Careers
The Graça Machel Trust is a vibrant organisation which gives employees room to be creative and find new innovative ways to push forward our agenda. Working at the Trust, you will be joining a culturally diverse community of people beaming with ideas on how to make an impact in the lives of women and children across the African continent.
Testimonials
“Working for the GMT has opened a World of possibilities for me, from Influencing policy to being part of implementing these same policies. That coupled with the wealth of experience from the GMT staff, has been a professional dream come true”
I have only been with the Trust for 16 months, yet it feels as if I have always been a part of the Graca Machel Trust family. Working for the Trust has been a wonderful and life-changing experience for me. The best expe rience has been discovering the potential and strength that lies within me. I consider myself blessed to be surrounded by a family which allows me to make mistakes and learn from them, a family which pushes me to leave a foot print in the lives of the people I touch and above all a family which allows me to be me.
Working at The Graca Machel Trust has provided me with so many opportunities to different media networks nationally and regionally. I have worked on campaigns and seen the impact that the Trust has had on the broader community, and that has inspired me to do so much more.
Note: The Graça Machel trust does not ask for money at any point during the recruitment process. Any recruitment process which asks for money should be regarded as fraudulent.
The Trust supports and mobilises civil society networks on issues of ending child marriage, ending violence against children, ending female genital mutilation and promoting children’s rights, to carry out advocacy and action across Africa. Special focus is placed on Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia where child marriage continues to be a problem largely driven by poverty, gender inequality, harmful traditional practices, conflict, low levels of literacy, limited opportunities for girls and weak or non-existent protective and preventive legal frameworks.
Education is a fundamental right for all children, which is also a vehicle for social, economic and political transformation in communities, countries and the African continent at large. Recent studies indicate a lack of progress in some of the critical commitments aimed at improving education quality, access, retention and achievement, particularly for girls. In most African countries, girls may face barriers to learning, especially when they reach post-primary levels of education. By implementing multi-dimensional approaches to education which includes core education, personal development, life skills and economic competencies, the Trust partners with funding partners, governments, civil societies and the private sector to improve education access.
The Nutrition and Reproductive, Maternal, New-born, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition, (RMNCAH+N) of the Children’s Rights and Development Programme aims at promoting the Global Strategy for women, children and adolescents’ health within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda. The strategy emphasises on the importance of effective country leadership as a common factor across countries making progress in improving the health of women, children and adolescents.
Through its Early Childhood Development (ECD) plan, The Trust will seek to put into action the new science and evidence Report that was presented by Lancet Series on Good and early development – the right of every child. This will be achieved by mobilising like-minded partners to contribute in the new science and evidence to reach all young children with ECD. The Trust’s goal is to be a catalyst for doing things differently, in particular, to rid fragmentation and lack of coordination across ECD sectors. In response to evidence showing the importance of political will in turning the tide against the current poor access and quality of ECD. Even before conception, starting with a mother’s health and social economic conditions, the early years of a child’s life form a fundamental foundation that determines whether a child will survive and thrive optimally.