ExpandPF Senior Program Officer at International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)

Role Purpose:  

• The Senior Program Officer will be responsible for the technical oversight of the project activities and implementation.  The Senior Program Officer provides direct support across the project life-cycle from start-up and implementation to close-out, and is the primary point of contact for project information, status, performance, donor requirements and communication. 

Context of Role: 

• USAID/West Africa Expand Family Planning and Sexual and Reproductive Health Activity (ExpandPF) aims to support replication and scale-up of key FP HIPs (i.e., immediate postpartum family planning, post-abortion family planning, adolescent responsive contraceptive services, task sharing, community health workers, and knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, and self-efficacy) in urban and peri-urban centers, with targeted service delivery in Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Mauritania, and Togo.

Deliverables:

• Monitor workplan implementation progress escalating delays and issues to the Vhief or Party and the Africa Regional Office to ensure milestones and objectives are met.
• Monitor and report on the implementation of action points following project review meetings.
• Make regular visits per workplan to support planning and program management activities, as appropriate and budgeted.
• Organise the preparation, review and submission of USAID deliverable progress reporting in line with ExpandPF’s cooperative agreement and Chief of Party sign off.
• Review risk matrix with key stakeholders ensuring that updates are recorded/logged as required for programme compliance.
• Monitor environmental and family planning (FP) compliance plans with the implementation team, supporting the implementation of mitigations/corrections recommendations from compliance audit findings. 
• Maintain filing system and deliverable tracker including submitted and approved ExpandPF deliverables, amendments, and products.
• Archive of terms of reference for staff and consultant travel, trip reports and ExpandPF program products/assets in line with HR and programe requirements. 
• Schedule and note-takie at high-level internal and external meetings as required in the programmes calendar of events..
• Collate and maintain presentation materials for use in stakeholder outreach programmes and project updates. 
• Monitor the archiving of USAID ExpandPF documents on Development Exchange Clearinghouse as required for audit/compliance purposes.

Expertise/Skills:

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, plus track record of relevant experience in sexual reproductive health and rights or global health and development. 
• Demonstrated knowledge of relevant US Government regulations (including Environmental and FP Compliance) and USAID project management experience.
• Full Professional proficiency in spoken and written English.
• Moderate spoken and written French (full fluency preferred).
• Budget development and management experience (USAID budget experience preferred).
• Excellent problem solving and communications skills, including with global teams.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with individuals and teams at all levels, both internally and externally
• Experience working and leading in a matrixed management structure and working with local/national partners 
• Experience and knowledge of restricted funding project management cycles, including project design, launch, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and learning (preferably with USAID)
• Excellent organizational and time management skills; ability to, to efficiently prioritize, multi-task and manage deadlines effectively within a fast-paced environment.
• Must be flexible and willing to participate in conference calls outside of regular business hours.
• Professional proficiency in MS Office suite.
• Willingness and ability to travel, including internationally, up to 25%.

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.