Current Opportunities at International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)

Role Purpose:

• The role of the Commercial Officer will be to supervise all the financial transactions and payments of the WISH 2 programme which are carried out by the IPFFAR financial operations team to ensure correct and timely finance function to support the activities of the Hub. They will work closely with IPPF London Office to ensure timely book-keeping and maintenance of records and support the WISH 2 team with their operational finance queries.
• The Commercial Officer will also support IPPFAR where required on procurement and travel logistics for the WISH 2 team and work with the Commercial Manager to ensure compliance and record keeping in up to date. The role has the possibility for expansion in supporting the Commercial in the financial monitoring of the programme.
• The Commercial Officer will also support on the financial management of assigned Member Association’s and consortium partners with the support of the Commercial Manager to implement a performance by results efficient implementation and value for money spend according to the contract targets and donor compliance.

Context of Role:

• WISH 2 (Women’s Integrated Sexual Health) is one of three components of the overarching WISH Dividend programme that is being procured by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO). This programme is central to delivering the UK’s priorities on empowering women and girls as set out in the
• International Development Strategy, the UK’s strategic approach to sub-Saharan Africa and the International Women and Girls Strategy.
• WISH 2 will be divided into two geographic Lots. IPPFAR is planning on submitting a bid as prime for Lot 2 which covers Burundi, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Zambia.

Deliverables:

• Review all account postings to ensure they are in line with contract instructions, donor requirements, IPPF’s global finance manual and local finance legislation.
• Identify incorrect charges and take remidial action to resolve issues.
• Reconcile programme funding and balances and support the process of month-end and year-end closures.
• Compile actuals vs budget data across the programme to identify funding risk areas.
• Monitor Shared Services Unit payments are within agreed supplier timeframes.
• Prepare WISH 2 inter-company payments and reports in Netsuite to enable correctly and timely payments.
• Produce monthly financial reports for review by the Commercial Manager and the Deputy Team Leader.
• Verify Member Association (MA) and partner financial reports in line with programme finance requirements that will allow for donor payment.
• Collaborate with stakeholder finance teams to correct accounting errors and reconcile data for reporting.
• Train partners and MAs on key programme financial controls and processes required to ensure donor compliant finance management.
• Review programmatic documents and other approval request documents to ensure budget feasibility, compliance with forward-funding guidelines, appropriate methods of financing/payment and adequacy of financial reporting.

Reporting/Management Responsibility:

• None.

Expertise:

• Experience working in project management accounting.
• Experience of working with multimillion-pound budgets.
• Experience of working with restricted/statutory funded projects.
• Experience of working internationally, ideally in a not for profit & often challenging environment.
• Experience in audit and financial control systems.
• Experience working in matrix organisations.
• Experience working with NetSuite is desirable.

Skills:

• Interpersonal skills and an ability to work effectively with people from different countries and cultures.
• Verbal communication skills required to train staff and to convey complex financial information in an easily understandable form to non-financial staff.
• Fluent in English and/or French.
• Advanced IT skills (including spreadsheet applications, especially Microsoft Excel, and databases).
• Analytical skills.
• Time management and organisational skills.

Your Ethos:

• Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding in a local and international context.
• Demonstrates ability and willingness to work in a diverse, multicultural, multilingual and intergenerational environment that is anti-racist and respectful of others.
• An intersectional (pro) feminist passionate about sexual reproductive health care rights + justice, including safe abortion.
• Supportive of people’s rights regardless of sexuality or gender identity/expression and supportive of workers’ rights and access to health care in sex work.

Interested individuals should apply to WISH2Recruitment@ippf.org using the application form and attaching a copy of their CV.  Please specify the job position you are applying for as the subject of your email.  Please note that applications will not be considered if they are not in the correct format.

