Fòs Feminista is hiring an Associate Director, Program Management (remote position from the Global South): Apply Now!!
About Fòs Feminista
Fòs Feminista is an intersectional feminist organization centered around the sexual and reproductive rights and needs of women, girls, and gender-diverse people. Led and governed by the Global South, Fòs Feminista works as an alliance of about 200 organizations in 40+ countries worldwide to advance sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice (SRHRJ). Fòs Feminista is both the connective tissue that links these diverse partners in an alliance and an active participant in the broader ecosystem of actors working on sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice. Fòs Feminista orchestrates transnational and transregional action by connecting partners throughout the SRHRJ ecosystem, amplifying innovative partner-led solutions to SRHRJ issues, and catalyzing funding and political will for an intersectional feminist agenda on SRHRJ.
We recognize that the ability of women, girls, and gender-diverse people to make free and informed choices about their sexual and reproductive lives, including to access safe and legal abortion, is central to their life plans and to achieving gender and reproductive justice. Together with partners in the alliance, we provide access to sexual and reproductive health care and services, including contraception, abortion, and care for survivors of gender-based violence, and we reach young people with comprehensive sexuality education.
We are at the forefront of advocating for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) from an intersectional lens in national, regional, and global spaces, coordinating with our partners to ensure that diverse experiences, priorities, and voices of the Global South are represented in these spaces. We strengthen intersectional feminist movements and organizations by creating and holding space for partners to participate in an international community built on feminist values of sharing power, diversity, mutual learning, and solidarity, and to access resources to strengthen their work.
Position Summary
Fòs Feminista is seeking a highly motivated professional with experience in SRHRJ programming, project management, policy change, and political analysis and experience working in the feminist SRHRJ ecosystem in Latin America and the Caribbean to lead a regional initiative on decriminalization and demedicalization of abortion. The Associate Director of Program Management will be responsible for overall implementation of the project’s deliverables, in coordination with key stakeholders in the project and with Fòs Feminista’s teams. This will involve building, strengthening, and supporting local ecosystems of 65+ partners in multiple countries to advance abortion access and to respond to emerging opportunities and threats through care strategies that are connected to movement building and advocacy. The incumbent will also create opportunities for regional and transregional engagement and learning.
Supervisory Relationship
The Associate Director of Program Management reports to the Lead, Strategy & Impact, and leads a team dedicated to the project’s implementation.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee the implementation of the project’s programmatic work to advance abortion access, connecting demedicalized and self-care strategies to social monitoring and advocacy for improved laws, policies, and regulations
- Lead political engagement of partners and other allies to connect and strengthen intersectional local and regional ecosystems and support movement building for abortion rights
- Manage the project portfolio of grantees, including by: mapping new partners; conducting due diligence; providing organizational accompaniment in developing workplans and budgets; conducting field visits; and ensuring execution and reporting in line with the project’s deliverables
- Manage the donor relationship, including by providing regular updates on activities, results, and changes in country context and through reporting
- Lead engagement with the project’s global partners, ensuring coordination of activities, strategies, and communications
- Manage the project budget, subgrants, and financial reporting, in collaboration with partner finance and finance teams
- Present to/Liaise with the CEO and Board of Directors to present project plans and results
- Consolidate and document results and learning from the project to share with diverse stakeholder audiences, including through peer reviewed articles and presentations at events
- Collaborate with the Business Intelligence, Evaluation and Research team to ensure partners have tools and adequate training to report on their contributions and results, in line with Fòs Feminista’s Accountability and Learning Framework
- Identify and support the development of Stories of Change emerging from the project
- Serve as institutional liaison between Fòs Feminista and assigned partners and allies on all matters requiring representation and intervention from the organization
Education & Qualifications
- Master’s degree in political science, public health, law, public policies, or related field
- 7-10 years of professional experience in senior roles, focused on SRHRJ programs and policy change
- Ample experience in project implementation, organizational planning, and communications with partner organizations
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Exceptional diplomatic skills, with a high degree of political sensitivity and emotional intelligence
- Strong strategic thinker and creative problem solver
- Proven ability to manage and grow a program or area of work
- Solid understanding of and commitment to sexual and reproductive health and rights through an intersectional feminist lens
- Well-developed interpersonal skills for high-level collaboration with donors, partner organizations, and external stakeholders
- High degree of fluency in English and Spanish (fluency in Portuguese a plus)
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to tailor communications to a wide variety of audiences from different backgrounds and experiences and develop executive content and material
- Strong analytical and communication skills, including excellent presentation and facilitation skills
- Ability to liaise and engage with multidisciplinary teams and external stakeholders
- Proven ability to work virtually and independently, managing multiple concurrent workstreams and prioritizing across competing tasks
- Comfortable working in a dynamic and multicultural environment
- Demonstrated commitment to anti-racism and other forms of oppression, including to a process of self-reflection and transformation around implicit bias
- Relationships and connections to the feminist and SRHRJ movements in Latin America and Caribbean region
Location
This position is fully remote and to be based in Latin America and the Caribbean, with regular travel in the region and beyond up to 50% of the time. Candidates from Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities are encouraged to apply.
Fòs Feminista offers generous compensation consistent with competitive salaries in the incumbent’s country of residence, and a benefits package that includes life and health insurance, retirement benefits, paid sick leave, vacation, and holidays.
Salary US$ 51,984.10 . While salary is calculated in USD, payment is made in local currency.
Safeguarding Commitments
Fòs Feminista is committed to ensuring that the health, rights and wellbeing of all children, young people, and vulnerable populations who work and engage with Fòs Feminista ’s Team Members and Associated Persons are respected and protected in their interactions with them and requires all its Team Members and Associated Persons to share this commitment.
The successful candidate must:
- Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding in the United States and the international context.
- Sign and adhere to Fòs Feminista’s International Safeguarding Policy and Safeguarding Code of Conduct, including the minimum operating standards for protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA).
Equal Opportunity Employer Statement
Fòs Feminista is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to advancing sexual and reproductive rights and health and dismantling inequities from a feminist intersectional lens. Reproductive justice, racial justice, and diversity are driving forces for us.
Fòs Feminista provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to age, race, color, disability, national origin, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital and partnership status, genetic information, veteran status or any other protected category under federal, state and local law.
At Fòs Feminista, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our employees. We strongly encourage applications from all kinds of backgrounds to build a diverse workforce in which all social and minority groups are represented.
While we strongly encourage all current and new employees to be fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus, there is no vaccine requirement for employment with Fòs Feminista. However, it is currently our policy that employees must show proof of full vaccination to engage in any work-related travel or to attend any work-related in-person gatherings. As appropriate, reasonable accommodations can be made, including, for example, arrangements for employees to participate remotely in any relevant gatherings.
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We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
Application Deadline: Unspecified
