Provide visionary leadership, direction, and feminist-informed decision-making for the organisation, staff, and programmes.
Lead on the development and implementation of ARM’s strategic plan, ensuring alignment with our mission, theory of change, and feminist principles.
Build and maintain strong, values-based partnerships with movements, networks, and allies nationally, regionally, and internationally.
Represent ARM in high-level spaces, including with government bodies, donors, media, civil society coalitions, and at international forums.
Act as the public voice of ARM, ensuring messaging aligns with organisational values and positions.
Identify, assess, and mitigate organisational risks related to people, finances, reputation, and operations.
Serve as primary liaison between the Board and the organisation, ensuring timely and transparent communication.
Collaborate with the Board to deepen ARM’s strategic vision and monitor its implementation.
Support Board governance development and training.
Lead succession planning, including developing a comprehensive senior management cover system and leadership pipeline (e.g. cover for all essential functions in the case of force majeure, operational, administrative, legal and decision-making processes in absence of ED and/or other senior management positions).
Develop and lead ARM’s fundraising strategy, ensuring diverse, sustainable income streams through grants, partnerships, and innovative models.
Build and sustain long-term relationships with donors and funding partners.
Oversee annual and multi-year budgets, sustainability fund management, and all financial planning in line with strategic priorities.
Ensure financial compliance with ARM policies, Lebanese laws, and donor requirements.
Maintain transparent financial reporting to the Board and stakeholders.
Oversee program design, implementation, and evaluation, ensuring migrant leadership and feminist principles are embedded in all activities.
Ensure robust Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) systems are in place to measure impact and adapt strategies.
Lead ARM’s organisational response to crises and emergencies, including public positioning, staff safety, and rapid programme adaptations.
Promote cross-team collaboration to ensure programme quality and relevance.
Shape and oversee ARM’s advocacy agenda and policy priorities.
Guide campaign strategy with migrant worker leaders and allies, balancing long-term planning with rapid response.
Ensure research, reports, and educational materials amplify marginalized voices.
Oversee ARM’s communication strategy, from content development to dissemination across media and digital platforms.
Serve as a key spokesperson, ensuring ARM’s voice is values-driven and impactful.
Foster a positive, inclusive, and anti-racist organisational culture grounded in feminist ethics of care.
Oversee recruitment, performance management, professional development, and well-being initiatives.
Implement HR policies that promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and shared leadership.
Develop annual staff training plans informed by performance reviews and organisational needs.
Ensure conflict resolution processes are fair, transparent, and (when feasible) transformative.
Build meaningful systems towards safeguarding ARM’s history, political vision, and accumulated knowledge as collective movement memory.
Strengthen organizational structures and policies to support continuity, resilience, and accountability.
Ensure ARM’s grassroots origins remain central as the organization evolves.
Deep commitment to ARM’s mission, vision, and feminist leadership values.
At least 5 years in a senior leadership role and 15+ years of management experience in social change, human rights advocacy, or feminist organizing.
Proven experience in strategic planning, financial oversight, fundraising, and donor relations.
Strong knowledge of labour migration, anti-racism, feminist movement-building, and migrant rights.
Demonstrated ability to lead during crises, organisational change, and growth phases.
Experience working with diverse and international boards.
Exceptional communication skills in English and Arabic; French is an asset.
Ability and willingness to travel internationally regularly for ARM representation.
Security management in complex environments.
In-depth understanding of donor landscapes in the WA region.
Experience in organisational governance and development consulting.
Lived experience as a migrant, racialised, or otherwise marginalised person.
This position is full time (40 hours per week). This position is based in Lebanon with flexibility of working partially remotely based on the organizational needs post probation period. For applicants who are not Lebanese citizens, ARM will assist the selected candidate in obtaining the necessary work permit for Lebanon.
The annual salary for this position will be between $50’000 and $65’000 based on the candidate’s profile and includes a strong benefits package (private health insurance, starting 20 days of annual leave in addition to approximately 14 national holidays, along with two organizational wellbeing breaks set annually for two weeks.
Interested candidates should email their CV and motivation letter to this link. Please note that this is a very thorough recruitment process and shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a writing test as part of the hiring process, in addition to 2 interviews. Interviews will take place asap on a rolling basis with an expected starting date in December 2025.
We are very proud of the diversity in our team. We strongly encourage you to apply if you are from a marginalized community or racially underrepresented group and if you have lived experience alongside the skillset we're looking for.