Deadline

Sun, 10/22/2023

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JOB PURPOSE

• To contribute to upholding Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) of all people, particularly the most marginalized and vulnerable in humanitarian settings in IPPF’s Africa region, by building institutional capacities of Member Associations (MAs) across the regions to provide life-saving SRH services at the onset of humanitarian crises.
• To provide programmatic and strategic oversight to the humanitarian portfolio within/across the Africa region
• To collaborate closely with other colleagues across the IPPF Secretariat and Federation including other members of the global humanitarian team, technical team, strategic partnerships and programmes teams to ensure the sound design, development and delivery of humanitarian programmes in the Africa region
• To contribute to IPPF’s global and Africa regional profile through representation in relevant platforms and with key stakeholdersto advance IPPF humanitarian priorities, needs and capacities

KEY TASKS

• Support MAs in leveraging timely, efficient and life-saving responses by advising, promoting, orienting, training and providing guidance on IPPF’s Emergency Activation System, the IPPF
• Emergency Response Fund (Stream 3), Global Surge Roster and relevant policies, procedures, standards, technical tools and systems.
• Develop the Africa regions’ overall capacity on crisis preparedness, response and recovery through remote and in-country support to MAs focused on scaling service delivery, developing strategic partnerships and engaging in advocacy initiatives.
• Provide programmatic and strategic support to MAs in the design, preparation, implementation and monitoring of humanitarian programmes.
• Foster and reinforce linkages between/among MAs (federation-wide) to enhance humanitarian responses, knowledge sharing and leveraging of resources.
• Facilitate resource mobilization in support of response efforts, including through assistance to MAs to access humanitarian pooled funds, the UNCERF and other relevant mechanisms for ongoing, new and/or emerging emergencies in the Africa region.
• Assist MAs to develop proposals, workplans, budgets and quality reports for humanitarian projects in line with IPPF and donor requirements.
• Represent IPPF at external regional humanitarian forums, conferences and working groups with the aim to showcase IPPF humanitarian programming, build strategic partnerships and identify funding opportunities.
• Actively participate as a member of the Global Humanitarian Team, to ensure alignment with global strategic initiatives, advocacy priorities and technical approaches related to humanitarian.
• Act as the focal point for all activities related to IPPF humanitarian response in the Africa region, when engaging with internal and external stakeholders.
• Liaise with other Africa regional colleagues, departments and units as appropriate for the implementation of the above tasks.
• Build and maintain positive working relations with all members of staff and contacts both within and outside the Federation, and work in close collaboration with other team members to ensure integrated execution of quality and timely humanitarian preparedness, response and recovery activities.
• Stimulate a learning environment within the regional offices and among MAs, in collaboration with colleagues from the global humanitarian team and other departments to contribute to learning on humanitarian issues.

Others

• Safeguarding: Oversight/provision of incident co-ordination resulting from concerns raised within MAs or by clients of MAs on IPPF’s Safe Report, when required. Escalate issues relating to MA financial transparency and accountability as set out in the risk assurance framework. Support and enable a safe environment, adhering to the safeguarding reporting and monitoring requirements of this role.
• Undertake any other reasonable duties as may be requested from time to time.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Staff responsibilities carried out by the job holder
• As assigned for supervision (staff and/or consultants)
• Financial responsibilities carried by the job holder
• Budget responsibility for technical and programmatic support elements of humanitarian projects managed or led by Africa region
• Advisory responsibilities carried out by the job holder
• Advise the senior management team and Architects of Cooperation at Africa Regional offices and MAs on strategic and technical issues relating to humanitarian settings and emergency response.

