🇸🇱 Job Vacancies @ Purposeful Sierra Leone – 2 Positions
Purposeful is recruiting to fill the following positions in Sierra Leone:
1.) Program and Communications Fellow
2.) Learning and Insights Fellow
See job details and how to apply below.
1.) Program and Communications Fellow
WE ARE PURPOSEFUL TERMS OF REFERENCE FELLOWSHIP
Type of Fellowship: Program and Communications Fellow
Reporting Lines: Program Coordinator
Contract: Six months
Location: Freetown with possible provincial Field Visits
WHO WE ARE:
Purposeful is an Africa-rooted global hub for girls’ activism. For millennia, girls have played a critical role in struggles for freedom and liberation. From Africa’s anti-colonial movements to the Arab Spring to climate justice organizing and everything in between – their resistance has always sparked and sustained transformational change. And yet, too often girls are separated and sidelined from resources and shut out from decision-making spaces, their power deliberately obscured and hidden from view. Centering the political power of young feminists across the world, we work so that girls and their allies have access to the resources, networks and platforms they need to power their activism and remake the world.
As an Africa-rooted, global hub for girl activists, Purposeful works to shift the allocation of resources, policies and programmatic practices with and for girls and young feminists across the world. This includes re-distributing resources in highly flexible and innovative ways, including to girls shut out from traditional banking infrastructure. We leverage learnings from our own practice to support others to move from protectionist to power-building approaches that promote the collective liberation of girls. Working in partnership with civil society and development communities, we hold learning space, convene practitioners, build national coalitions and co-create collective advocacy voice. Across all that we do, we work to make girls’ political power visible so that their organising and activism is resourced in healthy and sustainable ways for the long term.
WHAT IS WE ARE PURPOSEFUL FELLOWSHIP
The Purposeful Fellowship is a paid work program that provides practical work experience in a dynamic work environment, interaction with our amazing partners, including girls across the country, and an opportunity to be part of a viable movement for change. It is designed by Purposeful for young graduates and non-graduates with outstanding lived experiences to gain work experience for three to six months for a minimum of 28 hours a week.
WHY WE ARE PURPOSEFUL FELLOWSHIP
Purposeful also recognizes the lived experiences of non-graduates and how that ties into the work we do. Thus, we encourage young women with outstanding experiences to apply for a fellowship. Recent graduates i.e., who have graduated within a year, or who are about to graduate (completing their final requirements) can also apply for this fellowship with Purposeful. The duration of the Purposeful fellowship is six months.
CONTEXT OF THE FELLOWSHIP
We Are Purposeful is looking for a dedicated and dynamic young graduate who is passionate about changing the game for girls to join our fifth (5th) Cohort of Purposeful Fellows in the Girls New Movement Building Hub in Freetown. The Fellow will work closely with the Program Coordinator.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PROGRAMS AND COMMUNICATION FELLOW
- Support the coordination and implementation of programme activities, events, and training.
- Support with budgets and logistics arrangements (venue booking, participant coordination, materials preparation, etc.) for different events.
- Draft meeting notes, activity summaries, and contribute to monthly progress reports.
- Support program officers with partner follow-ups and administrative tasks.
- Participate in community engagements or field visits when required.
- Support media outreach: arrange media contacts, press briefings, and interviews, provide talking points and other materials as needed for senior staff; respond to media inquiries quickly and effectively.
- Support in coordinating the production of a range of information products, including audio/visual communications, when needed to achieve specific organisational and project goals.
- Support the documentation of program activities through photos, videos, and written reports.
- Support in developing visual materials such as infographics, short videos, and social media posts.
- Support other team members and project leads to carry out advocacy activities.
EDUCATION AND SKILLS
- A Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Gender, Communication or an equivalent qualification in a related field of study or lived experience.
- You must be a good writer – someone who understands how to frame a message in a clear, concise, and compelling way.
- You must also be comfortable using basic computing packages and sending out emails.
- Be a team player. Don’t take yourself too seriously.
- You must have a passion for working with girls and young women
APPLICATION PROCESS
To apply for the We Are Purposeful Fellowship, please complete the online application form using this link: We Are Purposeful Fellowship Application Form
As part of your application, you will be asked to:
- Upload a short video (maximum 2 minutes) answering the question: “What did you study in university and why? And how will you apply your learning in this role?”
- Upload your most recent CV.
