Forum for African Women Educationalists in Malawi (FAWEMA)
VACANCIES
1. THE ORGANIZATION
The Forum for African Women Educationalists in Malawi (FAWEMA) is a registered non- governmental organization which brings together educationalists to support and promote education for girls and women in Malawi. FAWEMA works in close partnership with Government, development partners and other stakeholders to support girls and women to acquire education and training for development through advocacy and demonstrative interventions.
FAWEMA’s Vision: A self-reliant and inclusive society where girls and women are creative, innovative and skilled for their well-being.
FAWEMA’s Mission: To promote gender responsive policies, attitudes and practices that provide opportunities to girls and women through evidence-based interventions that allow them to prosper.
2. THE PROJECT
FAWEMA in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation is implementing a seven-year project from 2024 to 2030 called ‘Second Chance Pathways for Increased access to Tertiary Education for Marginalized Young Women and Men’. The project’s objective is to increase the number of young women and men who access and complete tertiary education, particularly in STEM – related courses, to enhance their opportunity to get dignified and fulfilling work.
To ensure quality delivery of the project, FAWEMA seeks to recruit highly motivated, well experienced and committed person to fill the following position:
3. POSITIONS
3.1 Project Officer (to be based in Mzuzu) – 1 Position
Reporting to the Project Manager, the Project Officer will perform the following duties among others:
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Plan and implement activities that support the completion of project goals and objectives in coordination with the Project Manager.
- Regularly provides technical inputs to all on-going project activities.
- Ensures results-based implementation, monitoring, evaluation and documentation of outcomes of project interventions in the project highlighting their impact on partners.
- Develop and maintain deliverables to track achievement milestones and overall project delivery within the constraints of scope, schedule, cost and quality.
- Work closely with FAWEMA partners, members and volunteers towards building a support network for the project in the area.
- Facilitate regular engagement with key district level stakeholders, ensuring regular information sharing, joint planning and monitoring.
- Ensure documentation of project activities to meet reporting requirements of FAWEMA and strategic partners.
- Ensure day to day planning and implementation of project activities.
- Organize training activities and meetings for partners, and key stakeholders.
- Ensure prudent management of project resources for the region.
- Submit monthly and quarterly reports to the Project Manager.
- Carry out other duties related to the project as assigned by Management.
Qualifications, Experience, Skills and Competencies
- Bachelor’s degree in Education, Social Science, Project Management or related field.
- Minimum three (3) years of work experience in program administration or other related fields.
- Knowledge of development, education, gender issues and NGO work in Malawi.
- Good experience in managing scholarship programs.
- Experience in capturing and documenting results and lessons from program implementation for management decisions.
- Good experience in managing donor finances in an NGO set up.
- Experience mainstreaming gender considerations throughout the project cycle.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and meet very strict deadlines.
- Proficient in key computer packages: Word, Excel, Power point, internet.
- A self-starter that can work with minimum supervision and willing to work extra hours when the call of duty demands.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with exceptional attention to details and ability to write high quality reports.
Behaviours
- High level of integrity, open and transparent personality.
- Working towards achieving a team goal with ability to work independently.
- Ability to respect the interest of all groups of people in the community and culturally sensitive.
- Persuasive and able to work with different cultural settings.
- Motivated, energetic and strives to develop and support others.
- Result oriented and a team player.
- Working for the best interest of the organisation and project participants,
- Personal qualities of integrity, credibility and ability to follow official systems and procedures.
3.2 Safeguarding Officer – 1 Position
The position reports to the Project Manager with strong accountabilities to the Executive Director due to the sensitivities of safeguarding issues should they arise. The Safeguarding Officer will perform the following key responsibilities among others: –
a. Safeguarding Leadership & Operations
- Support the management team to create environment that demonstrates high commitment to safeguarding issues and project participants.
- Support management in developing and implementing safeguarding measures and procedures.
- Facilitate the process of developing internal promotion and socialisation of the safeguarding policy and management standards among staff, key stakeholders, and partners.
- Take lead in annual reviews of implementation and adherence to management safeguarding standards and make recommendation for remedial actions.
- Support Human Resources function in ensuring recruitment processes minimise risk of engaging candidates that are unsuitable to work with young people and communities.
b. Case management
- Provide support to ensure a strong safeguarding feedback mechanism is in place and meets the needs of project participants.