COMPETENCES

• PROFESSIONALISM: Knowledge of (related field). Demonstrates professional competence and mastery of subject matter; is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results; is motivated by professional rather than personal concerns. Takes responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives and ensuring the equal participation of women and men in all areas of work.
• TEAMWORK: Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals; solicits input by genuinely valuing others’ ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others; supports and acts in accordance with final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position; shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.
• PLANNING & ORGANIZING: Develops clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies; identifies priority activities and assignments; adjusts priorities as required; allocates appropriate amount of time and resources for completing work; foresees risks and allows for contingencies when planning; monitors and adjusts plans and actions as necessary; uses time efficiently.
• COMMUNICATION: Speaks and writes clearly and effectively; listens to others, correctly interprets messages from others and responds appropriately; asks questions to clarify and exhibits interest in having two-way communication; tailors language, tone, style and format to match audience; demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.
• NETWORKING: Finds out what is happening across the sector to identify good ideas and/or bestknown practices. Maintains a network of contacts within and outside the sector to provide useful information and ideas.
• PROBLEM SOLVING AND DECISION MAKING: Uses logic to quickly analyse a problem and identify the root cause. Organises information to weigh up alternatives, and generate and evaluate solutions. Demonstrates the ability and tenacity to solve complex and difficult problems. Capacity and willingness to collaborate and be flexible in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
• GENDER/CULTURAL AWARENESS: Has a rights-based and gender perspective coupled with awareness of and sensitivity to the multi-cultural environment in which IPPF operates. Understands the nature of national, ethnic and cultural differences – is sensitive to cultural cues and is able to adapt quickly in novel situations.

EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS

• Postgraduate/ professional qualification in social science, public health, international development or any other relevant discipline.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Advanced experience in the design and management of humanitarian programmes, with considerable field experience in the Africa region.
• Thorough technical knowledge of sexual and reproductive health and rights in humanitarian contexts.
• Established connections to relevant SRH/humanitarian stakeholders and networks, particularly in the Africa region.

SKILLS

• Advanced project management, financial management, analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to think creatively and suggest alternatives.
• Strong organisational, administrative and time management skills.
• Strong attention to detail and follow-up.
• Advanced computing skills in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Fluent in spoken and written English and French. Candidates who are not fluent in both English and French will not be considered.

OTHER

• Willingness to travel extensively and at short notice, up to 30% of the time overall, including to crisis-affected contexts.
• Supportive of a woman’s right to choose and to have access to safe abortion services

Interested individuals should submit an application form in the IPPFARO CV form and a 1-page cover letter to: HAnnadorai@ippf.org with the job position you are applying for as the subject of the email by 03 November 2023. Please note that IPPFAR will not consider applications that are not done in the requested format.

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Role Purpose:

• The Senior Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Officer is responsible for gathering and integrating data from disparate sources to extract trends and programme insights. They will work across the WISH2 team and partners to identify and respond to data analysis needs, ensuring data visualisation and reporting. The Senior M&E Officer will work closely with the Programme and Financial Teams to assess the performance of the programme in a cohort of selected countries under WISH 2.

Deliverables:

• Oversee data collection, identifying trends and anomalies that can be used to derive insights into programme progress.
• Log data into the project database.
• Evaluate data quality across partners and Member Associations (MAs) and recommend improvements to data capturing that meets the reporting requirmements of the programme.
• Guide partners and MAs on implementing data collection for key performance tracking indicators, logframe indicators and programmatic projections/targets.
• Train partners and MAs on the use of data systems and toolkits.
• Collaborate with the finance team to provide data analysis in support of financial performance metrics.
• Visualise data and analysis for Programme Managers and Country Managers that can be used to derive programmatic solutions.
• Review programme performance against key metrics with Programme and Country Managers based on collected data.

Reporting/Management Responsibility:

• None.

Expertise:

• Prior experience working in an M&E position with a particular focus on multi-country programmes with a health/SRHR focus.
• Strong technical knowledge related to data ecosystems, data analysis and generation of evidence for action in improved programming.
• Proven experience working across teams.
• Technical expertise in data models, database design development, data mining and segmentation techniques.
• Knowledge of statistics and experience using statistical packages for analysing datasets (Excel, SPSS, SAS etc).
• Experience presenting and explaining information in an accessible way.
• Experience with supportive capacity-building approaches for field-based partners.
• Previous not-for-profit experience desirable.
• International experience (particularly developing countries) desirable.
• Experience working in matrix organisations.

