Climate Justice Coordinator at African Women’s Development and Communication Network

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Main duties include.

Coordination of Climate Justice  Activities:  The objective of this position is to lead implementation of the Climate Justice   and natural resource governance program in FEMNET and ensure timely and quality coordination of activities.  The Climate Justice   Coordinator will ensure this by:

• Lead implementation of FEMNET ‘Climate Justice  program activities for Africa region and global
• Manage budget for the Climate Justice  FEMNET program.
• Integrate Climate Justice  within the other thematic focus areas in FEMNET.
• Represent FEMNET in different policy spaces and partner meetings.
• Lead coordination of joint learning, planning, and monitoring of Climate Justice

Programme Support

• Support consistency and links between the Climate Justice  program and other regional and international programmes.
• Ensure consistency of the Climate Justice  activities at national and regional levels and advise on potential areas of collaboration between Climate Justice   implementing partners.
• Support linkage of Climate Justice  with other relevant initiatives.

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning.

• Coordinate the joint monitoring and evaluation in accordance with the FEMNET Monitoring Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Principles and Guidelines
• Facilitate linking and learning between the different Climate Justice  program components.
• Responsible for facilitating and overseeing the joint planning and monitoring process and for compiling and submitting annual plans and reports.
• Monitoring and safeguarding of the meaningful engagement of African women and girls in all their diversities.
• Management of budget for, and coordination of, joint activities.

Movement Building: The Climate Justice  Coordinator will

• Strengthen solidarity across horizontal and vertical socioeconomic and geographical stratifications in the spirit of building inclusive climate change movement.
• Coordinate and nurture a community of socially excluded Climate Justice  activists within FEMNET network.
• Strengthen the capacity of FEMNET implementing partners on working with diverse group of actors.
• Work with women’s rights organizations and socially excluded Climate Justice  activists to enhance their knowledge and strengthen their engagement on Climate Justice.
• Design and lead solidarity actions across the broader FEMNET members.

Required Qualifications, Skills, knowledge, and Competencies.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field from a recognised university.
• Experience working at the African regional level and/or international levels including experience working with African Union Institutions/Organs and UN Bodies.
• Strong Information Technology (IT) & Information System (IS) skills, including Microsoft Office packages, ERPs etc.
• At least 5 years’ experience working on climate policies and spaces.
• Demonstrate commitment to Charter of African Feminist Principles
• Demonstrate leadership skills and experience.
• Proven research, analytical skills and ability to apply them in inter-disciplinary contexts.
• Strong oral and written communication skills to a wide range of audiences
• Proven interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with people in a multi-cultural, multi-interest, multi-ethnic environment.

Desired attributes:

• Ability to communicate and work effectively in English. Competence in French will be added advantage.
• Ability to break down complex information into actionable points.
• Highly developed conceptual, analytical, and innovative problem-solving ability.
• Willing to travel frequently within Africa and beyond.
• A high level of self-awareness, sound judgement, self-care, passion, and flexibility.
• Ability to multi-task under limited supervision.
• Must align with values as outlined in the Charter of Feminist Principles for African Feminists.