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Senior Programme Officer: Feminist economics Job Vacancy at IEJ and IDEAs

The Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) and International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs) are looking for a Senior Programme Officer who will be responsible for leading work on strengthening African feminist economics and political economy through growing communities of practice. The job entails leadership of activities focused on capacity and community building, and collaborating with partners in strengthening feminist approaches to economic policy research and advocacy.

Applicants should have significant project leadership experience and thematic knowledge of subject matter within feminist economics / political economy, as well as policy, research, and feminist networks. They should value working towards a fairer and more just world.

Closing date: 16 April 2023

Location: Johannesburg, South Africa

Type: Three-year contract

Working hours: Full time

Apply by completing this form: https://forms.gle/wbjrTkiopoXUB5aLA   Applications should be made by 16 April 2023.

Queries can be sent to applications@iej.org.za, but no applications will be accepted by email nor replied to.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Capacity building, including within civil society and academia

  • Lead the IEJ’s annual Feminist Economics Summer School.
  • Lead on the feminist module with IDEAs’ Advanced Certificate Course in Political Economy.
  • Lead in setting up short courses in the Global South on feminist economics and political economy, with focus on core thematic areas (see below).
  • Provide support to the development of gender / feminist economics courses within African universities.

Community building

  • Develop networks across Africa, and with connections to other international groupings.
  • Support on-going events across the “Community of Practice” to grow and cement feminist economics / political economy across the continent.

Policy and advocacy

  • Support partner organisations in implementing feminist approaches to economic research, policy, and advocacy work.
  • Support feminist economics policy and advocacy within other IEJ / IDEAs thematic project areas.

Project management

  • Preparing and managing the implementation of project plans.
  • Contributing to the preparation and management of project budgets.
  • Undertaking line-management of more junior project staff.
  • Preparing reports of project work undertaken.

THEMATIC FOCI

The IEJ’s African Feminist Economics Community of Practice project has three thematic focus areas: the intersection of work, care, and social protection; feminist approaches to climate justice, with a focus on food systems; and feminist fiscal policy with a focus on resource mobilisation. The Senior Programme Officer would oversee staff working across all three areas and would contribute directly on the theme of resource mobilisation.

IDEAs has other thematic research and policy priorities relating to the Future of Work, Financing Development and Extractivism. The Senior Programme Officer would interface with these but with a focus on the reform of the global financial architecture and the implications for financing equitable and green development (overlapping strongly with the IEJ focus on resource mobilisation).

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

  • A PhD or Masters and equivalent professional experience.
  • Strong network building and project coordination skills.
  • Research background with existing publications.
  • Training in feminist economics, political economy, or relevant social sciences.
  • Strong analytical and written communication skills.
  • Strong interpersonal skills.
  • Knowledge of thematic focus areas.
  • Project planning and staff management expertise.
  • Interested in and passionate about the missions of IEJ and IDEAs.
  • Excellent computer literacy is essential especially in MS Outlook, MS Word and MS Excel.
  • Strategic and analytical thinker; proactive and performance‐orientated.
  • Organised, self‐reliant, good problem‐solving, results‐oriented multi‐tasker with management skills and judgment.
  • Flexible and resilient.
  • Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal skills.
  • Presentation skills and the ability to effectively interface with all team members and stakeholders.

CONTRACT

The contract will be a full-time three-year contract beginning as soon as possible.

THE ORGANISATIONS

The IEJ is a non-profit activist think tank located in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The IEJ’s mission is to advance economic justice by collaborating in the provision of rigorous, accessible research and policy alternatives that empower progressive social forces to create systemic change from above and below in South Africa and the continent.

IDEAs is a South-led and South-South pluralist network of progressive economists and other social scientists committed to the use of heterodox tools of analyses for teaching and training and for policy alternatives towards a fairer, greener, and safer world.

The IEJ and IDEAs are building a partnership across their respective feminist economics / political economy projects. The Senior Programme Officer will work on joint IEJ-IDEAs activities, as well as activities specific to each of the organisations.

The position is located within the IEJ and would be managed by the IEJ Programme Co-Director. In addition, the Senior Programme Officer would produce quarterly reports and have quarterly meetings with the Executive Director of IDEAs on relevant project activities and outputs. A joint project steering committee across the two organisations will be established.

The organisations are committed to gender and racial equity and transformation and will consider this when reviewing applications.

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