Membership Engagement Lead (Tier C/D)

The Alliance for Feminist Movements (AFM) is a multi-stakeholder initiative that brings together governments, private philanthropy, women’s / feminist funds and feminist civil society to increase and improve the quality of resources supporting feminist movements, as well as mobilize political support for diverse feminist movements. Currently hosted by the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID, www.awid.org), the AFM’s day-to-day work is facilitated by a lean three-person Secretariat.

The Membership Engagement Lead is a role based on a 28-hour per week work schedule which is focused on strengthening the AFM’s engagement with its more than 400 members located worldwide. This role requires flexible work across different time zones, especially in the Central Standard Time and Eastern Standard Times.

The Alliance continues to strengthen its commitment to building a strong and engaged relationship with our membership to collectively build a case to mobilize resources for feminist movements. The Membership Engagement (ME) Lead is a position established to play a key role in outreach and relationship building, developing comprehensive engagement strategies with members especially focused on feminist civil society. The ME Lead will also play as a key liaison role between membership, key programs, and the Alliance’s steering group.

The ME Lead works under the supervision of the AFM Co-Directors and is responsible for delivery of all donor-funded activities relevant to membership engagement in partnership with AFM Secretariat staff, identifying priorities most relevant to movements and reaching out to potential new constituencies and developing a membership engagement strategy.

We are looking for someone who is able to multitask calmly under pressure, has an appreciation for, and experience in membership engagement activities, partner relations, event management and travel support management.

We are looking for someone who is able to multitask calmly under pressure, has an appreciation for, and experience in membership engagement activities, partner relations, event management and travel support management.

As the right candidate, you will be understanding of AFM’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.

For details, please refer to the Job Description for the Movement Engagement Lead