[Hiring] Humanitarian Officer, First Response Fund @Equality Fund

Role Description

The Humanitarian Officer provides hands-on program support as a member of the FRF Secretariat for the execution of humanitarian grantmaking efforts. Reporting to the FRF Director, this position provides crucial administrative and project coordination assistance, supports day-to-day operations, and assists with communication and outreach to women’s and feminist funds receiving FRF humanitarian resources.

The successful candidate must demonstrate a good understanding of humanitarian contexts and engagement with humanitarian donors, grantees, and stakeholders. We are looking for candidates that are committed to power shifting and enabling local responses, with strong accountability to the needs and priorities of communities and movements in crisis-affected countries.

The Humanitarian Officer is based at the Secretariat, not working in the direct implementation of humanitarian activities. The role works closely with the rest of the FRF Secretariat team and relevant Equality Fund staff and FRF partners to achieve the planned results during the pilot phase of the pooled fund. The successful candidate will interact and communicate frequently with diverse external stakeholders at the working level such as women’s and feminist funds and occasionally their WLO/WRO partners, FRF’s Advisory Group, strategic partners in the feminist and humanitarian ecosystem, and bilateral donors.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as public administration, development studies, social sciences, or non-profit management is required.
• Minimum three years experience in program coordination, project management, or a similar support role in humanitarian or development programming is a must.
• Professional working proficiency in English, and proficiency in French, is an asset.
• Understanding of feminist issues, advocacy, movement building, and/or women’s rights organizations is an asset.
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities and tight deadlines are essential.
• Demonstrated high ethical standards, integrity, honesty, and ability to work with sensitive information in a confidential manner.
• Commitment to the work and values of the Equality Fund, which include Anti-Racism, Anti-Oppression, and Intersectionality; Feminist Leadership; Accountability; and Radical Love.
• Experience with project management software (e.g., Asana) and CRM systems (e.g., Salesforce) is highly valued.

Requirements

• Must be legally eligible to work in Canada.
• Available to travel 1-2 times per year for up to 4 weeks total per year.
• Occasional evening and/or weekend work may be required when coordinating with people in other time zones.
• Willing and able to work remotely on mostly computer-based work.

Benefits

• Comprehensive compensation and benefits package with no waiting period.
• 4 weeks paid vacation.
• Paid sick time.
• Parental leave top-up.
• Medical benefits.
• Life insurance.
• Group RRSP.
• Paid birthday off.
• And more.