About Prospera International Network of Women’s Fund
Prospera International Network of Women’s and Feminist Funds (INWFF) is a membership network of independent women and feminist funds that work to redistribute resources to diverse women’s and feminist movements working across the Global South and East.
At present, the network brings together 49 women’s and feminist funds giving grants in 173 countries, mobilising over USD 200 million annually. Prospera’s members work collectively to transform philanthropy around the world by shifting power and putting flexible money directly into the hands of diverse activists, organisations, and movements.
Prospera has a small but mighty Secretariat team. As an organisation, Prospera embraces the feminist values and culture in the way it works internally and within the network and externally with its allies and the broader communities and stakeholders.
About the Role
This role is part of the Advocacy and Communications team, which shapes how Prospera communicates internally across the membership and how it is understood externally and, through its influence, helps to create systemic change aligned with its mission. The purpose of this role is to provide strategic leadership and hands-on support for all internal and external communications. Reporting to the Director of Advocacy and Communication, the Communications Manager is responsible for enhancing the organisation’s visibility, strengthening its brand, and ensuring consistent, impactful messaging across all channels. The Communications Manager will strengthen the organisation’s voice, build awareness of its mission, effectively communicate its impact, and support donor engagement and stakeholder relations.
Purpose of the Role
Along with the Director of Advocacy and Communications and the Advocacy Manager, this role is critical to advancing Prospera’s strategy through compelling storytelling, effective media engagement, and consistent messaging across platforms.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop and implement an organisation-wide communications strategy that supports programmatic, advocacy, and resource mobilisation goals.
- Craft clear, engaging content for newsletters, reports, websites, social media, press releases, speeches, and donor materials.
- Manage media relations, including building relationships with media outlets, drafting press materials, and coordinating media opportunities.
- Work closely with network members and Secretariat to co-create narratives and campaigns that advance their collective advocacy and movement-building goals.
- Centre local knowledge and political context in storytelling, amplifying diverse member voices in ways that shift power and visibility.
- Ensure consistent use of branding and messaging across all communication channels and materials.
- Oversee the organisation’s online presence, including social media accounts and website updates.
- Improve communication tools and support building capacities within the Secretariat and across the network as needed.
- Build systems to track and evaluate the reach, resonance, and impact of their communications.
- Manage relevant external service providers, agencies, and freelance contractors as needed.
- Participate in organisational planning, budgeting, and risk management processes, and oversee the communications budget and spending.
Skills and Experience
- Degree in communication, social sciences, or other related areas.
- Minimum of 5–7 years of experience in communications, journalism, public relations, or a related field—preferably in organisations or groups that focus on women’s rights, gender equality, and social and environmental justice.
- At least 3 years of experience managing communications projects or small teams.
- Strong writing, editing, and storytelling skills with a keen understanding of audience engagement, with a demonstrated track record in shifting narrative and influencing opinions through compelling messaging.
- Demonstrated experience in media relations and managing or overseeing social media and digital platforms.
- Experience in developing briefs, keynotes, and framing conversations for multi-stakeholder engagement and convenings.
- Ability to translate complex issues into clear, compelling messages.
- Excellent command of English; additional language skills (in any of the spoken languages within the network) are an asset.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including public speaking and presentation skills.
- Ability to travel up to 30%.
Preferred:
- Experience in working in a multi-cultural, multi-region workspace..
- Based in a country in the Global South and East, where members are situated.
- Experience in networks, advocacy organisations, and feminist organisations.
- Experience in or familiarity with the Women and Feminist funds model.
Working Conditions:
- This is a remote role with flexibility in office location (e.g. home-office, co-working space, etc).
- 35 hours weekly, Monday to Thursday, with required flexibility to accommodate different time zones across the team and for the network engagement.
Prospera’s commitment to EDI:
- They are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion, grounded in feminist principles that value collective care, self-determination, and justice. They strongly encourage applications from women, trans, non-binary, and gender-diverse people, as well as individuals from racialised, Indigenous, immigrant, refugee, and other underrepresented or marginalised communities.
