KNOWLEDGE LEADERSHIP INTERN – Urgent Action Fund (UAF-Africa)

Who we are

Urgent Action Fund (UAF-Africa) is a feminist, Pan-African, rapid response fund committed
to transforming power relations through resourcing African feminists and womn’s human
rights defenders and their formations as an act of solidarity. We are a part of the ecosystem
of feminist and womn’s movements in Africa and globally. In character, we are bold,
courageous, proactive, responsive, creative, rigorous, curious, alert, agile, imaginative,
grounded, consistent, and reliable. As a rapid response Fund, we are ready, alert, and agile
to respond to and prioritise the urgent needs of womn in various movements. Registered in
Kenya and Zimbabwe and operating as a virtual organisation, the Fund boasts of strategic
presence in Africa’s five sub-regions- East Africa: Nairobi & Makuyu- Kenya, KampalaUganda and Addis Ababa- Ethiopia; North Africa: Cairo- Egypt; Central Africa: BujumburaBurundi; Southern Africa: Harare – Zimbabwe, Lilongwe & Blantyre – Malawi, Antananarivo,
Madagascar, Johannesburg & Cape Town- South Africa, and West Africa: Benue State &
Abuja-Nigeria, Parakou- Benin, Yaoundé and Doula Cameroon, Lomé, Togo and AccraGhana. Recognising the need to move resources rapidly on a continent where opportunities
and threats arise and decline quickly, UAF-Africa uses a Rapid Response Grant-making
mechanism to support unanticipated, time-sensitive, innovative, and unique initiatives that
promote women’s agency in democratic governance, economic, environmental and climate
justice, natural resources governance and conflict transformation while protecting their
personhood, integrity, and rights.

Objective of the Knowledge Leadership Programme
The objective of the Knowledge Leadership programme is to work with others to build a
culture of learning within and external to UAF-Africa for deeper consciousness, consistently
theorising and articulating a feminist, pan Africanist perspective and translating this to
solidarity and action.

 

Position Overview
The Knowledge Leadership Intern will support the knowledge leadership programme to ensure that
documentation, learning, research and information management projects (ongoing and new) are
timely executed. The candidate reports directly to the Knowledge Leadership Senior Programme
Officer.

 

Specific Responsibilities

Information Management
• Provide logistical support in organising both physical and online meetings with
Feminist Republik Registry Partners and advisors;
• Respond to queries from Registry Partners in consultation with the Supervisor;
• Collect and upload data collection forms from Registry Partners.

 

Research and documentation
• Provide support in developing interviewee lists for different research projects;
• Provide logistical support in scheduling both online and physical interviews;
• Provide support in conducting interviews when needed;
• Support the Supervisor in identifying potential research partners.

 

Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in women’s studies, social sciences or related fields.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English and French are mandatory. Arabic or
Portuguese language skills are an added advantage.
• Previous research experience focusing on womn’s rights, human rights or social justice
issues generally is an advantage.

Skills and Experience
• At least 1 year experience in research and knowledge generation.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to multitask.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Flexibility and willingness to travel on the African continent and beyond as and when
required
• An understanding of gender equality and womn’s rights issues, particularly in
politically unstable and post conflict African settings.
• Familiarity with the womn’s rights development needs in Africa.
• Passionate about UAF-Africa’s mission, committed to teamwork, and achieving.
• results and building effective teams.
• Excellent inter-personal, public speaking, writing and negotiation skills.
• Experience working in a virtual work environment an added advantage.

Work Environment
UAF-Africa is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its hiring practices.
UAF-Africa actively seeks a diverse applicant pool to build the most robust possible workforce.
The Fund is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. The position
will be based in the selected candidate’s African country of resident.