Deadline: 20 July 2025
CHEVS is a youth-led feminist collective dedicated to advancing LGBTQIA+ equality and gender justice across West Africa. Our mission is to mobilize and strengthen LGBTQIA+ communities for collective action toward achieving equality, freedom, and justice. Through movement building, advocacy, and narrative change, CHEVS works to dismantle oppressive systems and promote holistic, and inclusive feminist futures.
About the Annual Movement Reflection Workshop (AMRW)
The Annual Movement Reflection Workshop (AMRW) is a groundbreaking convening that brings together LGBTQI+ organizers from across West Africa to reflect, reconnect, and re-strategize. It is a space to center learning, healing, and collective power in the face of growing authoritarianism and anti-rights movements.
This year’s AMRW focuses on building an inclusive, resilient, and informed cross-border andcross-issue social justice movement. The convening will include movement reflection sessions, skills building, storytelling, wellness practices, and regional strategy design.
Workshop Objectives
- Foster a space for mutual learning and collective care.
- Inspire collective and joint advocacy amongst LGBTQI+ and allied movements.
- Deepen participant knowledge on resource mobilization, cross-movement organizing, and regional trends.
- Celebrate African queerness as a site of joy, resistance, and identity.
Key Learning Questions
- What strategies have worked (or failed) in resisting anti-LGBTQI laws and narratives across West Africa in the past year, and what can we learn from them?
- How are structural systems like patriarchy, colonial legacies, and religious fundamentalism shaping current threats and how can LGBTQI movements organize more intersectionally todismantle them?
- What practices of care, healing, and safety are sustaining LGBTQI activists and organizations, and how can we embed these more intentionally in our movement work?
- How can we strengthen regional movement infrastructure, including language justice, digital organizing, and funding access, to ensure we are not just surviving but building collective power?
Scope of Work
The learning consultant will collaborate closely with CHEVS’ programs and insight & learning teams to:
- Co-design the AMRW agenda and session flow to align with the intended learning outcomes.
- Apply participatory observation techniques to capture reflections, learnings, and innovations throughout the convening.
- Conduct key informant interviews and mini-reflection groups with participants.
- Review workshop notes, session summaries, and materials.
- Lead the development of a comprehensive learning report that documents:
– Key insights, trends, and reflections.
– Lessons learned and best practices for movement building.
– Strategic recommendations for donors and organizing partners.
Methodology
The learning process should apply feminist and participatory approaches and may include:
- Observation and embedded participation during the workshop.
- Informal and structured interviews with organizers, participants, and facilitators.
- Note review, session synthesis, and reflective journaling.
- The use of storytelling, decolonial framing, and intersectional analysis.
Who are we looking for?We are looking for someone who brings curiosity, deep political insight, and strong analytical and writing skills. You should have:
- Oral and written proficiency in English or French (fluency in both is a strong advantage).
- At least 3 years’ experience in report writing, learning facilitation, or documentation.
- Demonstrated experience working in or with LGBTQI+, feminist, or rights-based movements in West Africa.
- A commitment to intersectionality, healing justice, and power-conscious learning.
How to Apply
Interested candidates should submit the following documents to opportunities@chevs.org on or before the 20th of July.
- A writing sample of a similar learning or strategy report.
- A CV detailing relevant experience.
- A brief work plan outlining your proposed approach and timeline.
- A proposed budget (inclusive of consultancy fees and any relevant expense.
