Careers
A career with Women for Women International means working alongside a dynamic, ambitious and passionate team in the UK, US, Germany and our country offices.
We are committed to personal development for our team. You will have the opportunity to attend training workshops for personal and career development, as well as participating in our staff training days and bi-weekly all-staff meetings. With some roles, travel to visit our country offices may also be an option.
What we offer all of our employees:
- Your work-life balance is important to us, and we offer all our staff the option to work 70 hours over 9 working days and have every other Friday off where possible.
- We offer 25 days annual leave increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30 days, plus bank holidays.
- It is essential to save for your retirement. All permanent employees are eligible to join our group pension plan up to a maximum employer contribution of 7%.
- We work on a hybrid basis, you will be set up to work from home and have the option to work from our office in Borough whenever you want. We enjoy being back in the office a day or two a week to meet colleagues face to face.
- Your health and wellbeing is important to us and provide our Employee Assistance Programme to help you deal with personal and professional problems that could be impacting your home life or work life.
We are united by common values and ways of working, which we revisit as a team on an annual basis, and all staff participate in creating and owning together.
While we work remotely a lot of the time, our UK office is currently based in Central London, with great transport links and lots to do in the area. We have Social and Culture Committee, which organises social and well-being activites for the team such as yoga classes, holiday celebrations, drinks and more. As a member of our UK team, you can also participate in or volunteer at our exciting events throughout the year.
For more information on what it’s like to work for us, read the blog about what it's really like working for charity, written by Paulina Stachnik, our Head of Communications for Refinery29.
If you would like further details or if you have any questions, please contact the team on ukrecruitment@womenforwomen.org.
Senior Officer, Global Programme Funding Opportunities – Proposal Writer (Foundations and Government)
Women for Women International has the ambition to significantly increase grant funding to support programming that has proven to be transformative for marginalised women survivors of war in fragile and conflict-affected countries.
As an interim member of the Global Business Development Team, the position will support Women for Women International's global business development strategies related to proposal development and writing. This position will coordinate the proposal development process and serve as lead writer for select submissions. They will help ensure that applications are of high quality, including that they are competitive and aligned with programmatic priorities and donor interests.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with at least 3-5 years of experience in restricted fundraising, with extensive experience in writing technical proposals for an international NGO.
Closing date for applications is Wednesday 15th May 2024
You will have an opportunity to attend a Q&A with Director of Global Corporate Fundraising – Tuesday 7th May 2024, 13:00 – 13:45pm
If you are interested in attending, please go to our website for the UK Recruitment email address and contact HR.
Interview will be online on Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th May 2024.
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