Country Representative

The Country Representative at Ipas South Africa will work at a national level to provide technical and managerial leadership for the South Africa program under the direction of the Regional Director for Southern Africa Program. This position is responsible for the development and implementation of strategies and work plans to ensure that program goals and objectives are met. This includes providing strategic inputs for annual work plans, proposal development, analysis of programmatic results, identification and resolution of challenges and program performance, application of lessons learned and best practices to improve program performance, donor reporting, financial monitoring, and personnel management.

In addition, the Country Representative works with in-country counterparts to ensure successful implementation of work plans. The Country Representative will oversee the technical unit functions by providing technical support and programmatic guidance to each unit.

Key responsibilities of this position include but are not limited to:

Organizational Leadership and Strategy: Contributes significantly to the development of the country strategy;
Leads in developing assigned components of the strategy

Leads implementation of the local strategic plan, ensuring results in assigned areas

Fosters teamwork and collaboration across the organization

Provides supportive supervision at department level

Financial and

Risk Management:

Reviews and provides final approval for project workplans and budgets, with a focus on cost efficiency and stewardship

Leads regular, high-level reviews of project progress and financial monitoring across the program, identifying opportunities for increased cost efficiency Ensures internal control systems are functioning

Contributes to risk mitigation planning for the country office

Ensures departmental level compliance with Ipas policies

Program, technical, or functional content of the job: Responsible for managing the execution of programmatic work, ensuring high-quality project implementation and achievement of objectives

Reviews and provides technical and programmatic inputs into the development for country work plans and budgets, with a focus on cost efficiency and stewardship

Contributes to new program design and strategy integrating lessons learned and best practices, and ensuring alignment with Ipas mission, values, and strategic plan Leads regular, high-level reviews of project progress and financial monitoring across the program, identifying opportunities for increased cost efficiency Ensures internal control systems are functioning

Contributes to risk mitigation planning for the country office

communications & representation:Represents Ipas with a variety of external stakeholders, including partners, counterparts, and donors

Contributes to positioning Ipas as a leader for SRHR in the country or region

Reviews and shares learning and results within the Ipas network as well as with counterparts, partners, donors, other country programs and the global Ipas network

Leads and contributes to the development of key messages and communications strategies and plans, primarily at program or departmental level

Builds and maintains strong partnerships in relevant areas (Finance, Programs)

The Country Representative – South Africa must meet the following criteria:

A deep commitment to sexual and reproductive health and rights, especially abortion and contraception access

Proven ability to lead and motivate teams and create a positive work environment, including through supportive supervision, strong communication, nonhierarchical leadership approaches, and modeling the Ipas core values.

Demonstrated capacity and commitment to good stewardship of funds, including strong skills in work planning, budgeting, financial monitoring, and data-driven problem solving.

Proven ability to build positive working relationships with diverse internal teams and external partners

Eight (5) or more years of leading program operations and logistics experience

Previous supervisory experience of a minimum of three full time technical staff members required

Cross-cultural work experience

Ability to travel up to 30%…