Application Deadline: 14th November 2025
2.) Learning and Insights Fellow
WE ARE PURPOSEFUL TERMS OF REFERENCE FELLOWSHIP
Type of Fellowship: Learning and Insights Fellow
Reporting Lines: Learning and Insights Coordinator
Contract: Six months
Location: Freetown with possible provincial Field Visits
WHO WE ARE:
Purposeful is an Africa-rooted global hub for girls’ activism. For millennia, girls have played a critical role in struggles for freedom and liberation. From Africa’s anti-colonial movements to the Arab Spring to climate justice organizing and everything in between – their resistance has always sparked and sustained transformational change. And yet, too often girls are separated and sidelined from resources and shut out from decision-making spaces, their power deliberately obscured and hidden from view. Centering the political power of young feminists across the world, we work so that girls and their allies have access to the resources, networks and platforms they need to power their activism and remake the world.
As an Africa-rooted, global hub for girl activists, Purposeful works to shift the allocation of resources, policies and programmatic practices with and for girls and young feminists across the world. This includes re-distributing resources in highly flexible and innovative ways, including to girls shut out from traditional banking infrastructure. We leverage learnings from our own practice to support others to move from protectionist to power-building approaches that promote the collective liberation of girls. Working in partnership with civil society and development communities, we hold learning space, convene practitioners, build national coalitions and co-create collective advocacy voice. Across all that we do, we work to make girls’ political power visible so that their organising and activism is resourced in healthy and sustainable ways for the long term.
WHAT IS WE ARE PURPOSEFUL FELLOWSHIP:
The Purposeful Fellowship is a paid work program that provides practical work experience in a dynamic work environment, interaction with our amazing partners, including girls across the country, and an opportunity to be part of a viable movement for change. It is designed by Purposeful for young graduates and non-graduates with outstanding lived experiences to gain work experience for three to six months for a minimum of 28 hours a week.
WHY WE ARE PURPOSEFUL FELLOWSHIP
Purposeful also recognizes the lived experiences of non-graduates and how that ties into the work we do. Thus, we encourage young women with outstanding experiences to apply for a fellowship. Recent graduates i.e., who have graduated within a year, or who are about to graduate (completing their final requirements) can also apply for this fellowship with Purposeful. The duration of the Purposeful fellowship is six months.
CONTEXT OF THE FELLOWSHIP
We Are Purposeful is looking for a dedicated and dynamic young graduate who is passionate about changing the game for girls to join our fifth (5th) Cohort of Purposeful Fellows in the Girls New Movement Building Hub in Freetown. The Fellow will work closely with the Insight and Learning Coordinator.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE INSIGHT AND LEARNING FELLOW
- With an emphasis on participatory methodologies, contribute to the development of data collection tools, from design and programming, to piloting and adapting.
- Support the collection of data from across girls and mentors, partners and the Purposeful team to generate and document learning and insights.
- Take detailed notes during in-person data collection and type up notes in a prompt manner, with strong attention to detail.
- Support the analysis of quantitative and qualitative data, for example, compiling and summarising workshop feedback forms, creating simple charts and helping to identify key learnings to share with the team.
- Work collaboratively with the different teams to write up findings in engaging ways, such as drafting sections of reports or blogs with guidance from the team.
- Be open to presenting key learning in online and in-person meetings.
- Attend team meetings, take notes and share key summaries and actions with the team afterwards via email.
- Support feedback loops to share learning with girls and mentors, and partners.
- Support planning for learning and support visits to partners in different regions of Sierra Leone.
- Manage email communication and online meetings.
EDUCATION AND SKILLS
- A Bachelor’s degree, an equivalent qualification in a related field of study or lived experience.
- A good writer – someone who enjoys telling a clear story, bringing in different types of data to make it stand out.
- Basic knowledge around data organisation and analysis.
- Comfortable using basic computing packages and sending out emails.
- Fluency in Krio.
- Enjoy reading – if you are the Learning Fellow, your first task will be to read our reports and stay up to date with what other organisations are publishing.
- Be open to learning about different platforms to support your work, such as AI tools that help with transcription and notetaking.
- Be a team player. Don’t take yourself too seriously.
- You must have a passion for working with girls and young women
APPLICATION PROCESS
To apply for the We Are Purposeful Fellowship, please complete the online application form using this link: We Are Purposeful Fellowship Application Form
As part of your application, you will be asked to:
- Upload a short video (maximum 2 minutes) answering the question: “What did you study in university and why? And how will you apply your learning in this role?”
- Upload your most recent CV.
Application Deadline: 14th November 2025
