Forum Manager at The Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)

 Recruitment of Forum Manager at The Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)

Application Closing Date: 14 August 2022 at 23:00 EST

Location: Flexible / Remote (candidates in the Global South are strongly encouraged to apply)

Term: full time - 35 hours a week 

Organization: Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)

Salary: The starting gross annual salary for this tier role is $70,000.00 USD

Benefits: Group medical and life insurances. Paid time off (20 vacation days, 15 sick days, 5 personal days and up to 12 paid holidays). Contribution to retirement savings. Remote work and flexible work arrangements. 

Overview of the organization:

The Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) is a global, feminist, membership, movement-support organisation.  We currently have 35 staff members based in 19 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. AWID envisions a world where feminist realities flourish, where resources and power are shared in ways that enable everyone, and future generations, to thrive and realize their full potential with dignity, love and respect, and where Earth nurtures life in all its diversity.

The position and profile:

AWID is looking to hire a committed individual as the Forum Manager that will provide leadership to design, plan, implement and evaluate the AWID International Forum to be held in 2024 pending enabling conditions for a global gathering. 

In this role you will provide strategic leadership to the development and manage the implementation of the Forum workplan coordinating closely with the Director of Membership and Constituency Engagement (MCE) and the Co-Executive Directors (Co-EDs) who are leading the overall AWID Forum strategy. You will organize site visits and support the Co-EDs and/or Director MCE to meet with women's rights, feminists, LGBTQI rights and other social justice groups at potential Forum locations to understand context dynamics and expectations of the event, and respond to logistics-related questions and requests. You will facilitate decision making by providing well-researched, objective and balanced descriptions of available alternatives that includes their pros and cons, and implications (financial, political, human resources-related and any other relevant ones), along with recommendations. On site, you will have ultimate responsibility for the smooth operation of all aspects of the Forum: You will hold, develop, and maintain relationships with AWID partners and allies, AWID members and various feminist and economic justice movements. You will manage forum Logistics staff and contractors, providing direction, managing performance and overseeing work planning to ensure effective fulfilment of Forum objectives in alignment with AWID’s values/culture. 

As the right candidate, you will be understanding of AWID’s values, and be sensitive to upholding them in the way you take up the responsibilities of the role. 

Successful applicants will have significant experience in a similar leadership role, or roles responsible for overseeing, developing and implementing a large and complex event, convening, or conference.

You should have demonstrated capacity to think strategically and analytically, with expertise in complex problem solving, decision making and critical thinking skills, displaying good judgement. You should have a strong understanding of  international project planning and management.  You would be someone who can thrive in a virtual environment working in high-pressure situations and with tight deadlines (and ideally, preventing high-pressure situations and safeguarding realistic guidelines as much as possible). You should show high levels of initiative, creativity, and resourcefulness.

How to apply:

Please submit in English, a current CV, along with a cover letter explaining how you meet the requirements of the role, why you want to work for an international feminist organization and how you would further AWID's vision for its next Forum. Please include “Forum Manager'' in the subject line of the email and submit to jobs@awid.org by 14 August 2022 at 23:00 ET.

Please see the detailed Job Description by clicking here.

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.

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