaining their interest and excitement in applying for the position to work for AWDF, highlighting their experience and competencies demonstrating the alignment to the role.
• A CV of not more than 3 pages outlining their educational qualifications and employment records with key achievements in relevant positions held.
• Applications for the vacancy should reach AWDF no later than Tuesday, 23rd September 2025. Due to our limited capacity, only short-listed candidates will be contacted for additional information and interviews.

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APPLICATION DEADLINE IS 23 SEPTEMBER 2025