International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)
Nairobi, Kenya
The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is the leading global NGO in the field of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). It is currently working in more than 170 countries in the world. The Africa Regional Office (IPPFARO) is one of IPPF’s six regional offices.
“Women’s Integrated Sexual Health” (WISH) is IPPFs new flagship health programme to transform the lives of millions of women and girls. Funded by DFID, WISH will provide integrated and holistic healthcare to 2.2m additional users of contraception across 16 countries in Africa and South Asia from 2018-2021.
Through a consortium of five internationally recognised organisations and 11 IPPF Member Associations led by IPPF, the WISH programme will provide a comprehensive, integrated approach to ensure equitable access to family planning and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). The programme will prioritise the most underserved women and girls, particularly youth under 20, the very poor, and marginalized populations (including people with disability, people displaced or affected by humanitarian crisis, and people living in hard-to-reach areas).
The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is looking to recruit 3 skilled Commercial Managers to join the WISH2ACTION project; to each cover 1 of the 3 regions below:
Wish Region 1: Ethiopia/Tanzania/Malawi/South Sudan/Somalia/Zimbabwe
Wish Region 2: Uganda/Zambia/Mozambique/Madagascar
Wish Region 3: Pakistan/Sudan/Afghanistan/Bangladesh
This is a diverse and exciting role that will allow you to utilize your skills as an accountant, your commercial and donor contract experience while getting involved with this incredibly important cause. Responsible for supporting the sub-contracting and budgets of member associations and partners, you will implement a performance by results efficient implementation and value for money spend, according to the contract targets and donor compliance.
The ideal applicant will be able to work strategically and collaboratively, working closely with other commercial advisors, data analysts and program teams. This position will have enormous opportunity for you to develop your team, providing/leading the financial training for staff both internally and externally. Fluent English (verbal and written) and skills in French, Arabic or Portuguese would be a strong advantage.
Closing date for this role is 9am, Monday 14 January 2019.
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