Consultancy: MA Support and Development Lead

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International Planned Parenthood Federation South Asia (IPPF South Asia)

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 24/05/2025
  • Location: India 
Sexual & reproductive rights (SRHR) Health
The Role

The MA Support and Development Team supports the growth and development of Member Associations (MAs) and Collaborative Partners (CPs) in the region and collaborates pro-actively with other Regions and Global functions to leverage the Federation wide impact. The Lead will support the Regional Director in bringing together and connecting all MA facing work within the Region to ensure optimal support and services to MAs/CPs. There may be instances of need to travel in support of MA/CPs and interaction with key stakeholders. 

Role Deliverables

  • Support MAs/CPs for development and impact in delivering against the Strategic Framework to widen access, expand choice, innovate and share knowledge, act with youth, advance digital and self-care. This includes supporting MAs/CPs for their financial sustainability and organizational strengthening.
  • Build an overall picture of MA/CP capabilities, capacities, country contexts, audiences and competition from country and MA/CP profiles to strategically connect organisations, activities and information.
  • Devise an integrated plan of activities, including both restricted and unrestricted funding, driven by MAs/CPs to achieve tangible outcomes, capacity building, stronger governance, shared learning and connection facilitation across the Federation.
  • Create an MA/CP service delivery platform that provides funding and resource support that meets Federation programmatic requirements. 
  • Assess quality controlsfor data integrity used to inform decision-making.
  • Facilitate the design and delivery of integrated programming and resource allocation, leveraging or building technical capacity in MAs. 
  • Galvanise and lever development opportunities for MAs/CPs through proposals and donor reporting.
  • Build, lead and mentor a diverse team with complementary technical expertise,skills, drive and determination into a seamless functional unit where people can perform at their best.
  • Contribute to resource mobilization through macro knowledge of MA programming, and support the Resource Mobilisation Team with the conceptualization and development of proposals. 
Key Skills/Expertise

  • Experience of leading effective design and delivery of multi-country/regional SRHR Programmes in international development
  • Track record of co-constructing and implementing multi-faced business plans/budgets in diverse geographic/cultural settings with good financial understanding and budget management skills
  • Understands political, economic, social, legal and environmental contexts in the Region and Globally affecting the international development sector
  • Understands the workings of MAs and how to encourage, influence, incentivize engagement
  • Ability to scan the horizon to spot issues, leverage opportunities, mitigate risks and build a learning environment 
  • Excellent team leader and developer with strong planning, organising and knowledge sharing skills
  • Strong monitoring and evaluation skills
  • Ability and willingness to work in and lead a diverse and multicultural environment that respects all cultures and ensure inclusion 
  • An intersectional (pro) feminist passionate about sexual reproductive health, rights and justice, including safe abortion
  • Supportive of people’s rights regardless of sexuality or gender identity/expression and supportive of worker’s rights and access to health care in sex work.

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