• vacancy

    Both We Lead and Free to be Me connect rightsholders with one another in local Communities of Action (CoAs) and support and coach them, so that they are better able to advocate for, claim, protect, and promote their rights, needs and ideas. Both programs are funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We Lead started January 1, 2021. Free to be Me is expected to start soon.
    To implement both projects in Southern Africa, we are looking for a Project Officer:  50% Free to be Me – 50% We Lead.

  • vacancy

    To support Hivos’ Southern Africa office generate new initiatives and mobilize resources we are looking for a Project Manager for the Resource of Open Minds (ROOM) program in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe (Fixed term contract-full time, based in Harare, Zimbabwe).

  • vacancy

    Are you committed to defending human rights offline as well as online? Do you have experience in facilitating trainings, digital security, organizational security or in coordinating networks? Hivos’ Digital Defenders Partnership (DDP) team is looking for a Project Officer in Nairobi, Kenya.

  • News

    Hivos’ new GreenWorks program aims to mitigate the impact of climate change through job creation and economic empowerment across North Africa.

    April 9, 2021

  • News

    “Decolonizing the development sector” started as a radical idea to rethink power structures in the social justice debate. It has now become an uncomfortable reality that many international NGOs and the philanthropy world have to grapple with. The term “decolonizing”, which also evokes historical struggles for independence,  calls for structural change in more than just […]

    April 7, 2021

  • opinion

    By Diana Monissen, Chair of Hivos’ Supervisory Council  The world’s social problems have increased significantly in the last several decades. It’s quite a litany when you think about it. Poverty, corruption, climate change, power imbalances, forced migration, shrinking civic space, human rights defenders under duress, and growing inequalities faced by marginalized groups. This is why […]

    March 23, 2021

  • vacancy

    To support our Regional Office for Southern Africa, we are looking for a: Communications Officer. (Part time fixed contract until 31 December 2021 with possibility of extension)

  • vacancy

    To support our office generate new initiatives and mobilize resources we are looking for a: Program Officer- Capacity Building
    (Fulltime fixed contract until 31 December 2021 with possibility of extension)

  • vacancy

    About Hivos Hivos works for a world where people can realize their full potential, unleashing their ingenuity and creativity to build fair, just and life-sustaining societies for themselves and generations to come. Our mission is to amplify and connect voices that promote social and environmental justice and challenge power imbalances. We particularly empower marginalized rightsholders […]

  • vacancy

    The HFA Project aims to increase the resilience of food systems, and to link food production to nutrition performance, thereby increasing the range and quality of food products for a healthy diet.

  • vacancy

    The Finance and Administration Officer (FAO) will provide an efficient and responsive finance, administration, operations and logistics service. The FAO will support the Programme Manager and other relevant staff with administrative coordination within the SRHR program and assist in resolving day to day operational problems.