Senior Project Officer - EmpowHER Fund

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Aidsfonds

Hybrid
  • Career category: Fundraising/ Grant management, Partnership, Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Hybrid
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 09/10/2026
  • Location: Netherlands
Health Sexual & reproductive rights (SRHR)
About the EmpowHER Fund

The EmpowHER Fund envisions a world where women and girls in all their diversity can use the HIV-prevention method of their choice. Yet, in sub-Saharan Africa girls and young women still bear the greatest burden of HIV infections. Too many of them, especially those experiencing intersecting vulnerabilities, face limited options to prevent themselves from HIV, leaving them stuck with methods that don’t fit their lives or worse, no methods at all. New and emerging HIV-prevention options, including the 6-monthly Lenacapavir, the two- monthly Apretrude, the Dual Prevention Pill and the Dapivirine vaginal ring, offer a critical opportunity to expand choice and make sure women and girls find the method that best fit their needs.

Your role
As Senior Project Officer, you play a key strategic and operational role in the management of the EmpowHER Fund, working closely with the Fund Manager and project team. You provide oversight of the Fund’s grants portfolio and ensure that the Fund’s strategy and governance decisions are effectively translated into high-quality grantmaking and portfolio management. You provide guidance to Grant Officers, oversee grantmaking processes, identify and synthesise results, lessons learned and trends across the portfolio to inform strategic decision-making.

The Fund Manager is responsible for the Fund’s overall strategic direction, governance, and external relations. As Senior Project Officer, you are a key link between strategy and implementation: you translate strategic priorities into effective grantmaking approaches and bring insights from portfolio management back into the Fund’s strategic development. You act as a strategic sparring partner to the Fund Manager, contributing to the ongoing development, positioning, and direction of the Fund.

You bring
  • A minimum of 8 years of experience in international grant and programme management, in a senior or coordinating role
  • A demonstrated commitment to advancing women’s and girls’ sexual and reproductive health and rights, including equitable access to HIV prevention, treatment and care, and broader health services 
  • A strong dedication to feminist principles, women’s leadership and the meaningful engagement of women and girls in shaping decisions, policies and solutions that affect their lives
  • Demonstrated experience managing and overseeing complex grants and building strong partnerships with civil society and community organisations 
  • Strong partner relationship and communication skills, including the ability to act as a constructive sparring partner
  • Experience guiding a project team on a daily base and ensuring quality in grant management 
  • Strong analytical and organisational skills, including the ability to assess risks, identify opportunities and translate insights into action
  • Experience with PMEL and adaptive programme management including data-driven decision making, and preferably in international development, gender equality, SRHR, HIV, women's rights or a related field.

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