- Ensure that all staff, volunteers, contractors and partners understand the Safeguarding policy, Code of Conduct, and are aware of expected behaviours and implications of misconduct.
- Ensure that vetted referral pathways (internal and external) are included in the project management cycle.
- Participate and facilitate incident reporting, investigations, and case closure, ensuring that responses to incidents are prioritised for the best interests of project participants.
- Compile regular reports and analyse trends from evidence-based learning over time to ensure that the safeguarding actions are strengthened.
- Maintain proper documentation of all reports and the case handling process.
c. Programming and Influencing
- Participate in proposal development to ensure safeguarding activities are incorporated with clear deliverables, indicators, timeframes, and adequate budgets.
- Facilitate strategy development and reviews for use and adherence to ensure that safeguarding tools and standards are in inculcated in all programming, influencing, communications, & media interventions.
- Develop quality controls e.g. checklists and field visits to monitor how strong mainstreaming of safeguarding issues across all stages of project cycle management.
- Support project data collection for reviews, evaluations, and annual planning and reporting.
d. Capacity Building and External Stakeholders
- Develop local training packages, new staff orientations, and training plans annually on safeguarding.
- Lead internal trainings and refresher activities and maintain regular engagement with staff, partners, stakeholders and project participants.
- Build and maintain relationships with service providers ensuring that the organisation has the right network of support on safeguarding.
- Conduct due diligence for partners, contractors, and other key stakeholders and provide awareness raising on the safeguarding policy and procedures.
- Hold learning and review meetings for all safeguarding focal point persons and key project staff.
- Prepare and present briefing notes on safeguarding for project stakeholders during events.
- Lead the safeguarding information management within FAWE Malawi
e. Risk Management, Equality and Inclusion
- Support project teams to assess safeguarding risks from planned delivery of activities and events to minimise risks to project participants in all their diversity
- Support the formulation of risk management strategies for safeguarding to ensure they are integral to all project systems and processes.
- Work with all staff to ensure all types of project engagement are inclusive of project participants in all their diversity and prioritise their best interest and safety.
- Promote staff behaviour towards young people to be respectful, non-discriminatory and appropriate.
- Support socialisation of Social Inclusion within the FAWE Malawi and response including capacity building initiatives and with project leadership teams.
Qualifications, Experience and Competencies.
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in Social Science, Human Rights, Development Studies, Gender Studies, or related field.
- At least 5 years of progressive work experience in NGO setup or Development or Humanitarian contexts addressing sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV).
- Proven track record of extensive experience in safeguarding and protecting vulnerable people.
- Experience working directly in gender, age, disability or social inclusion programming related issues and/or broader protection issues, preferably in an NGO context.
- Experience in interactive and/or innovative training approaches and conducting successful workshops.
- Experience in community facilitation, sensitisation and awareness raising is desirable.
- Demonstrated knowledge in PSHEA and case management is preferred.
- Applicants with experience working with scholarship programs are particularly preferred.
Skills & Knowledge
- Demonstrated fluency in critical concepts of advising, assessing, designing or managing programmes or efforts related to vulnerability, gender, age, disability, refugees, social inclusion in development contexts and ability to develop program strategies and guidance.
- Knowledge of inclusive gender analysis and assessments, including approaches, methods, and frameworks
- Familiarity with data protection and confidentiality measures.
- An understanding of young people participation and participatory techniques
- Familiarity with hard-to-reach areas of Malawi, local culture, language, logistics and practices.
- Ability to work in a team of professionals.
- Ability to communicate effectively in English.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to quickly adapt technical guidance to any given operating environment.
- High computer literacy with full knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
Behaviours
- Honest, integrity, open and transparent personality.
- Working towards achieving a team goal with ability to work independently.
- Be able to respect all groups of people in the community and culturally sensitive.
- Persuasive and able to work with different cultural settings.
- Motivated, energetic and strives to develop and support others.
- Result oriented and a team player.
- Working for the best interest of the organisation and project participants,
- Personal qualities of integrity, credibility and ability to follow official systems and procedures.
4. APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Interested applicants should submit applications together with their latest Curriculum Vitae with names and contacts of three professional referees, academic and professional qualifications not later than Friday, 27th February 2026 to recruitment@fawema.org and addressed to:
The Executive Director
FAWEMA
Area 47, Sector 3
P.O. Box 30886
Lilongwe 3
Please note that FAWEMA is an equal opportunity employer
To apply for this job email your details to recruitment@fawema.org