Job Title: Senior M&E Manager
Grade: F
Location: Kenya
This role is subject to confirmation of IPPF Africa Region (IPPFAR) successfully winning the programme bid.
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 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.
Women’s Integrated Sexual Health (WISH)
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 the prime for Lot 2 which covers Burundi, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Zambia.
The Role
The M&E Manager sits in the MERL Team, under the supervision of the Deputy Director, MERL and is responsible for the generation and verification of programme data and its use for decision-making within the programme. Working closely with MERL Officers, country-based M&E staff and in collaboration with the Programmes and Technical Leads, the M&E Manager will facilitate the smooth collection of routine programme data, analyse and report both internally and externally.
They will have experience working in an M&E position for implementing M&E activities in an international development setting, with a preference for multi-country programmes and in the SRHR field. They should possess excellent quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, programme management skills including reporting to donor agencies. They should have Fluent English verbal and written communication skills. French and/or Arabic is an advantage.
Application Deadline: 8th October at 11:59pm
For more details about this position, please see the job description attached (below).
Interested individuals should apply to [email protected] 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.
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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