Lead Coach

Job Posting: Lead Coach, WAN-IFRA Women in News (WIN)

Organisation: WAN-IFRA Women in News (WIN)

Position: Lead Coach, Women in News (WIN), WAN-IFRA

Engagement length: 12 months

Engagement type: Milestone-based contract

Start Date: June 2026

Location: Global (Flexible)

Application Deadline: 28/05/2026

WAN-IFRA Women in News (WIN) is seeking a Lead Coach to guide the vision, quality, and delivery of coaching within the Global Leadership Accelerator and other coaching initiatives .

The Lead Coach will play a critical role in ensuring that participants receive transformative, consistent, and contextually relevant coaching support across WIN’s global programme. The individual must have demonstrated skills in coaching in complex media environments specifically tailored to support media professionals, with particular experience supporting displaced journalists being an asset.

Role Purpose

The Lead Coach will oversee all coaching components of the Global Leadership Accelerator, including coaching operations, curriculum development, coach recruitment and support, quality assurance, supervision, and reporting.

The role requires a reflective, experienced, and people-centred coaching leader who can balance global consistency with local relevance, while building a strong and supportive coaching community aligned with WIN’s mission.

Key Responsibilities

1. Coaching Programme Management

Lead the end-to-end management of coaching within the Global Leadership Accelerator, including coach-participant matching, scheduling, participant experience, coaching workflows, and coordination with programme leadership.

1. Curriculum and Tools Development

Design, update, and maintain a unified global coaching curriculum, including coaching tools, reflective exercises, leadership development frameworks, and guidance materials that can be adapted across diverse contexts.

1. Coach Recruitment and Onboarding

Identify, vet, recruit, and onboard a diverse pool of skilled coaches, ensuring they are duly certified, understand WIN’s values, programme objectives, coaching approach, safeguarding expectations, and quality standards.

1. Coach Support and Supervision

Provide ongoing mentorship and support to coaches, including case clinics, peer reflection spaces, supervision sessions, and guidance on complex participant situations.

1. Quality Assurance

Ensure coaching delivery is consistent, high-quality, locally relevant, and aligned with the Global Leadership Accelerator’s leadership development goals through feedback loops, observations, evaluations, and continuous improvement processes.

1. Leadership Coaching for the Implementation Team

Provide targeted ad hoc coaching support to the wider implementation team to strengthen alignment, effectiveness, wellbeing, and reflective practice.

1. Communication and Reporting

Provide clear and timely updates to the Managing Director and the Global Leadership Accelerator Lead, including coaching progress, risks, participant engagement, completion rates, and quality insights.

Key Performance Indicators

The Lead Coach will be assessed on the extent to which they:

• Deliver a globally aligned and high-quality coaching ecosystem.
• Enhance participants’ leadership journeys and professional growth.
• Strengthen coach effectiveness, consistency, and alignment.
• Build a thriving, reflective, and supportive coaching community.
• Ensure coaching delivery is well-coordinated, timely, and responsive.
• Maintain clear reporting, quality assurance, and learning systems.
• Contribute meaningfully to WIN’s broader mission, impact, and leadership development goals.

Required Profile

The ideal candidate will have:

• Certified Professional Coach with Significant experience in leadership coaching, executive coaching, career coaching, and organisational development.
• Demonstrated experience managing or supervising coaches across diverse contexts.
• Strong understanding of leadership development, reflective practice, emotional intelligence, and professional growth.
• Experience designing coaching curricula, tools, frameworks, or learning journeys.
• Excellent facilitation, mentoring, and supervision skills.
• Ability to support diverse participants with sensitivity, professionalism, and cultural awareness.
• Strong programme coordination, communication, and reporting skills.
• Commitment to gender equality, inclusion, media development, and WIN’s mission.
• Familiarity with the media sector, women’s leadership, or global development programmes will be an added advantage.

Reporting Line

The Lead Coach will report to the Global Leadership Accelerator Lead and will work closely with relevant programme team members.

How to Apply

Interested applicants should send their CV and cover letter to info@womeninnews.org or upload them below by 28 May 2026. Please include Lead Coach in the subject line. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

About WAN-IFRA Women in News

Women in News (WIN) is a global programme of WAN-IFRA (World Association of News Publishers) dedicated to strengthening gender equality in media. Through leadership development, research, and advocacy, WIN works with media organisations and journalists across Africa, the Arab Region, Southeast Asia, Europe, and beyond to strengthen women’s leadership, improve newsroom cultures, and support more inclusive, resilient, and sustainable media ecosystems.

The WIN Leadership Accelerator is a flagship programme designed to support mid- to senior-level women media professionals in advancing into leadership roles. Delivered through a combination of training, one-on-one coaching, and peer learning, the programme equips participants with the skills, networks, and confidence to lead in a rapidly evolving media landscape.