Position Title: Forum Communications Lead (Tier C/D)
Location: Flexible / Remote (candidates in the Global South are strongly encouraged to apply)
Term: (15-months) on full time basis – 35 hours a week
Salary: The gross annual salary for this tier is $65,548.00 USD
Benefits in addition to the gross salary: Group medical and life insurances. 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.
Application Closing Date: 9 November 2023 at 23:00 UTC
Overview of the organization:
The Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) is a global, feminist, membership, movement-support organization. We currently have 30+ staff members based in 20+ different countries. Our mission is to support feminist, women’s rights and gender justice movements to thrive, to be a driving force in challenging systems of oppression, and to co-create feminist realities.
The position and profile:
The AWID 15th International Forum (AWID Forum), to be held in December 2024, in Bangkok, Thailand, is the world’s largest event that wholeheartedly centers feminist and gender justice movements in all their diversity. It is a transformative space created by and for the movements. We hope to gather 2,500 in-person and 3,000 online/hybrid participants to network, build alliances, celebrate, and learn in a stimulating, emotive and safe atmosphere.
AWID is looking to hire a creative Forum Communications Lead who is a communications generalist and a strong writer to work on the AWID Forum. Reporting to the Forum Deputy Director, this person will develop and implement a robust, global, activist-targeted communications and outreach strategy for the 2024 Forum.
This is a 15-month fixed-term, full-time role sits within AWID’s Forum Team, and will be working closely with a Forum Logistics Lead and a Forum Hybrid Lead.
As the right candidate, you will be understanding of AWID’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.
We are looking for someone with who is a creative and strong communicator with excellent writing skills and an ability to engage and reach wide audiences. You will have to be able to think strategically and analytically, and possess strong problem solving skills. You should also have experience in project and program management, research, and/or advocacy. Finally, you would be someone who can thrive in a virtual environment working in high-pressure situations and with tight deadlines, and have high levels of initiative, creativity, and resourcefulness.
Please see the detailed Job Description by clicking here.
How to apply:
Please submit in English, a current CV, along with a cover letter explaining how you meet the requirements of the role, and how you would further AWID’s vision in Forum Communications work. Include “Forum Communications Lead” in the subject line of the email and submit your application to [email protected] by 9 November 2023 at 23:00 UTC.
We thank all those who apply, but only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. No calls/emails please. To learn more about AWID and our programs, please visit our website at www.awid.org.
People from and based in the Global South; 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.
AWID is 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 at AWID 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 AWID 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.