Skills:

• Analytical, resourceful, organised, patient but persistent, detail and solution-oriented and able to tell the story behind raw data to non-technical audiences.
• Adept at queries, report writing and presenting findings.
• Proven skills in using Excel, DHIS2, Power BI.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyse, and communicate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Interpersonal skills with a proven ability to influence and negotiate.
• Verbal and written English communication skills. French or Arabic an advantage.
• Project management skills including experience of reporting to donor agencies.
• Time management skills with the ablility to meet tight deadlines.

Your Ethos:

• Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding in a local and international context.
• Demonstrates ability and willingness to work in a diverse, multicultural, multilingual and intergenerational environment that is anti-racist and respectful of others.
• An intersectional (pro) feminist passionate about sexual reproductive health care rights + justice, including safe abortion.
• Supportive of people’s rights regardless of sexuality or gender identity/expression and supportive of workers’ rights and access to health care in sex work.

Interested individuals should apply to WISH2Recruitment@ippf.org using the application form and attaching a copy of their CV.  Please specify the job position you are applying for as the subject of your email.  Please note that applications will not be considered if they are not in the correct format.

Deadline

Sun, 10/22/2023

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Role Purpose:

• The post holder will be expected to lead the positioning of IPPF in the region; to move the sexuality agenda forward and build solidarity for change by shifting norms, building strategic partnerships and supporting social movements, and amplifying the work of IPPF. They will also lead on IPPFs commitment to stand up, and speak out as defined in IPPF Strategy2028.

Context of role:

• Works as part of the Regional Senior Leadership Team to promote, position, develop and grow the work of the Federation.
• Leads on nurturing and maintaining strategic partnerships in the region that will ensure IPPF is well connected and resonant.
• Ensures adequate resourcing. Leads on the relationship with regional donors, overseeing proposal development and resource mobilization at regional and supports the same at MA levels.
• Works as part of the Global Secretariat External Relations team to position IPPF as a proactive sector leader and to deliver IPPF Strategy2028. Ensures IPPF is responsive to the mos critical and urgent SRHRJ issues impacting the most marginalized and vulnerable.
• Is an active part of the change that IPPF is shepherding through, actively challenging IPPF to be more courageous and relevant. Ensures IPPF works to an intersectional and feminist agenda; with youth voices better represented in its external positioning.
• Connects all the External facing work within a Region and builds optimal engagement of IPPF Member Associations/Partners.
• With the Regional Director, represents IPPF on political advocacy and external forums.
• Adhere to the safeguarding reporting and monitoring requirements of this role.

Management reporting:

• Communications, Voice & Media.
• Advocacy.
• Community engagement and partnerships.

Role Deliverables:

• Develop and implement a progressive regional plan to deliver on IPPF Strategy2028, ensuring it complements global and regional plans.
• Ensure a strategic eye across business development and strategic engagements along with regional colleagues to support regional and country level fundraising. Responsible for ensuring the team is able and willing to prioritize business development. Ensures two way sharing of information across the regional office, and with the global and national teams.
• Build an evolving network of stakeholders, influencers, and partners, as well as knowledge managements on trends and opposition monitoring to inform/strengthen/prioritize action.
• Measure and track key result areas, impacts and change to adapt/respond with agility.
• Distil IPPF’s identity and voice to speak to key stakeholders; develops a position/key messages on strategic/emerging themes.
• Gather intelligence and commissions research, leveraged through the global External Relations team, to deepen understanding and strengthen positioning/influencing/delivery.
• Prioritise and focus on engagement with key strategic bodies to maintain presence and influence that will deliver tangible benefits.
• Create an environment that nurtures and leverages disruptive partnerships and strategic community networks
• Prioritise, connect and amplify campaigns, placing MA and local voices at the forefront to advocate for the Federation .
• Oversee the framing, activation and 2obilization of high impact media and social media activity that builds on the work of Mas and acts with youth. Ensuring stories/impacts are captured and narrated in engaging andimpactful ways.
• Lead on crisis management for the Region, connecting and escalating with Global Comms, Voice and Media as required.
• Create an environment where people perform at their best, leading and developing a team with the skills, drive, diversity and expertise to deliver. Acting as a role model for safeguarding, anti-racism and IPPF’s Code of Conduct.
• Support and enable a safe environment, adhering to the safeguarding reporting and monitoring requirements of this role.

