Ipas Nepal is a non-profit international development organization that works to increase women’s ability to exercise their Sexual and Reproductive Health, especially the Right to Safe Abortion and Contraception. We seek to eliminate Unsafe Abortion and the resulting deaths and injuries and to expand women’s access to Comprehensive Abortion Care, including contraception and rela ... ted reproductive health information and care. Family Planning (FP) is one of the priorities programmes of the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) with an aim to foster equitable access and utilisation of quality FP services throughout the country. Over the years, Nepal has achieved a remarkable improvement in the reproductive health including FP services. However, despite this improvement, Contraceptive Prevalent Rate (CPR) in the country has been stagnant for decades. In addition, contraceptive knowledge and use is low while and Age specific Fertility Rate (ASFR) and unmet need for family planning is high among adolescent and youths because of various structural and socio-cultural barriers. Research suggests that youths are most effectively reached with messaging on sensitive issues like family planning among others when it comes from their peers. To capitalise on that approach, Ipas Nepal intends to orient and mobilise students in grades 11 to 12 who are studying in rural areas and provide them with the knowledge and skills to be “Change Agents” and disseminate FP messages in their community. Accordingly, Ipas Nepal invites applications from interested Nepalese candidates for the below mentioned position for its UK’s Department for International Development (DfID) funded Nepal Family Planning Project (NFPP) on “Addressing Unmet Need for Family Planning among Excluded and Vulnerable Women” implemented in partnership with Marie Stopes International (MSI)/Sunaulo Pariwar Nepal for identifying and orienting youths in two of its the project districts namely Kavre and Dailekh. The youth activity will be conducted in 2 project districts: Dailekh and Kavre. Youth related orientation and mobilisation will take place in Dailekh and Kavre in the 5 clusters (in each district) comprising 20 youths in each cluster.
View Company ProfileProgram Development Coordinator
Job summary
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No. of Vacancy
: 1 -
Job Type
: Full Time -
Offered Salary
: Negotiable -
Gender
: Both -
Career Level
: Senior Level -
Experience
: 5 Years -
Apply Before
: 2021-07-15 Closed -
Skills
:AnalyticalCommunicationsStrategic Planning
Job Description:
Job Title: Program Development Coordinator
Location: Ipas Nepal, Kathmandu Nepal
Terms: Fixed term on annual contract
Reporting: Country Director
Ipas works globally with a vision that every woman and girl has the right and ability to determine her own sexuality and reproductive health. We seek to expand the availability, quality and sustainability of abortion and related reproductive health services, as well as improve the enabling environment for the services. As part of the broader reproductive justice movement, Ipas is working to ensure that abortion and contraceptive care are essential health services—and that all people can access them. Our programs use a multifaceted approach that addresses reproductive health services, access to services and fulfillment of reproductive rights. Ipas Nepal’s program intervention prioritize intersectional partnerships that integrates into the broader gender equality and social justice, including gender-based violence prevention and response, and women-led climate justice.
Job Responsibilities
- Lead Ipas Nepal’s program development responsibility by updating and informing the Senior Management Team in advance on donor landscaping, mission forecasts, and potential calls relevant to Ipas Nepal.
- Maintain and update funding opportunities and pipeline funding portfolio on a regular basis.
- Bid analysis of potential opportunities including relevancy, requirements and preparations for a Go/No Go decisions.
- Lead and coordinate a program/project design by forming a design team, identification of co-applicant partners and design process.
- Prepare concept notes and short proposals on the areas of Ipas Nepal’s programmatic focuses including intersectional partnership areas for future growth.
- Coordinate and lead in developing organizational development and growth strategies including a country office strategic plan, organizational development and communication strategy.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Familiar with operating environment donor landscape and funding opportunities for INGOs in Nepal.
- Demonstrated successful program development experience with INGOs.
- Knowledge and conceptual understanding about sexual, reproductive and health rights, (focusing on safe abortion and contraception), gender-based violence and climate justice.
- Experience in partnership and program development in a consortium modality.
- Very good analytical and writing skills.
- Familiarity and commitment on rights based and gender transformative approach to development.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including a familiarity on visibility, branding and communication.
- Willing to travel project districts on regular basis.
Education + Experience:
- A master’s degree from a reputed University on development studies, gender studies, social science or related subjects.
- Minimum 5 years relevant experience
- Passion, enthusiasm, and interest on Ipas vision, mission, and strategies
- High quality of professional integrity and commitment
Apply Instruction:
For the position advertised eligible candidates are requested to visit Ipas global website and submit online application.
Please submit online application in the link- https://ipas.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Ipas/job/Nepal-Kathmandu/Program-Development-Coordinator_R388
- Interested candidates should submit application along with up-to-date curriculum vitae.
Application deadline, Thursday 15 July 2021.
Commitment to diversity and social inclusion
Ipas Nepal is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce, and we want to achieve this by aligning diversity and inclusion through affirmative actions in our recruitment and selection process. To initiate this positive action, we have a provision for affirmative actions for socially excluded and marginalized groups. To make an inclusive workforce that includes the marginalized, disadvantaged and socially excluded population and women. To bring people from various social backgrounds, gender, caste/ethnicity, cultures, religions, and races. To bring gender balance and social inclusion in the workforce composition.
Qualified women candidates and candidates particularly from disadvantaged and socially excluded/marginalized groups are strongly encouraged to apply.
* Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for further selection process. Telephone inquiries will not be entertained. Canvassing at any stage of the recruitment process shall lead to automatic disqualification and Ipas Nepal reserves the rights on the final candidate selection.