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IPPF/WHR
seeks a professional with expertise in project management related to sexual
and reproductive health and rights to help coordinate a multi-country
initiative to increase women’s access to safe and legal abortion in Latin
America and the Caribbean.
BASIC RESPONSIBILITIES
Provide technical
support to IPPF Member Associations (MA) and partner organizations in the
implementation of service-delivery programs to increase access to safe and
legal abortion. Specifically, the
Program Officer will assist with the coordination of the regional safe
abortion initiative, support the implementation of projects in six countries,
organize regional-level meetings and workshops, and represent IPPF/WHR in
regional abortion-related groups and coalitions.
Under the supervision of the IPPF/WHR Senior
Program Officer, the Program Officer will be responsible
for ensuring that project outcomes are
achieved, including:
·
Strengthened capacity of IPPF Member Associations and their
civil society partners to carry out successful and
innovative strategies to increase women’s access to safe and legal abortion
services.
·
Improved strategies to ensure
the use of data for decision-making to improve clinic and provider
performance and client health outcomes.
To achieve this, the Program Officer will work in
an integrated fashion with the Universal Access team to:
- Monitor country-level
activities and provide on-site and remote technical support to the IPPF
Member Associations and partner organizations participating in the
regional abortion initiative.
- Coordinate
workshops, meetings and project-related events
- Support
activities to monitor and evaluate the regional initiative and facilitate
the documentation and dissemination of best
practices and lessons learned
- Prepare
project presentations, abstracts, grant proposals, and donor reports as
needed; review and provide feedback on narrative and financial reports
from country partners.
- Support the
Senior Program Officer and MA Finance Senior Officer with the financial
management of the regional initiative and execution of restricted
project funds.
- Maintain
communications and coordinate with donors as requested
- Represent
IPPF/WHR in regional abortion-related groups and coalitions as requested
- Participate
on behalf of the Regional Office in external meetings, conferences and
workshops as requested.
- Write
articles and technical publications as requested.
- Carry out
other activities related to reaching project goals as established in the
donor agreements
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
- Master's degree or equivalent in Public Health, Public
Affairs, Social Work or relevant field;
- Proven ability in project
management and coordination;
- Strong commitment to and knowledge of sexual and
reproductive health and rights, especially in the Latin
American/Caribbean context;
- Experience in designing,
planning, and implementing sexual and reproductive health and rights
programs and/or advocacy efforts in an international context;
- Experience in monitoring and evaluating health
programs;
- Experience working on the
issue of safe abortion a plus;
- Previous experience writing
technical reports and funding proposals a plus
SKILLS
- Advanced oral and written
skills in Spanish and English REQUIRED
- Ability and willingness to
travel (30-40% of time)
- Essential traits include
being systematic, organized, detail- and deadline-oriented,
self-motivated, diplomatic, strategic, able to multi-task and work well
in a fast-paced team-oriented environment
Salary:
Commensurate with experience.
This
position is based in New York
Please send resume and cover letter, including salary history
to:
Sharon
Harrison
Director
of Human Resources
IPPF/WHR
125 Maiden Lane, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10038
IPPF/WHR IS AN
EQUAL-OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
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