Location: Flexible / Remote (candidates in the Global South are strongly encouraged to apply)
Term: Full Time - 35 hours a week, fixed term 6 months
Organization: Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)
Salary: The base annual salary for this position is USD $66,803.00 Benefits: Group medical and life insurances. Paid time off (20 vacation days, 15 sick days, 5 personal days and up to 12 paid holidays annually). Contribution of 5% of base monthly salary to retirement savings. Remote work and flexible work arrangements.
Overview of the organization:
AWID is a global, feminist, membership, movement-support organization. Our mission is to support feminist, women’s rights, and gender justice movements to thrive, to be a driving force in challenging systems of oppression, and to co-create feminist realities. We currently have 35+ staff members based in 20+ different countries.
The position and profile
AWID is looking to hire an HR Coordinator (parental cover). We are looking for someone with expertise in leading the coordination of all HR functions.
The right candidate would have proven experience in payroll management, operating a HR Information system, and tracking and managing benefits for global employees. We are also seeking experience in employee life cycle support: recruitment, onboarding, offboarding, performance management and professional development, and promoting wellbeing in the workplace. The role would also contribute to HR strategic planning, policy development and implementation, and collecting HR metrics to enable implementation of HR governance and advisory functions as well as organizational development and support.
The right candidate will be committed to the principles of feminism and anti-oppression, be familiar with regional and global realities of feminist movements with regards to human resources. Successful applicants should be able to work in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment with diverse stakeholders and have excellent relationship building and interpersonal skills to build strong alliances with diverse constituencies.
Please see the detailed Job Description here
How to apply:
All candidates must submit in English a current CV/resume and a cover letter and complete the questions through the Application form. Submit your application to this link by 25 January 2026 at 23:00 EST.
We thank all those who apply, but only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. No calls/emails please. To learn more about AWID and our programs, please visit our website at www.awid.org.
People from and based in the Global South; women, trans, non-binary and intersex persons; Black and Indigenous people; persons with disabilities and other candidates from historically oppressed groups, of all ages, are strongly encouraged to apply for this position. If you fit most, but not all, requirements for this position, please don’t hesitate to apply.
AWID is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at AWID are based on organizational needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex, pregnancy status, age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression. If contacted in relation to an employment opportunity, please advise AWID of the accommodation measures, if required, which would enable you to be interviewed in a fair and equitable manner. All information received in relation to accommodation measures will be treated in confidence.