Program Manager- Latin America

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Co-Impact

Remote (local)
  • Career category: Admin, Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Remote (local)
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: $112,000 USD / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 20/12/2024
  • Location: South America and the Caribbean
Movement building
Who We Are

Co-Impact is a global organization that supports locally-rooted coalitions in Africa, Asia and Latin America to transform key systems at scale, with a core focus on advancing gender equality and women’s leadership. We bring together funders from around the world to partner with initiatives that are working to improve education, health, and economic opportunity for millions of people by addressing the root causes of social inequities so that systems work better for everyone. For more information, please visit www.co-impact.org and read our Handbook.



The Role

As part of Co-Impact team, core responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

  • Conducting research and landscape analyses to identify trends, gaps, and opportunities in the field and stay informed on relevant updates that can affect Co-Impact’s investment approach and strategy globally and in Latin America.
  • Leads due diligence processes for potential program partners, including conducting calls, reviewing documents, and providing recommendations.
  • Oversees the provision of support to program partners throughout the project lifecycle, including design workshops, site visits, and regular check-ins.
  • Provide strategic guidance and operational support to existing and new program partners, building capacity through ad-hoc check-ins, strategic or operational support, and other portfolio capacity building activities.
  • Collaborate with other program managers to ensure alignment and coordination of  work across the regions.
  • Writes recommendation memos, conducts due diligence calls, reviews documents  and reports, assists program partners in grant implementation, conducts site visits and organizes regular check-ins with them.
  • Design and facilitate events, convenings, and foster learning and collaboration that enable partners and peers in the field to learn together.
  • Supporting the Associate Director and  Director, Programs and the broader Program team as needed, as well as participating in special projects as they arise. 
Qualifications and Experience

  • At least 5+ years of relevant professional experience working to advancing gender equality (with an intersectional lens) and improving government (and at times market) systems in education, health, economic opportunity, and/or women’s leadership.
  • Significant experience working directly with senior-level staff.
  • Track record of increasing responsibility.
  • At least first university degree or equivalent.
  • Fluency in English and Spanish or Portuguese required (fluency in both is a plus).
  • Experience in grantmaking, lived experience and knowledge of Latin American context, and linkages to feminist/women’s rights networks strongly preferred.

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