Deadline: 22 September 2025, 5:00 p.m. EAT.
Feminists in Kenya (FIK) is a grassroots feminist organization founded in 2019 that mobilizes women in all their diversities in the pursuit of gender justice. As conveners of the #TotalShutDownKE nationwide marches against femicide, we are steadfast in our commitment to ending all forms of violence against women, sexual and gender minorities, and other structurally silenced groups. Our work also advances digital rights, reclaims sexual and reproductive health and rights, and uses feminist popular education as a key tool for justice and liberation. Grounded in African feminist traditions of Community, Joy, and Resistance, we are dedicated to transforming everyday silences into language and channeling that language into collective, and transformative feminist action.
The Feminist Programs Lead will provide dynamic feminist leadership to oversee, implement, and expand key FIK projects, including the Feminist Magazine, the Transformative Justice Institute, and other community-centered initiatives. This is a programmatic position requiring initiative, vision, and political grounding. The Programs Lead will be responsible for ensuring that projects are proactively conceptualized and implemented with clarity, creativity, and rigor, while holding feminist values of care, intersectionality, justice, and solidarity. They will also bring a strategic vision to think ahead about project needs, opportunities, and risks, ensuring alignment with broader movement goals.
- Position: Feminist Programs Lead
- Location: Nairobi, Kenya. This role is open to all applicants legally eligible to work in Kenya (hybrid, with occasional travel as required).
- Reporting to: Co-Executive Directors
- Duration: Full-time (40 hours per week)
- Contract type: One-year renewable contract (3 months probation)
Key Responsibilities
Project Development, Leadership & Program Implementation
- Lead the design, planning, and implementation of FIK’s projects and programs.
- Ensure that project objectives are met on time, within scope, and in alignment with FIK’s mission.
- Develop and manage detailed workplans, timelines, and deliverables for different projects simultaneously.
- Ensure effective documentation, monitoring, and evaluation to capture impact and lessons learned.
Project Strategy
- Provide feminist political analysis and thought leadership within FIK’s projects and broader organizing spaces.
- Apply creativity and innovation to project development, ensuring FIK’s work remains dynamic and responsive to the context.
- Proactively think ahead about project needs, opportunities, and risks, ensuring responsiveness and adaptability.
- Anticipate how projects can contribute to long-term feminist movement building beyond immediate outputs.
Strategic Partnership Development
- Build and nurture strategic partnerships and represent FIK to strategic external stakeholders including feminist movements, community organizations, funders, and allies to support FIK programmes.
- Represent FIK in relevant forums, convenings, and networks in Kenya and abroad.
Team Leadership & Collaboration
- Provide mentorship and feminist leadership to team members, consultants, and volunteers engaged in FIK projects.
- Work collaboratively with other leaders within FIK to strengthen organizational structures and culture.
- Model accountability, transparency, and feminist care in leadership.
Qualifications & Experience (Required)
- 2-4 years of proven experience in leading, implementing, and developing programs or projects – ideally within feminist, human rights, or social justice contexts.
- An academic qualification (Bachelor’s degree or higher) in a relevant field such as:
Gender Studies / Feminist Studies, Social Sciences (Sociology, Political Science,
Anthropology), Development Studies / Community Development / International
Development, Human Rights / Law. - Strong feminist grounding with a demonstrated commitment to intersectional, Black, Queer, and grassroots feminist thought.
- Creative and strategic thinker able to bring bold, innovative approaches to feminist organizing.
- Strong leadership skills and experience in feminist, human rights, or social justice organizations, with the ability to self-start and drive complex projects independently.
- Excellent writing, communication, and facilitation skills, able to translate feminist politics into clear, compelling narratives and actions.
Preferred (but not required)
- Some experience in resource mobilization is an added advantage.
- Published articles, research, opinion pieces, or contributions to feminist or human rights knowledge production.
Desired Personal Attributes
This role is best suited for someone who is autonomous and can confidently set direction,
prioritize, offer solutions proactively and drive projects forward within agreed timelines. We
are looking for someone who is a self-starter, thrives in taking ownership of the work from
conception to completion and can follow through independently.
Salary and Benefits
- Salary: Ksh 70,000 – 100,000 per month, commensurate with experience.
- Feminist Wellness: In alignment with our ongoing strategic planning process, fulltime staff will receive an annual wellness allowance of USD 350 to support holistic wellbeing.
- Working Hours: 40 hours per week, with flexibility as needed for feminist organizing realities.
- Annual Leave: 25 working days of annual leave, in addition to all gazetted public
holidays. - Location: Hybrid position based in Kenya (open to all applicants legally eligible to work in Kenya). The role requires a willingness to travel domestically and occasional international travel (10–20%).
- Health Insurance: Comprehensive medical cover (inpatient and outpatient) provided.
- Equipment: Provision of essential work equipment (laptop and related accessories).
- Communication Support: Monthly airtime/data stipend to support effective digital organizing, communication and daily operations of the organization.
- Professional Development: The role includes opportunities for feminist learning and training, access to fellowship and training institute opportunities where relevant, and participation in regional and global feminist convenings and conferences.
Application Process
Interested candidates should send the following to info@feministsinkenya.org
- A cover letter outlining your suitability for the role.
- A CV (maximum 3 pages).
- Contact details of two referees.
- Please share any relevant articles, publications, or written work if available. These are not a mandatory requirement and the absence of such materials will not disqualify your application.
Application Deadline: Applications must be received by 22nd September 2025, 5:00 p.m.
EAT.
Due to the small size of our team, we regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
We deeply appreciate the time and effort put into every application and we will review each
with careful consideration.