Key Skills/Expertise:

• Track record in political influencing, inter-governmental negotiations and measurable change in SRHR related work internationally, with an emphasis on regional engagement.
• Track record of speaking out on sensitive issues, ensuring voice and agency. Evidence of inspiring and delivering cultural change; setting the tone of voice, ensuing values and integrity on SRHR inform decision making and setting the pace for a high performing team that can meaningfully connect with national and global partners.
• Demonstrable record in resource mobilization and maintaining donor relations in the Africa region.
• Has led policy/legislative change, campaigns and communication strategies at a regional level across multiple stakeholders and coalitions, including marginalised groups.
• Strong understanding of and experience in gender equality, sexual and reproductive health, rights and justice.
• Evidence of the ability to flex style in a diverse and multi-cultural environment to build positive relationships, combining drive with diplomacy.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills
• Fluency in French and English is essential, good command of Portuguese is an asset
• Evidence of being open to and enabling new and leading-edge ideas to build engagement and impact.
• Excellent team manager, leader and developer with strong planning, organizing and knowledge sharing skills.
• Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding in a local and international context. Demonstrates ability and willingness to work in a diverse, multicultural, multilingual and intergenerational environment that is anti-racist and respectful of others. An intersectional (pro) feminist passionate about sexual reproductive health care rights + justice.
• Supportive of people’s rights regardless of sexuality or gender identity/expression and supportive of worker’s rights and access to health care in sex work.

Competencies:

• PROFESSIONALISM: Knowledge of (related field). Demonstrates professional competence and mastery of subject matter; is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results; is motivated by professional rather than personal concerns. Takes responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives and ensuring the equal participation of women and men in all areas of work.
• TEAMWORK: Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals; solicits input by genuinely valuing others’ ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others; supports and acts in accordance with final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position; shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.
• PLANNING & ORGANIZING: Develops clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies; identifies priority activities and assignments; adjusts priorities as required; allocates appropriate amount of time and resources for completing work; foresees risks and allows for contingencies when planning; monitors and adjusts plans and actions as necessary; uses time efficiently.
• COMMUNICATION: Speaks and writes clearly and effectively; listens to others, correctly interprets messages from others and responds appropriately; asks questions to clarify and exhibits interest in having two-way communication; tailors language, tone, style and format to match audience; demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed. 

Interested individuals should submit an application form in the IPPFARO CV form and a 1-page cover letter to: hroffice@ippf.org with the job position you are applying for as the subject of the email by 18 October 2023. Please note that IPPFAR will not consider applications that are not done in the requested format.

Deadline

Wed, 10/18/2023

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Role Purpose:

• The Communications Officer will play a leading role in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of communication activities, while ensuring full compliance with the donors visibility requirements and guidelines with the objective to raise awareness of target audiences about activities, results and impact of the programme.

Context of Role:

• WISH 2 (Women’s Integrated Sexual Health) is one of three components of the overarching WISH Dividend programme that is being procured by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO). This programme is central to delivering the UK’s priorities on empowering women and girls as set out in the
• International Development Strategy, the UK’s strategic approach to sub-Saharan Africa and the International Women and Girls Strategy.
• WISH 2 will be divided into two geographic Lots. IPPFAR is planning on submitting a bid as prime for Lot 2 which covers Burundi, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Zambia.

Deliverables:

• Map stakeholders as part of the communication targeting activity planning and update contact point changes.
• Organise press conferences/public events to raise programme awareness.
• Distribute programme activity information to the media that will broaden awareness and impact.
• Maintain a media contact database.
• Collate and maintain creative and communication assets in a brand database for use in promoting the programme.
• Compare programme media coverage across all platforms, reporting on external perceptions and providing commenatary on potential responses.
• Upload media and communication information to the programme website.
• Develop social media content in anticipation of programme deliverables, achievements and/or negative coverage.
• Commission the hiring of communication consultants through development of terms of reference and use of IPPF’s Vendor Management process.
• Travel to country programme implementation sites to gather beneficiary stories.

