WISH2ACTION Technical Lead - Quality of Care at Green Park

The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is the leading global NGO in the field of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). It is currently working in more than 170 countries in the world. The Africa Regional Office (IPPFARO) is one of IPPF’s six regional offices.

“Women’s Integrated Sexual Health” (WISH) is IPPFs new flagship health programme to transform the lives of millions of women and girls. Funded by DFID, WISH will provide integrated and holistic healthcare to 2.2m additional users of contraception across 16 countries in Africa and South Asia from 2018-2021.

Through a consortium of five internationally recognised organisations and 11 IPPF Member Associations led by IPPF, the WISH programme will provide a comprehensive, integrated approach to ensure equitable access to family planning and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). The programme will prioritise the most underserved women and girls, particularly youth under 20, the very poor, and marginalized populations (including people with disability, people displaced or affected by humanitarian crisis, and people living in hard-to-reach areas).

The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is recruiting for a Technical Lead (Quality of Care) for the WISH2ACTION project, an incredible opportunity to be involved in this cause while utilizing your technical skills to support the goals of this project.

You will be in an amazing and diverse role, providing strategic direction to, and overseeing the implementation of, the WISH quality of care technical work plan to ensure achievement of global project of quality of care technical goals. You will be working within the Global WISH hub, establishing close partnerships with country-level staff across all WISH Partners in all WISH focal countries, ensuring that clinical governance and quality assurance systems are operational across the programme.

Contributing to the WISH global technical leadership team, you will be showcasing innovative and successful approaches from Member Associations within the Federation, allowing you to be an important part of the decision-making on the wider strategy of this project.

You will have excellent interpersonal skills with a proven ability to influence and negotiate, strong leadership and stakeholder engagement skills, strong analytical and project management skills and be willing to travel internationally, about 60 days a year.