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Policy and Advocacy Manager on Women’s Economic Rights (WER)

  • Salary: £44,679 pro rata
  • Position: 6 month FTC
  • Deadline for Applications: Tuesday, May 4th  

 

Womankind Worldwide is seeking a passionate feminist and women’s rights advocate to serve in the position of Policy and Advocacy Manager on Women’s Economic Rights (WER). Since 2016, Womankind’s work on women’s economic rights is focused on addressing structural barriers to women’s economic rights including issues of land rights, tax justice and illicit financial flows, decent and unpaid care and domestic work and accountability frameworks on business and human rights. This post will build on existing foundations and approach and take forward the ongoing work on Women’s Economic Rights and continue to strengthen the positioning of Womankind Worldwide as an organisation with strong and expert analysis, contributing to debates and programming on women’s economic rights.

 

This position is located in the UK

 

Requirements:

  • Demonstrable experience and skills in advocacy and influencing work on women’s rights in general and Women’s Economic Rights.
  • Demonstrable experience of working with civil society actors, including women’s movements, and/or membership movements, networks or coalitions operating at international level.
  • Demonstrable experience of project design and management and of working with multi-disciplinary teams on policy and advocacy.
  • Experience of successfully working with consultants, academic institutions, think tanks and other potential partners.
  • Demonstrable experience of engaging with and contacts in key influencing targets, such as DFID, the UN, key bilateral donors, and International Financial Institutions/development banks. Engagement should be advocacy and policy influencing related.
  • Excellent research skills and demonstrable experience of writing high quality policy documents, developing policy positions, researching and writing on development and/or women’s human rights issues.
  • Excellent knowledge of women’s economic rights including land rights, business and human rights, tax justice and Illicit Financial Flows, decent work and/or unpaid care, and relevant evidence and policy responses as well as a strong background in economic development and women’s rights, policy research and advocacy, and a sound understanding of current debates in the field.

 

If you are a passionate feminist, with strong roots and connectivity within the global women’s movement and UK advocacy space, and have the ability to lead and facilitate UK and other international advocacy in order to support Womankind’s partners, then we would love to hear from you.

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Applications Accepted Until

04 May 2021

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