Policy and Advocacy Officer in London

Womankind Worldwide is a global women’s rights organisation working in partnership with women’s rights movements and organisations to transform the lives of women and girls. We strengthen and support women’s movements in our focus countries in Africa and Asia, and take collective action at regional and global levels, to ensure women’s voices are heard, their rights are realised, and their lives are free from violence.

This position is in the UK. You must have the right to work in the UK to apply for this role, in line with the laws and regulations of these countries.

The Policy and Advocacy team within Womankind influences a transformative, feminist agenda for change in solidarity with movement partners and allies. This role reports to the UK and Global Policy and Advocacy Manager.

This is a full‑time UK based role that supports the policy and advocacy team’s efforts from a decolonial feminist lens, in line with Womankind’s 2030 strategy and the Influencing Sub‑Strategy. Reporting to the Movement Strengthening and Feminist Funding Policy & Advocacy Manager, the role will engage in Policy and Advocacy operational and management support, contribute to advocacy learning and exchange, knowledge production, coordination of MEL‑related outputs, and represent Womankind internally and externally vis‑à‑vis its advocacy objectives.

• Policy and Advocacy Operational and Management Support: Assists the Policy and Advocacy team to respond to the needs and opportunities in the WRO and feminist movement and feminist funding ecosystem context. This includes mapping the context, conducting research, drafting internal briefing documents, attending in‑person meetings with state and civil society actors, and dispatching external communication as appropriate.
• Taking the lead in partner and ally communications in relation to various policy and advocacy opportunities.
• Assisting the Policy and Advocacy Team to complete, file and dispatch finance and administration forms including international transfer forms.
• Supports annual operational and budget planning processes.

• Policy and Advocacy Governance Support: Schedules monthly Policy and Advocacy meetings, attend and document the said meetings, on a rotational basis with the other P&A Officer.
• Contribute to reporting processes at Womankind to ensure high quality narrative and financial work plans and reports, grant management, monitoring and evaluation, linking and learning, and financial management – in collaboration with other Womankind colleagues.
• Contribute to all necessary or ongoing partner due diligence in collaboration with other Womankind colleagues.
• Contribute to regular progress reports for key stakeholders including donor reporting.
• Contribute to project and funder administration and record keeping to ensure that it is delivered with excellence.
• Contribute to recruitment process administrative tasks as requested.

• Contribution to Knowledge and Evidence Base: Acts as the Policy and Advocacy Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Liaison to contribute to effective and appropriate technical monitoring, evaluation and learning processes linked to Policy and Advocacy work in collaboration with the Impact and Learning Manager.
• Working with the Impact and Learning Manager to ensure Policy and Advocacy work is captured in the Policy Programmes and Learning annual reports.
• Support the planning of key policy and advocacy engagement spaces.
• Support the Policy and Advocacy team’s learning and exchange efforts, and knowledge production efforts.
• Contributes to the work of the communications team through drafting content on Policy and Advocacy work for the website and social media channels.
• Coordinates quarterly updates from the Policy and Advocacy team and liaises with officers in the policy and advocacy, grant making and fundraising teams to ensure these are captured and sent to partners.

• Representation: Represents the policy and advocacy team in cross‑organisational initiatives and information sharing activities as determined by the policy and advocacy team, and in consultation with the line manager.

• Internal: P&A team, Grantmaking & Partnerships Team, Fundraising Team.
• External: Partners, WRO & Feminist Movement Allies, Regional and International Bodies.

• Qualification and Training: A bachelor’s degree qualification in a relevant social sciences field e.g. international development or legal studies, human rights, gender studies, or equivalent experience.

• Essential Experience: At least 3 years’ experience of working in organisations that engage in strategic, partner‑centred, evidence‑based advocacy with demonstrable results. Experience of supporting the implementation of global advocacy projects and/or programmes to a high standard, for the promotion of women’s human rights and gender equality that are transnational and/or multi‑stakeholder in scope; Strong Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Learning Skills. Demonstrable experience of working within multi‑disciplinary teams including women’s movements, and/or membership movements, networks or coalitions targeting governments and civil society in the UK, and globally. Experience of working with partner organisations located outside the UK with the ability to work with people from different cultural backgrounds and in different cultural settings; Astute planner who can deliver multiple activities under pressure to strict deadlines and high levels of precision.

• Desirable Experience: Demonstratable facilitation skills. Strong feminist politics and analysis lens. Experience of contributing to reports (narrative and financial) to donors.

• Essential Travel Requirements: International travel is an essential requirement for this role. The post holder must undertake reasonable international travel to fulfil their duties. This is expected to be no more than four weeks per year.

• Knowledge and Skills: An organised, credible, confident self‑starter with the ability to respond in a timely way to emergent needs and opportunities in the UK and globally. A collegial and collaborative team player who can work effectively as part of a diverse team in ways that contribute to a creative, safe, inclusive and supportive work environment. Excellent written, verbal influencing and communication skills. Fluency in English is essential. A flexible, creative, solutions‑focused approach to problem‑solving. Advanced ICT skills and experience of developing and using the systems required within a dynamic, multinational and inclusive environment. Understanding of and commitment to working in line with Womankind’s feminist and anti‑racist stance.

The ideal candidate must be committed to the mission, vision, values and aims of Womankind Worldwide as it works towards a feminist workplace which is fit for the future and supports our staff equitably across our locations. All posts are expected to contribute towards developing a supportive working environment, to demonstrate a commitment to inclusion, professionalism and respect, transparency and accountability and to uphold quality standards as outlined in policies and procedures, and in compliance with Womankind Worldwide’s Equal Opportunities Policy.

Closing date for applications is the 23rd April 2026, we may close for applications early depending on the number of applicants. Interviews will take place the week commencing 4th May 2026.