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About Fòs Feminista
Fòs Feminista is an intersectional feminist organization centered around the sexual and reproductive rights and needs of women, girls, and gender-diverse people. Led and governed by the Global South, Fòs Feminista works as an alliance of organizations in 40+ countries worldwide to advance sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice. Fòs Feminista is both the connective tissue that links these diverse partners in an alliance and an active participant in the broader ecosystem of actors working on sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice (SRHRJ). Fòs Feminista orchestrates transnational and transregional action by connecting partners throughout the SRHRJ ecosystem, amplifying innovative partner-led solutions to SRHRJ issues, and catalyzing funding and political will for an intersectional feminist agenda on SRHRJ.
We recognize that the ability of women, girls, and gender-diverse people to make free and informed choices about their sexual and reproductive lives, including to access safe and legal abortion, is central to their life plans and to achieving gender and reproductive justice. Together with partners in the Alliance, we provide access to sexual and reproductive health care and services, including contraception, abortion, and care for victims of gender-based violence, and we reach young people with comprehensive sexuality education. We are at the forefront of advocating for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) from an intersectional lens in national, regional, and global spaces, coordinating with our partners to ensure that diverse experiences, priorities, and voices of the Global South are represented in these spaces. And we strengthen intersectional feminist movements and organizations by creating and holding space for partners to participate in an international community built on feminist values of sharing power, diversity, mutual learning, and solidarity, and to access resources to strengthen their work.
Position Summary
Fòs Feminista is seeking a highly motivated professional with working experience in SRHRJ advocacy, project management and political analysis, to strengthen, support and accompany Fòs Feminista’s partnerships in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. The Associate Director of Program Management will directly support the Co-Director of the Sustainable Ecosystem Unit (SEU) Intersectional Approaches in overseeing part of the Fòs Feminista’s portfolio connected with transregional work through collaborative partner-led initiatives based on strategic priorities set by the Co-Director. The Associate Director will also play a tactical role in managing youth participation across the Alliance to ensure that young people are part of collaborative decision-making spaces at national, regional and global levels. In addition, the incumbent person should ensure the implementation of processes related to project management and supporting their improvement according to institutional procedures. The Associate Director will collaborate with the Co-Directors and Associate Directors of SEU in the development and implementation of a South-to-South program for the Alliance, with a strong focus on promoting partner-led exchanges, knowledge sharing, and transregional solidarity.
Supervisory Relationship
The Associate Director of Program Management reports to the Co-Director of SEU, Intersectional Approaches and supervises a team of approximately five Senior Program Officers and Program Officers.
The Associate Director will have a demonstrated commitment to and alignment with Fòs Feminista’s principles and values of social justice, equity, and non-discrimination, which are essential to our work advancing sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice for women, girls, and gender-diverse people—particularly in the Global South. In the daily work, the Associate Director should demonstrate sense of belonging to the organization and adherence to its policies, collaborative relationship with the Co-Directors, sensitivity to political implications with partners and donors guided by Fòs Feminista´s strategic leadership, ability to listen to partners and other stakeholders as well as respectful and horizontal communication with colleagues. . The incumbent candidate should also work closely with Business Intelligence, Evaluation and Research cluster as well as Communications and Development unit related to processes aimed to optimize the integration of South-to-South work across the Alliance.
Key Responsibilities
Minimum Qualifications
A master’s degree in any Non-Profit Management Public Administration, Law and Public Policies, Public Health, or related field.
At least 5 years of professional experience in senior roles and public policies and advocacy related work.
Experience working in multicultural settings with high degree of intercultural awareness and understanding
Ample experience in advocacy leadership as well as organizational planning, and communications with partners organizations.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Proven ability to be a creative problem solver and manage and grow a program or area of work
Solid understanding of and commitment to sexual and reproductive health and rights through an intersectional feminist lens
Strong strategic thinking skills with a high degree of emotional intelligence
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to tailor communications to a wide variety of audiences from different backgrounds and experiences and develop executive content and material
Well-developed interpersonal skills for high-level collaboration with donors, partner organizations, and external stakeholders.
Strong analytical and communication skills
Excellent presentation and facilitation skills (including abilities in PowerPoint/slide development)
Ability to liaise and engage with multidisciplinary teams and external stakeholders
Proven ability to work virtually and independently, managing multiple concurrent workstreams and prioritizing across competing tasks
Comfortable working in a dynamic and multicultural environment
Demonstrated commitment to anti-racism and other forms of oppression, including to a process of self-reflection and transformation around implicit bias
High degree of fluency in English, with fluency in at least one of Fòs Feminista’s other core language (French, Portuguese, or Spanish)
Safeguarding Commitments
Fòs Feminista is committed to ensuring that all employees respect and protect the health, rights, and wellbeing of all children, young people, and vulnerable populations with whom we work. We require all employees to share this commitment.
The successful candidate must:
Location
The location of this position is remote and flexible, preferably in the Global South (Latin America & the Caribbean, Africa, or Asia).
Compensation
Fòs Feminista offers generous compensation consistent with competitive salaries and a benefits package that includes health coverage, life insurance, retirement benefits, paid sick and vacation leave, holidays, and flexible working arrangements. The proposed salary for the LAC region is USD $50,470/annual and $55,208/annual for the Africa region. While salary is calculated in USD, payment may be made in local currency.
Equal Opportunity Employer Statement
Fòs Feminista is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to advancing sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice and dismantling inequities from an intersectional feminist lens. Reproductive justice, racial justice, and diversity are driving forces for us.
Fòs Feminista provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender expression or identify, health status, history of conflict with the law, migrant status, national origin, parental or pregnancy status, partnership status, political belief, poverty, race, religion, sexual identity of orientation, sex, genetic information, veteran status, or any other protected category under federal, state, and local laws.
At Fòs Feminista we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our employees. We strongly encourage applications from all kinds of backgrounds to build a workforce that is diverse and inclusive of people who are from marginalized or excluded groups.
While we strongly encourage all current and new employees to be fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus, there is no vaccine requirement for employment with Fòs Feminista. However, it is currently our policy that employees must show proof of full vaccination to engage in any work-related travel or to attend any work-related in-person gatherings. As appropriate, reasonable accommodations can be made, including, for example, arrangements for employees to participate remotely in any relevant gatherings.
We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.