Reporting/Management Responsibility:

• None.

Expertise:

• Communications experience in an international aid field context with an understanding of ethical reporting.
• Experience in developing content for social media e.g., Facebook, LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter) etc.
• Experience in gathering beneficiary stories.
• Experience working in matrix organisations.

Skills:

• Interpersonal skills with an ability to adapt communication styles to suit audiences form different countries/cultures.
• Verbal English communication and written skills, French desirable.
• IT skills (including spreadsheet and powerpoint).
• Analytical and research skills.
• Time management and organisational skills.

Your Ethos:

• Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding in a local and international context.
• Demonstrates ability and willingness to work in a diverse, multicultural, multilingual and intergenerational environment that is anti-racist and respectful of others.
• An intersectional (pro) feminist passionate about sexual reproductive health care rights + justice, including safe abortion.
• Supportive of people’s rights regardless of sexuality or gender identity/expression and supportive of workers’ rights and access to health care in sex work.

Interested individuals should apply to WISH2Recruitment@ippf.org using the application form and attaching a copy of their CV.  Please specify the job position you are applying for as the subject of your email.  Please note that applications will not be considered if they are not in the correct format.

Deadline

Sun, 10/22/2023

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Role Purpose:

• The Senior Research Officer compiles feedback from in-country investigators to finalize the development of research protocols and data collection tools; work with in-country research partners to compile, submit and track ethical review application packages; plan and oversee in-country training of data enumerator teams; conduct field monitoring visits to ensure standardised data collection processes; maintain a database of quality assurance issues and their resolution; support the data analyst/statistician in during data analysis and reporting.

Context of Role:

• WISH 2 is one of three components of the overarching WISH Dividend programme that is being procured by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO). This programme is central to delivering the UK’s priorities on empowering women and girls as set out in the International Development Strategy, the UK’s strategic approach to sub-Saharan Africa and the International Women and Girls Strategy.
• WISH 2 will be divided into two geographic Lots. IPPFAR is planning on submitting a bid as prime for Lot 2 which covers Burundi, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Zambia.

Deliverables:

• Compile data for the development of research protocols and collection tools. Evaluate use to improve applicability to programme stakeholders.
• Implement relevant study protocols, data collection tools and log all ethical/country-level for researchrelated activities in Lot 2 countries.
• Advise on research collection standardization and implementation across the programme supporting the deployment of new approaches and methodologies based on emerging trends.
• Oversee the local recruitment and training of enumerators in collaboration with in-country teams.
• Monitor the programme-related research activities, travelling to countries to provide technical advice with a particular focus on fidelity to research processes and reviewing research data quality.
• Disseminate research information to stakeholders on the progress of programme objectives.
• Prepare research products including technical reports, peer-reviewed manuscripts, conference abstracts and presentations, evidence and policy briefs for use at outreach events.

Reporting/Management Responsibility:

• None.

Expertise:

• Experience working in a research position with a particular focus on programmatic surveys and operational research studies for multi-country programmes with a health/SRHR focus.
• Experience planning and managing large-scale surveys.
• Experience in implementing and refining data collection tools e.g., KOBO, iField.
• Experience working in matrix organisations.

Skills:

• Interpersonal skills with a proven ability to influence and negotiate.
• Verbal and written English communication skills with French and/or Arabic an advantage.
• Project management skills including experience of reporting to donors.
• Time management skills able to meet tight deadlines.
• Able present technical information to non-techical people with a focus on working in different languages and across cultures.

Your Ethos:

• Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding in a local and international context.
• Demonstrates ability and willingness to work in a diverse, multicultural, multilingual and intergenerational environment that is anti-racist and respectful of others.
• An intersectional (pro) feminist passionate about sexual reproductive health care rights + justice, including safe abortion.
• Supportive of people’s rights regardless of sexuality or gender identity/expression and supportive of workers’ rights and access to health care in sex work.

