Project Coordinator – Fightback Fund

Salary: Location-based in line with IPPF’s regional compensation structure. UK (London) circa GBP £45,168 / India (New Delhi) INR 1,694,543Location: UK (London) /  India (New Delhi) - remote workingContract type: 1-year Fixed Term Contract
 

About the Role:
 

The global landscape for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) is experiencing a profound contraction in traditional funding. Governments are redirecting resources while anti-rights movements actively undermine investments in SRHR. This erosion of support is more than a financial challenge: it represents a coordinated attack on reproductive rights and the organizations that defend them.  
 

The Fightback Fund is supported through a combination of IPPF’s core funds and earmarked contributions from several of our Donors. We are seeking someone to coordinate the management and reporting requirements associated with donor earmarked funds across the Portfolio, and support evidence-based programming, and decision-making across Fightback Fund projects

What you'll do:

• Provide project management support across the Fund portfolio;
• Coordinate donor reporting and financial requirements and funding streams across the FBF components;
• Support the Head of Portfolio Management and Donor Reporting Global Manager with other tasks related to Fightback Fund reporting and financial oversight as required
• Draw together information coming from Fightback Fund projects, with a particular focus on planning, risk, compliance and performance data, develop and maintain related data collection systems and processes
• Provide a continually updated picture of Secretariat Fightback Fund planning and delivery performance.
• Analyse IPPF's service delivery data to enable actionable insights into IPPF's client profile and service delivery results;
• Populate tracking/reporting platforms; and maintain guidance and resource tools that support FBF programme planning, implementation, changes and enhancements
• With the support of the Donor Reporting Accountant, produce timely and accurate budget versus actual analysis for all FBF projects, with clear explanations of variances.;
• Support Harm Mitigation Grant management including developing funding agreements, reviewing reports and ensuring expenditure is in line with donor requirements
• Make travel arrangements in line with policies and specific funding donor requirements (flight bookings, hotels, visas and transport arrangements)
• Support and enable a safe environment, adhering to the safeguarding reporting and monitoring requirements of this role
• Undertake any other reasonable duties as may be requested from time to time

 

Key Skills / Expertise:

Expertise

• Experience working in the global health or international development sectors
• Experience in project coordination and administration, with preferred experience working on SRHR/FP programmes in developing countries
• Experience assisting with the management of restricted grants funded by large institutional donors (Governments and Foundations
• Experience assisting with the management of project budgets
• A good understanding of restricted donor-funded programmes and financial compliance
• Experience working in matrix organisations
• Strong numerical and budgeting proficiency

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent project management skills
• Excellent budget management skills
• Excellent time management skills able to meet tight
• Excellent diplomacy and interpersonal skills and the ability to engage with a range of stakeholders.
• High level of organisational skills, planning and time management, with the ability to adapt to changing needs, multitask and meet tight deadlines
• Fluent English essential. French, Spanish, Arabic and/or Portuguese an advantage
• Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint

Your Ethos:
 

• Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding in a local and international context.
• Demonstrates ability and willingness to work in a diverse, multicultural, multilingual and intergenerational environment that is anti-racist and respectful of others.
• An intersectional (pro) feminist passion about sexual reproductive health care rights and justice, including safe abortion.
• Supportive of people's rights regardless of sexuality or gender identity/expression and supportive of workers' rights and access to health care in sex work
  

How to Apply:

Complete the application form linked below.
Send your completed application form, CV, and cover letter to Jobs@ippf.org with "Project Coordinator – Fightback Fund" in the subject line.
 

Do you have questions?
Please feel free to reach Jobs@ippf.org for any questions you may have.
 

About IPPF:
 

International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is a global sexual and reproductive health service provider and one of the leading advocates for universal access to sexual, reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for all. We are a worldwide movement of 149 national organisations working with and for communities and individuals and, together, have delivered more than 1 billion cumulative services over the last 6 years.  
 

We are now looking for people to join us and make our Come Together–Strategy 2028, a reality. Revolutionising IPPF, placing it in a stronger position to support SRHR for those who are left out, locked out or left behind. Come Together commits IPPF to shaping laws, policies and norms through feminist action and international solidarity; and to strengthen the federation adding new drive for real and lasting impact.
 

Action is urgent. We have delivered. We have stood for justice and equality. We commit to more daring and feminist action that secures choices about our bodies, sexual lives, and well-being. Everyone should enjoy a pleasure-filled and healthy sex life and a life free from violence, shame or criminalisation. We know love is love. And we come together in support of women, youth, and people who are marginalised and excluded. Through the care we deliver, the actions we take, and the solidarity we foster.    IPPF is an equal-opportunity employer. As a leading global human rights organisation focused on equality, empowerment, ending discrimination, and poverty eradication, we internally reflect social justice principles. We, as IPPF, strongly oppose racism in all its forms and resolutely go for a cultural change that will shift the existing imbalances in power and process.  
 

We are a multi-cultural, multi-lingual, intergenerational and diverse work environment.  Applications are particularly encouraged from women, people living with HIV, people living with disability and people with diverse SOGIESC.  
 

IPPF is committed to the safety and protection of children, young people and vulnerable adults and our safer recruitment and selection procedures reflect this commitment.  We expect all employees, volunteers, contractors and partners to share this commitment, and anyone employed by IPPF agrees to sign up to our Code of Conduct and Safeguarding (Children and Vulnerable Adults) Policy.   IPPF has been made aware of various fraudulent vacancy announcements circulated via e-mail from websites falsely stating that they are issued by or in association with IPPF.  These correspondences, which may seek to obtain money from the recipients of such correspondence, are fraudulent, and IPPF does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, processing, training or any other fees).