Context of Role:
WISH 2 (Women’s Integrated Sexual Health) is one of three components of the overarching WISH Dividend programme 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.
WISH2 is structured into two geographic Lots, With IPPFAR serving as the prime implementer for Lot 2 which covers Burundi, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Zambia.
Deliverables:
Implement annual workplans with country teams, monitoring their progress against milestones and taking corrective action where delivery drops below required levels.
Advise consortium partners and Member Associations on any significant changes to key country policies and priorities.
Collaborate with the M&E team on the procurement of a qualified local data collection agency to conduct the annual client exit interviews.
Review Member Associations and consortium partners mitigation measures to ensure they are appropriate to the programmatic risks involved.
Roll out capacity building training for Member Associations, evaluating impact and providing feedback that strengthens training materials.
Evaluate the quality of country data returns to ensure they meet agreed metrics.
Monitor work product completion as required by the workplan.
Facilitate coordination, planning and progress of key activities meetings between country teams, Member Associations and consortium partners.
Align activities to maximise potential synergies and encourage efficient cross-working between partners.
Serve as the link between the country programme and the WISH 2 hub for various technical, operational, financial, and administrative needs as well as sharing progress, achievement, success stories, challenges, feedback, tools etc.
Troubleshoot delivery issues with consortium partners, escalating significant risk areas to the Senior Programme Manager for reporting.
Organise in country visits from stakeholders, facilitating access to delivery activities that showcase the work of the programme.
Act as the in country focal point for FCDO UK Embassy staff, the Ministry of Health and other stakeholders.
Reporting/Management Responsibility:
None.
Expertise:
An advanced degree (Master’s level or equivalent) in public health or a related discipline.
Extensive experience working in global health or development programmes in country with preferred experience directly implementing SRHR/FP programmes.
Excellent project management and coordination skills and experience, particularly with regards to programme quality, financial management, risk management, and donor compliance, with a proven track record in these areas.
Proven experience in coordination and liaison roles for projects implemented by multiple partners.
Proven experience in managing partnership with government bodies such as MoH, MoG.
Proven ability to manage multiple, complex and often competing tasks/projects.
Networking skills and relationship building skills, and excellent abilities to collaborate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders in a multi-partner consortium.
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
Experience working in matrix organisations.
Skills:
Excellent interpersonal skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent project management skills including experience of reporting to donor agencies.
Strong leadership skills including the ability to effectively engage a range of stakeholders.
Excellent time management skills able to meet tight deadlines.
Fluent in both French and English.
Excellent IT 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.
Please note that IPPF is not registered as a legal entity in Burundi. Therefore, the incumbent will be engaged through an Employee of Record (EOR) arrangement, in compliance with the local labour laws and regulations.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested individuals should fill the application form attached below and submit a 1-page cover letter to: [email protected] with the job position you are applying for as the subject of the email by 3rd April 2025. Please note that IPPFAR will not consider applications that are not done in the requested format.
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