CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME OFFICER

Responsibilities and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Lead, develop and implement IWRAW Asia Pacific’s capacity strengthening strategy which includes approaches, analysis, focus areas and strategies to address structural issues of equality and discrimination and priority women’s human rights issues through a feminist and CEDAW lens. This includes:

• Coordinating all training programmes (national, regional and international) undertaken by IWRAW including any requests for ad-hoc technical assistance and other relevant capacity building activity
• Liaise with the team and pool of resource persons in coordinating the training and technical assistance programmes.
• Maintaining and growing the list of resource persons to support the capacity building programme.
• Coordinating the updating of existing knowledge resources and leading the creation of new resources/tools.
• Contributing towards conceptualising, planning, writing and editing of the training manual and other supplementary modules or materials for the trainings and technical assistance undertaken by IWRAW Asia Pacific.
• Incorporating the relevant learnings from the capacity building activities undertaken into IWRAW Asia Pacific’s key knowledge resources.
• Coordinating IWRAW Asia Pacific’s key learning space (“Institute”) and any other activities undertaken by IWRAW that are relevant to the capacity strengthening/building programme such as organising policy dialogues, thematic meetings and/or expert group meetings, in consultation with the Executive Director and selected team/ resource persons.
• Coordinating the preparation and finalisation of reports/documentation/evaluations of all capacity building activities. When required, writing and editing of the reports would have to be undertaken by the Capacity Building Officer. 
• Build capacity a) of partners and women’s rights organisations on the use of CEDAW for accountability, movement-building and advocacy. b) develop skills and knowledge to enhance regional and cross-thematic/constituency movement building. 
• Strengthen organisational knowledge and resources on the three thematic, People, Power and Rights (PPR), Climate and Environmental Justice and Feminist Economic Justice.
• Work with other team members on the Equality Lab and digitalising, and updating existing training/knowledge resources.
• Support the implementation of the partnership strategy as and when required

Specific Competencies

• Experience and capacity in Human Rights education including demonstrated skill in trainings and capacity strengthening.
• Experience developing programmes and initiatives, including trainings and workshops, provided proactively by IWRAW Asia Pacific as well as responding to requests for assistance for capacity development with high quality capacity strengthening/coaching strategies, methodologies and resources. 
• Experience in developing customised knowledge and learning tools for feminist learning focused on CEDAW and IWRAW Asia Pacific thematic/priority issues. 

Eligibility Criteria

Global South applicants from countries based in the Asia Pacific region are highly encouraged to apply.  The candidate, if working remotely, will be required to maintain core working hours (aligning to Malaysia timezone UTC +8 hours) with the rest of the team.

Skill development courses

While the position is open to remote work, and can be applied for by all eligible candidates living in the Asia-Pacific region, it is preferable that the Capacity Building Programme Officer be based out of IWRAW Asia Pacific’s office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. If the non-Malaysian selected candidate is willing to relocate, the office will work with them to relocate to Kuala Lumpur under an expatriate work permit. IWRAW Asia Pacific will provide all necessary support in obtaining the work permit.

Minimum/Essential Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Human Rights, and other related fields from a recognised university, or comparable professional qualifications.
• Experience working directly with marginalised and underserved populations with an intersectional, movement-based approach. Understanding of language justice and accessibility is an asset.
• 5-8 years of experience working on women’s rights, grassroots mobilisation, movement building, feminism advocacy and collaboration, with at least 3 years of demonstrable experience in leading and developing learning agendas, training agendas and capacity building.
• Strong knowledge and experience in feminist and participatory approaches and training methodologies.
• Ability to design and conduct trainings, workshops and events both in-person and virtually. 
• Proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel, and PowerPoint and familiarity with online collaborative tools such as Canva, Miro, and Padlet. 
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English; knowledge of other languages is an advantage, but not mandatory.

General Qualifications

Since IWRAW Asia Pacific’s core work focuses on CEDAW and human rights norms and systems, a strong interest in human rights instruments, international law, advocacy and multilateral processes is essential for this position. The ideal candidate should possess:

Skill development courses

• The ability to work both independently and collaboratively with different teams.
• Knowledge and strong work experience in women’s rights, movement building, and structural and political issues in the Global South are strongly preferred.
• Demonstrable experience in managing different requirements and coordinating with multiple stakeholders, including donors, feminist organisations, and partners.
• Flexibility and willingness to adapt to changing priorities, and the ability to meet deadlines.