Interested individuals should apply to WISH2Recruitment@ippf.org using the application form and attaching a copy of their CV.  Please specify the job position you are applying for as the subject of your email.  Please note that applications will not be considered if they are not in the correct format.

Deadline

Sun, 10/22/2023

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Role Purpose:

• The Contracts and Risk Officer will be responsible for conducting and supporting reviews and follow up actions to ensure that the WISH 2 consortium is in compliance with FCDO contract/funding requirements, internal policies, laws and regulations and applicable standards.
• The Contracts and Risk Officer will support the Contracts and Risk Manager in keeping the programme risk register updated for each operational area (national, sub-national, community) within the WISH 2 countries and put in place mitigation measures to manage risks.

Context of Role:

• WISH 2 (Women’s Integrated Sexual Health) is one of three components of the overarching WISH Dividend programme that is being procured by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO). This programme is central to delivering the UK’s priorities on empowering women and girls as set out in the International Development Strategy, the UK’s strategic approach to sub-Saharan Africa and the International Women and Girls Strategy.
• WISH 2 will be divided into two geographic Lots. IPPFAR is planning on submitting a bid as prime for Lot 2 which covers Burundi, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Zambia.

Deliverables:
Contract Management

• Draft contract and contract amendments for partners and Member Associations (MAs) in line with paternship agreements.

Risk Management

• Guide partners and MAs on the programmes risk management’s processes, tools and templates, providing training to upskill users that aligns with IPPF and FCDO requirements.
• Advise partners and MAs on the effect of policy and process changes on administration tasks and timelines.
• Track the provision and quality of risk register data, leveraging senior influence where data provision does not meet requirements. Reconcile reported data with the requirements of IPPF’s Risk Management System.

Audit

• Plan audit visits with in country team colleagues and brief auditors on arrangements relating to the visit.
• Investigate and report on issues identified through audits and reviews.
• Track action plans and progress highlighting missed targets and rsk areas in order for appropriate action to be taken.

Complaince

• Train partners and MAs on the use of IPPF systems and practices.
• Track incident management case progress on behalf of the programme, aligned with IPPF’s established SafeReport practice.
• Advise on programme information sharing procotols that enhances the flow of data in a safe, secure and accessible way.
• Conduct due diligence checks on sub-contractors as required by IPPF and FCDO codes of practice.
• Conduct asset verification and disposal as part of the programmes requirements.

Reporting/Management Responsibility:

• None.

Expertise:

• Experience in risk management, compliance and/or audit in international aid field contexts with an understanding of ethical (including both fiduciary and safeguarding), safety and security issues in the development sector.
• Experience in reviewing and/ or supporting an ongoing risk management/ assurance process.
• Demonstrated experience in facilitating processes with cross-functional, multiple stakeholders.
• Experience working in matrix organisations.

Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to work effectively with people from different countries and cultures.
• Discretion in handling confidential information.
• Strong verbal communication skills required to train staff and to convey complex financial information in an easily understandable form to non-financial staff.
• Fluent in English (verbal and written)
• Strong IT skills (including spreadsheet applications, especially Microsoft Excel, and databases).
• Strong analytical and research skills.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills.

Your Ethos:

• Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding in a local and international context.
• Demonstrates ability and willingness to work in a diverse, multicultural, multilingual and intergenerational environment that is anti-racist and respectful of others.
• An intersectional (pro) feminist passionate about sexual reproductive health care rights + justice, including safe abortion.
• Supportive of people’s rights regardless of sexuality or gender identity/expression and supportive of workers’ rights and access to health care in sex work.

Interested individuals should apply to WISH2Recruitment@ippf.org using the application form and attaching a copy of their CV.  Please specify the job position you are applying for as the subject of your email.  Please note that applications will not be considered if they are not in the correct format.

Deadline

Sun, 10/22/2023