Urgent Action Fund
DUE: 16 MAR 2023
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 human rights
defenders and their formations as an act of solidarity. We are a part of an 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, Kampala-Uganda and Addis Ababa-Ethiopia; North Africa:
Cairo-Egypt; Central Africa: Bujumbura- Burundi; Southern Africa: Harare -Zimbabwe,
Lilongwe & Blantyre -Malawi, Antananarivo, Madagascar, Johannesburg & Cape Town-South
Africa, and West Africa: Benue State & Abuja-Nigeria and Parakou-Benin and Yaoundé and
Doula Cameroon and Lomé, Togo. 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 womn’s agency in democratic governance, economic, environmental and
climate justice, natural resources governance and conflict transformation while protecting their
personhood, integrity, and rights.
Position Overview
Reporting to the Head – Partnerships and Development, the Partnerships and Development
Research Intern will support the Partnerships and Development team with administration,
documentation, research and analysis. The Intern will proactively seek information on
developing trends in Africa and globally for UAF-Africa’s philanthropic advocacy, proposal
development and strategic communications.
Specific Responsibilities
The incumbent will assist the Partnerships and Development team as follows:
Program Duties
• Use multiple streams of data within UAF-Africa programme units to produce quarterly
updates on the impact of UAF-Africa’s work for external audiences including donors,
grantees and the public.
• Work with the relevant portfolios to develop an annual context and trends analysis for
the Fund.
• Research, collate and write captivating content and stories of change from UAF-Africa’s
grantmaking narratives and grantees’ work for funding partner reports, UAF-Africa’s
website and social media platforms.
• Conduct internal analysis of UAF-Africa’s grants to determine level of success and
produce quarterly internal updates and reflections on the successes of grants as well as
identify areas of improvement.
• Conduct research on specific issues and subject areas related to UAF-Africa’s
programming interests.
• Support in compiling data for reviews and report(s) writing purposes
• Write articles, blog, manuscripts and presentations based on UAF-Africa’s programming.
• Develop and maintain the UAF-Africa research and reporting database ensuring easy
retrieval in organization’s shared area (i.e., SharePoint).
Support Duties: The Intern will also provide administrative support to the portfolio and UAFAfrica.
• Assist with administrative and logistics needs of the portfolio in regard to setting up and
organising meetings, conferences and convenings.
• Offer support functions within the Harare Office that might arise within the office and
from various portfolio’s i.e., minute taking, printing, scanning, filing and other such
clerical duties.
• The research attaché will also be expected to perform any other ad-hoc duties as
assigned that fall within these parameters.
Qualifications
• Degree in Social Sciences, Women’s Studies, Political Sciences, International
Development, Law or related fields
• French Language skills an advantage
Skills and Experience
• At least one – two-year’s experience in research and development is required.
• Excellent computer and organizational skills.
• Excellent communication and research skills
• Flexibility and willingness to travel on the African continent and beyond as and when
required
• An understanding of gender equality and women’s rights issues, particularly in
politically unstable and post conflict African settings
• Familiarity with the women’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
• Ability to multitask and turn around tasks in a timely manner.
Work Environment
UAF-Africa is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its hiring practices. UAFAfrica 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
Harare, Zimbabwe.
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