IPPF - Membership Support and Development Director

Membership Support & Development Director May

About IPPF

It is more than 70 years old and is present in 150 countries 27 of them in the Americas and the Caribbean. The membership is built by one per country. The federation has undergone a governance reform and will start implementing a new strategy in 2023 where the interest is that the member organizations are at the center and that they are the ones who, from their knowledge of the context, nurture the federation. IPPF members receive core grants, benefit from exchanging lessons learnt, are accredited and important topics such as diversity and social entrepreneurship n are addressed. They are global leaders in sexual and reproductive rights and health, youth and gender issues.

IPPF is a network of nongovernmental organizations working for sexual and reproductive rights.

The Role

Role: Membership Support & Development Director

Location: Trinidad & Tobago

Salary: 101,328 – 134,179 USD

Role Purpose

To Lead the integrated Support, growth and development of Member Associations (MAs) and Collaborative Partners (CPs) in the region and collaborate pro-actively with other Regions and Global functions to leverage Federation wide impact.

Context of role

• Brings together and connects all MA facing work within a Region to ensure optimal support and services to MAs/CPs.

• Provides an enabling environment to support free flow of information and the mechanisms to enable knowledge sharing and direct access between MAs/CPs in Region and other parts of the Federation.

• Promotes MAs/CPs as the centres of excellence and technical expertise.

• Works as part of the Regional Senior Leadership Team to promote, develop and grow the work of the Federation in its geography.

• Works as part of the Global Secretariat team and the Global Membership Support & Development Community of Practice to deliver the global agenda.

Responsibilities

Management reporting/responsibility

• Architects of Cooperation.

• Business Analyst.

• Performance, Learning & Impact Manager

• Data Analyst.

• Governance & Accreditation Advisor

• Youth Networker.

• Contract Manager(s) if relevant.

Role Deliverables

• Create a framework that builds a greater understanding and integrates MA/CP growth into delivery of the Strategic Framework to widen access, expand choice, innovate and share knowledge and act with youth, advance digital and self-care.

• Build an overall picture of MA/CP capabilities, capacities, country contexts, audiences and competition from country and MA/CP profiles to strategically connect organisations, activities and information.

• Devise an integrated plan of activities driven by MAs/CPs to achieve tangible outcomes, capacity building, stronger governance, shared learning and connection facilitation across the Federation.

• Create an MA/CP service delivery platform that provides funding and resource support that meets Federation programmatic requirements, leverages opportunities and achieves ‘burn rates’.

• Assess quality controls for data integrity used to inform decision-making.

• Facilitate the design and delivery of integrated programming and resource allocation, leveraging or building technical capacity in Mas.

• Galvanise and lever development opportunities for MAs/CPs through proposals and donor reporting.

• Build, lead and mentor a diverse team with complementary technical expertise, skills, drive and determination into a seamless functional unit where people can perform at their best. Role model safeguarding, anti-racism and IPPF’s code of conduct in everything they do.

• Identify and target new partners in priority countries and walk with them on the path to membership.

Candidate Profile

Key Skills/Expertise

• Successfully led the effective design and delivery of multi-country/regional SRHR Programmes in international development.

• Track record of co-constructing and implementing multi-faced business plans/ budgets in diverse geographic/cultural settings with good financial understanding and budget management skills.

• Significant experience in effective resourcing and monitoring performance to ensure delivery of objectives.

• Understands political, economic, social, legal and environmental contexts in the Region and Globally affecting our Sector.

• Track record of working successfully with diverse, multicultural and multilingual groups and experience of supporting teamworking in diverse environments.

• Understands the workings of MAs and how to encourage, influence, incentivize engagement.

• Ability to scan the horizon to spot issues, leverage opportunities, mitigate risks and build a learning environment with organisational resilience and the ability to adapt to changing circumstances with agility.

• Evidence of good judgment and decisionmaking in dealing with challenging situations and management of escalated issues.

• Open to new/others’ ideas, strongly collaborative with good influencing skills.

• Excellent written/verbal communication (English plus Spanish, French is desirable).

• Excellent team leader and developer with strong planning, organising and knowledge sharing skills.

• Strong monitoring and evaluation skills.

• Highest integrity and confidentiality, approachable and supportive.

• Creative problem-solver, who thinks ahead and pre-empts risks/issues.

• Understands the external dynamics, political/ social/economic shifts and keeps up to date with functional/sectoral/legislative changes.

• 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 antiracist 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 worker’s rights and access to health care in sex work.

How to Apply

All correspondence, at this stage, should be via Oxford HR.

All correspondence, at this stage, should be via Oxford HR. To apply for this post, click on the “Apply” button on the job advert page, complete our online application form, and submit your CV and cover letter as two different documents, which should be prepared before applying as they will be considered in the application process. The cover letter should be no more than two pages long and explain why you are interested in this post and how your skills and experience make you a good fit.

The document should be saved in PDF in the following format: Your First Name-Your Last Name-Document Name-Date (mmyy) e.g., Pat-Jones-CV-052023-IPPF or Pat-JonesCoverLetter-052023-IPPF.

In the event that you have submitted your application through alternative platforms, such as the IPPF’s website, we would like to inform you that Oxford HR has been entrusted with the management of these applications. As a result, there is no requirement for you to reapply via Oxford HR. We appreciate your cooperation and understanding.

Timeline Closing Date: 25 June 2023

First stage interviews: 10 July 2023

Final interviews: August - TBC

Selection Process

All candidates will receive an update regarding their application after the closing date. We advise candidates to add the role email to their safe senders list and regularly check their spam folder.

Equality Statement

Equality and diversity are at the core of IPPF’s values. Staff are expected to work collectively and individually to promote a constructive and sensitive approach to others from a variety of backgrounds, where the work of others is valued and respected.

Queries

If you have any queries on any aspect of the appointment process, need additional information, or would like to have an informal discussion, please email at ippf@oxfordhr.com in the first instance

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