Program Officer, Global Reproductive Equity
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Hewlett Foundation (HF)
Hybrid- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Job
- Experience level: 5-10 years
- Organisation type: Philanthropy
- Remote option: Hybrid
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Renumeration: $190,000-$223,000 / yearly
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Location: United States
About The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation invests in creative thinkers and problem solvers working to ensure that people, communities, and the planet can flourish. Together with our partners, we are harnessing society’s collective capacity to solve our toughest problems — from the existential threat of climate change to persistent and pervasive inequities, to attacks on democracy itself. A nonpartisan philanthropy, the Hewlett Foundation has made grants in the U.S. and globally for nearly six decades based on an approach that emphasizes long-term support, collaboration, and trust.
The Opportunity
This person will manage a portfolio of grants to organizations with the goal that women and girls in East Africa and Francophone West Africa, especially those facing the greatest barriers, are increasingly able to seek, access, and use comprehensive reproductive healthcare – inclusive of abortion care – to further their health, well-being, and life aspirations.
The Program Officer reports to the GEG Program Director and works closely with the GRE team and other Hewlett colleagues to administer and support a large portfolio of existing grants, and over time, transition and evolve grantmaking to effectively implement a refreshed strategy and program.
Taking an ecosystem-strengthening view of the diverse actors, opportunities, and threats in the fields of reproductive equity and gender justice in the regions of East Africa and Francophone West Africa, the Program Officer works with grantee partners, funders, and other global, regional, and national stakeholders to assess needs, co-create solutions, and promote collaboration to implement the strategy.
The Program Officer contributes to the foundation's interest in and practice of outcome-focused philanthropy, developing and updating strategies, identifying benchmarks and milestones to assess progress against these strategies, and planning and commissioning evaluations to contribute to learning and better understand impact.
The Gender Equity and Governance Program is currently undertaking a program-wide review to explore how they can amplify their impact and best support the field.
Qualifications
We recognize that there is a spectrum of lived and professional experience that will set candidates up for success in this role. While no one candidate will have every experience outlined in the position description, ideal candidates will offer a track record of demonstrable success and strength in the areas of responsibilities listed below:
Minimum 8-10 years of relevant knowledge and experience in global reproductive health, rights, and justice, including expertise in the African region, and knowledge of the United States context.
Current knowledge about reproductive health and rights ecosystems in Francophone West Africa and East Africa through meaningful lived and/or professional experience working on legal and policy advocacy, service delivery, research, and/or narrative change interventions.
Sophisticated knowledge of political and cultural crosscurrents in reproductive rights and gender equity, including commitment and comfort with working on abortion rights, and a demonstrated ability to navigate the diversity of perspectives in the field diplomatically and skillfully.
Working proficiency in verbal and written French is required; fluency is preferred.
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation invests in creative thinkers and problem solvers working to ensure that people, communities, and the planet can flourish. Together with our partners, we are harnessing society’s collective capacity to solve our toughest problems — from the existential threat of climate change to persistent and pervasive inequities, to attacks on democracy itself. A nonpartisan philanthropy, the Hewlett Foundation has made grants in the U.S. and globally for nearly six decades based on an approach that emphasizes long-term support, collaboration, and trust.
The Opportunity
This person will manage a portfolio of grants to organizations with the goal that women and girls in East Africa and Francophone West Africa, especially those facing the greatest barriers, are increasingly able to seek, access, and use comprehensive reproductive healthcare – inclusive of abortion care – to further their health, well-being, and life aspirations.
The Program Officer reports to the GEG Program Director and works closely with the GRE team and other Hewlett colleagues to administer and support a large portfolio of existing grants, and over time, transition and evolve grantmaking to effectively implement a refreshed strategy and program.
Taking an ecosystem-strengthening view of the diverse actors, opportunities, and threats in the fields of reproductive equity and gender justice in the regions of East Africa and Francophone West Africa, the Program Officer works with grantee partners, funders, and other global, regional, and national stakeholders to assess needs, co-create solutions, and promote collaboration to implement the strategy.
The Program Officer contributes to the foundation's interest in and practice of outcome-focused philanthropy, developing and updating strategies, identifying benchmarks and milestones to assess progress against these strategies, and planning and commissioning evaluations to contribute to learning and better understand impact.
The Gender Equity and Governance Program is currently undertaking a program-wide review to explore how they can amplify their impact and best support the field.
Qualifications
We recognize that there is a spectrum of lived and professional experience that will set candidates up for success in this role. While no one candidate will have every experience outlined in the position description, ideal candidates will offer a track record of demonstrable success and strength in the areas of responsibilities listed below:
Minimum 8-10 years of relevant knowledge and experience in global reproductive health, rights, and justice, including expertise in the African region, and knowledge of the United States context.
Current knowledge about reproductive health and rights ecosystems in Francophone West Africa and East Africa through meaningful lived and/or professional experience working on legal and policy advocacy, service delivery, research, and/or narrative change interventions.
Sophisticated knowledge of political and cultural crosscurrents in reproductive rights and gender equity, including commitment and comfort with working on abortion rights, and a demonstrated ability to navigate the diversity of perspectives in the field diplomatically and skillfully.
Working proficiency in verbal and written French is required; fluency is preferred.
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