JASS believes that women who are most affected by the political, economic, environmental and health crises reverberating across the world are on the frontlines of change. While they rarely have a seat at the decision-making table, they are organizing their communities, developing solutions and promoting justice—often at great risk for going against the grain. As a global women-led human rights network of activists, popular educators and scholars in 31 countries, we work to ensure women leaders are more confident, better organized, louder and safer as they take on some of the most critical human rights issues of our time.
Based in South Africa (preferably Johannesburg) – JASS seeks to appoint a
SOUTH AFRICA COUNTRY COORDINATOR
The JASS SA Country Coordinator’s role is to build on the existing work to accompany womxn to build their collective power to bring about change. The coordinator is responsible for the coordination and implementation of programmatic work aligned to JASS’ regional strategy. The ideal candidate is a feminist activist that brings a deep understanding of political context, organising, popular education and experience working with diverse networks and womxn’s rights and social justice allies. They are able to identify strategic opportunities to move womxn’s agendas forward as part of a feminist movement building approach and document the work to serve internal and external communications/reporting. As a member of the Southern Africa Team, the candidate will report to the Regional Director.
The Country Coordinator will be responsible for the following duties:
Coordination, planning and monitoring
Coordinate the implementation of the JASS SA Strategic plan, including overseeing logistics, communication, budget management, monitoring, documentation of activities / events and reporting;
Coordinate monitoring and evaluation of the SA programme and ensure reviews take place according to plan; and participate in regional and country specific strategy development aligned to overall JASS strategy.
Maintain regular communication with the broader JASS SNA including being responsive to daily emails, participating in weekly team meetings and responding promptly to communications and requests to ensure alignment.
Feminist Movement Building
Coordinate, design and support the facilitation of feminist popular education workshops and dialogues in SA and regionally;
Coordinate the JASS SNA network of feminist popular educators in SA to support JASS SNA’s feminist movement building work.
Maintain regular contact with womxn activist, including keeping an up to date database of campaign partners and SA allies.
Support the development and growth of SA’s movement building work inclusive of the HMB / power and protection agendas.
Partnerships & Allies
Contribute to the strengthening of our partnerships in SNA and globally;
Represent JASS SNA in strategic national and regional spaces; and identify strategic opportunities for JASS SNA in SA;
Sustain, strengthen strategic visibility in SA with partners and potential allies.
Knowledge, learning and communications
Contribute to the tracking and monitoring, assessment and documentation of JASS SNA activities in SA to generate knowledge and learning in line with JASS results framework.
Keep JASS abreast of SA contextual shifts and the socio-economic and political impacts on JASS in-country work.
Contribute to the JASS SNA communications agenda by contributing short blog posts and / or articles.
Lead the production of country grant reporting and feed the regional and cross-regional reporting.
As necessary, support further resource mobilization and development of funding proposals
The Country Coordinator must meet the following criteria:
Experienced movement/community organiser, working especially with women, HIV+ people, LBTs, land defenders and others structurally excluded;
Basic knowledge and understanding of SA political economy;
Strong coordination and community organising skills;
Critical thinking and problem solving;
Strong feminist analysis and understanding/commitment to movement-building;
Feminist Popular Education design and facilitation experience is a distinct advantage;
Ability to work in a small, agile, fast-paced, and very collaborative team guided by principles of mutual accountability and respect;
Proven ability to operate in a virtual, regional or global organisation where prompt and responsive email and phone communication is paramount;
Excellent written and spoken English;
Ability to work in various South African languages is preferred.
View the full job description and application instructions on the Vacancies page at www.actionappointments.co.za and email your application by Friday 11th February 2022 to [email protected]