Board Member at Urgent Action Fund-Africa

Desired Skills and Expertise

• All UAF-Africa Board members need the following knowledge, skills, and capacities:
• Knowledge, understanding, and/or experience of governance, the organisation's mission, and the laws, customs, and values that govern its activities.
• Be able to comprehend the concepts of fiduciary duties and duty of care.
• Ability to make sensible and informed governance decisions and recommendations.
• Willingness to ask hard questions and support good Board dynamics.
• High ethical standards, commitment to serve, and common sense.
• Ability to see the broader picture and perspective on human/womn’s rights, democracy, social justice, and development in Africa, benefitting from international experience and a commitment to feminist politics and womn’s rights struggles.
• Organisational and strategic awareness.
• Appropriate level of financial literacy.
• Integrity of personal and professional dealings.
• Total commitment to furthering the interests of UAF-Africa’s programmes, interests and values of UAF-Africa, and to achieve UAF-Africa’s goals.
• No conflicts of interest.
• Capacity to work in English and Specifically from North Africa.

We are currently recruiting for a Board member with the following profile, expertise and knowledge:

• A strong grounding in feminist theories, methodologies, and practices. This includes producing knowledge that centers on decolonial frameworks that challenge hierarchies of knowledge production processes.
• Knowledge of conflict with a strong grasp on the ways in which structures of violence, gender norms, and power intersect with conflict dynamics. Knowledge should include critical analysis of the roles UAF-Africa can play in the philanthropic ecosystem to support WHRDs before, during, and after crises.
• Strong grasp of issues related to gender-based violence, including its root causes, impact on WHRDs, and UAF-Africa’s role in responding to various manifestations of
• GBV in its support of activists. Experience in developing and implementing strategies to prevent and respond to gender-based violence, including advocacy, support services, and policy initiatives, is a plus.
• Expertise in one or more of the following areas of governance: financial management, risk management, and programmatic strategy.
• Expertise in one or more of the following programmatic areas: urgent situations and urgent actions in support of womn’s human rights defenders; feminist philanthropy; holistic protection of African Womn’s Human Rights Defenders; intersectional movement building; solidarity and support; knowledge leadership; philanthropic advocacy and agenda setting. 
• To apply to become a Board member for UAF-Africa, please complete the form at the end of this document and return it to Boardrecruitment@uaf-africa.org by Friday, 15 November 2024.