Division: Membership Support & Development
Grade: F
Location: Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Responsible to: Lead Architect of Cooperation - SRHR
Deadline: 31 August 2023
About IPPF
The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is a global sexual and reproductive health (SRH) service provider and one of the leading advocates for universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for all. IPPF is a worldwide movement of 120 national organizations, referred to as Member Associations, working with and for communities and individuals. These member associations are the leading civil society providers of contraception in 89 of 120 countries. And in 64 of those 89 countries, IPPF is the only largescale international provider. Collectively, member associations delivered more than 1 billion cumulative services between 2016 and 2022.
Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, the overarching goal of IPPF Africa Region (IPPFAR) is to increase access to SRHR services to the most vulnerable youth, men, and women in sub-Saharan Africa. To reach this goal, IPPFAR works with local civil-society organizations, governments, the African Union (AU), regional economic commissions (RECs), the United Nations, among others, to expand political and financial commitments to SRHR in Africa. IPPFAR tackles the continent’s growing SRH challenges through a network of Member Associations (MAs), strategic partners and volunteers in 42 countries. For more information, please read our 2022 profile (in English and French) here.
About the Project
This project aims to transform access to person-centered abortion care for women and girls in Niger, Togo, and Cameroon to achieve equitable access and enable women and girls to realize their reproductive rights, through our Member Associations. This will include: the provision of quality abortion care services through a range of care pathways, garnering a greater community understanding of and support for abortion care, addressing harmful social norms that exacerbate health inequities, and championing an enabling policy environment for abortion. Additionally, IPPF’s MA in Burkina Faso, will play a critical role as a technical expert on abortion care and provide technical assistance to the other three MAs in the program. The project will expand the person-centered abortion care, adaptation, technical advocacy, and capacity transfer expertise of all four MAs, contributing to sustainable change.
IPPFAR is seeking a skilled and dedicated Project Manager with technical expertise in comprehensive abortion care (CAC) and contraception programming, to lead the CAC project in Francophone West Africa.
The Project Manager will be responsible for overseeing the implementation, coordination, and monitoring of activities aimed at achieving three key outcomes: 1) providing quality, person-centred abortion care through a range of care pathways, 2) championing an enabling social and policy environment for abortion access, and 3) strengthening local partners as thought leaders and technical experts on abortion care. The Project Manager will oversee all aspects of project management, including financial reporting, project reporting, donor relations, and contributing to the technical leadership of IPPF on SRHR in West Africa, including abortion care and contraception.
Interested individuals should submit an application form in the IPPFARO CV form and a 1-page cover letter to: [email protected] with the job position you are applying for as the subject of the email by 31 August 2023. Please note that IPPFAR will not consider applications that are not done in the requested format.
IPPF is an equal-opportunity employer. As a leading global human rights organization focused on equality, empowerment, ending discrimination, and poverty eradication, we internally reflect social justice principles. We, as IPPF, strongly oppose racism in all its forms and resolutely go for a cultural change that will shift the existing imbalances in power and process.
Applications are particularly encouraged from women, persons living with disability, and candidates openly living with HIV.
IPPF is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, volunteers, contractors and partners to share this commitment. Anyone employed with IPPF agrees to sign and adhere to IPPF’s Code of Conduct and Safeguarding (Children and Vulnerable Adults) Policy.
IPPF has been made aware of various fraudulent vacancy announcements circulated via e-mail from websites falsely stating that they are issued by or in association with IPPF. These correspondences, which may seek to obtain money from the recipients of such correspondence are fraudulent and IPPF does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, processing, training or any other fees).
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