House # 428/A, Road No. 30 New DOHS, Mohakhali, Dhaka – 1206.
Business:
Ipas is an international NGO with a mission of reducing maternal deaths and disabilities from unsafe abortion and improving women?s reproductive health and rights. Founded in 1973, Ipas works in 15 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The international headquarter of Ipas is based in North Carolina, USA. Ipas has started working in Bangladesh in July 2011.
Number of Position
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1
Employment Type
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Full Time
Job Location
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Dhaka
Educational Requirement
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Master’s Degree in Project Management/ Development Studies/ Public Health or related field.
Experience
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At least 15 years
Responsibilities
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Ipas is a nonprofit organization working with partners around the world to advance reproductive justice by expanding access to abortion and contraception. We aim to build sustainable abortion ecosystems that address all factors impacting a person’s ability to access abortion—from individual health knowledge to social and community support, to a trained health workforce, to political leadership and supportive laws. In Bangladesh Ipas works since 2011 and from its inception in the country we work closely with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to ensure that women and girls can enhance their sexual and reproductive health via affordable, safe, respectful, and comprehensive abortion and contraceptive care. Ipas works throughout the country- in rural, urban and humanitarian settings.
Ipas Bangladesh is seeking applications from hardworking, sincere, and cheerful individuals for the following position.
Key Role
Under the direct supervision of the Ipas Bangladesh Country Director and in close collaboration with senior programme and operations staff, the National Program Director (NPD) will serve as a key member of Ipas Bangladesh Country Office's senior management team (SMT), providing leadership support across the full range of Ipas's functions and responsibilities. The NPD have to understand, embrace, and espouse the Ipas mission, values, and strategic plan. S/he will ensure the successful development and implementation of projects while focusing on program quality assurance, donor compliance, coordination with external stakeholders, grants, and personnel management. The NPD needs to be technical sound about countries SRHR context and programmatic perspectives particularly related to health MR, contraception, gender-based violence, and climate justice and other programmatic intersections. The National Program Director is responsible for overseeing the establishment of the Ipas Bangladesh country operations modalities as a network organization of Ipas, together with growing the country pipeline of future opportunities, and growing the project portfolio of Ipas Bangladesh. The NPD is responsible for developing and managing strong external relationships with relevant national stakeholders including donor clients, as well as government and other development partners and to ensure Ipas remains strategically targeted and responsive to the needs of the country to advance reproductive justice by expanding access to abortion and contraception through establishing sustainable abortion ecosystem of the country.
