Deadline: 8 August 2016
The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is currently inviting applications for its Feminist Coaching Project on Leadership for Women Leaders to include strengthening governance frameworks within participating organizations.
The project is based on knowledge of the persistent challenges of African women’s organizations with issues related to resource mobilization, communications, governance, leadership transition, safety and wellbeing. Given these constraints and the external context women’s organizations work in, they tend to focus on narrow short-term advocacy or urgent service-delivery projects, with little capacity to expand alliances, envision innovative strategies and be forward thinking.
This coaching project seeks to develop the individual leadership skills and values of participating CEOs/EDs as well as those in second level management. It is also aimed at strengthening the institutional and governance structures of participating organizations and providing an enabling framework forth irrelevance and sustainability.
Project Duration
- This is a 9-month coaching project on leadership and governance from December 2016– August 2017.
- The project is targeted at CEO/EDs/Programme Managers/Coordinators and those in second level management of AWDF grantee organizations within the age bracket of 18 – 45 years.
Coaching Project
- Attending a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) forum. This is a 3 day event for orientation, skills sharing, strategy development and networking for participating leaders, coaches and AWDF. This event will be held in Kenya from 15- 17 November 2016.
- Engaging in one-on-one coaching via phone calls, email, Skype conversations and occasional in person meetings with their personal coaches from December 2016 – August 2017
- Governance strengthening activities for boards of participating organizations.
- Writing of opinion pieces or articles by leaders about their work and development.
- Participating in at least one AWDF skill building training/workshop where necessary.
Eligibility Criteria
Interested organizations should fulfill the following criteria in order to be considered for this project:
- Be an AWDF grantee and should have received grants from AWDF in the last 3-5 years
- The organization should have an existing board which will be available for the governance strengthening trainings.
- The organization should have a minimum of 3 full-time staff
- The organization should have access to reliable internet and be able to use Skype and email.
- The organization should have functioning office space with basic office infrastructure.
- The organization should work in any of these areas; Violence against Women (VAW), Health and Reproductive rights (HRR), Economic Empowerment and Livelihood (EEL) areas and with women especially young women.
- Two staff members from an organization’s leadership. That is one CEO/ED/programme Manager/Coordinators and one staff from the next level in management.
- Applying leaders should be within the ages of 18 – 45 years.
- Leaders should be able to communicate in English, French or Amharic.
- Leaders should be able to communicate via internet, Skype, telephone and email.
- Leaders who have demonstrated the potential to develop.
How to Apply
The full application should be sent via email at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit AWDF.