Ipas
AudaciousProjectDirector
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“Audacious Project Director at Ipas. Skills: Project leadership, Results-based management, Governance structures, Risk management. Provide project leadership for Audacious investment. Design governance structures”
What You'll Achieve.
Prevent 16.3 million unsafe abortions by 2025; Prevent 22.6 million unintended pregnancies by 2025; Prevent 39,000 maternal deaths by 2025; Reduce annual unsafe abortions by 30%; Achieve impact well beyond seven-year investment; Demonstrate progress against ecosystem outcomes; Adapt strategy based on evidence
Industry & Context.
Adaptive course correction
Flexibility to meet virtually in different time zones, Ability to travel internationally up to 30%
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Master’s degree in public administration, international affairs, public health or relevant field or Bachelor’s degree with extensive experience in program, compliance, or grants management, 12-15 years progressive professional experience in international nonprofit sector, Proven expertise in grant making, grants management, program management, compliance, and legal frameworks, Experience in social justice organizations and movements, Fluency in English required
Nice to Have
Proficiency in French, Proficiency in Spanish
What You'll Do.
Provide project leadership for Audacious investment
Design governance structures
Implement governance structures
Maintain governance structures
Drive Audacious project delivery
Establish project management
Steward project management
Adapt processes for delivery
Adapt processes for monitoring
Adapt processes for reporting
Adapt processes for compliance
Adapt processes for risk management
Leverage Audacious investment for funding
Maintain alignment with teams
Leverage cross-learning for strategy
Lead redesign of projections
Lead redesign of budgets
Lead redesign of implementation strategies
Build relationships across Ipas Network
Manage relationships across Ipas Network
Build relationships across external sector
Manage relationships across external sector
Develop project workplan
Develop scenario planning
Develop trade-offs for project
Ensure coherence across country strategies
Ensure coherence across workplans
Ensure coherence across budgets
Ensure coherence across logic models
Ensure coherence across results frameworks
Ensure coherence across funding scenarios
Develop contextualized Audacious logic model
Drive results-based management
Integrate programmatic data
Integrate financial data
Integrate evidence data
Anticipate programmatic risks
Mitigate programmatic risks
Manage programmatic risks
Anticipate financial risks
Mitigate financial risks
Manage financial risks
Anticipate legal risks
Anticipate political risks
Mitigate political risks
Manage political risks
Anticipate reputational risks
Mitigate reputational risks
Manage reputational risks
Ensure access to progress information
Ensure access to performance information
Ensure access to compliance information
Oversee preparation of donor reports
Ensure accuracy of donor reports
Ensure consistency of donor reports
Ensure completion of donor deliverables
Champion safeguarding standards
Champion ethical programming standards
Ensure application of PSEA standards
Provide project-level financial stewardship
Oversee multi-year budget alignment
Conduct variance analysis
Oversee results-based financial analysis
Oversee cost-per-outcome tracking
Oversee value-for-money reporting
Support fundraising strategies
Support communication strategies
Build relationships with country leadership
Center country leadership expertise
Represent Ipas externally
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Country leadership; Global functional teams; Major donors; Audacious donors; Business Development team; CSTO teams; TEX teams; MERLA teams; Implementing countries; Country leadership expertise
Communication Scope
Clear communication; Credible communication
Process & Methodology
Results-based management, Governance structures, Risk management frameworks, Evidence architectures, Adaptive management
Full Job Description
This position may work remotely from any of the following countries: Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Africa, Uganda, and Zambia. Ipas is the only global organization laser-focused on preventing unsafe abortion, with more than 50 years of experience strengthening pathways to safe abortion and contraceptive care. In 2025, Ipas became the first ever abortion rights organization to secure a grant from the Audacious funding initiative. By 2032, we aim to prevent 16.3 million unsafe abortions, 22.6 million unintended pregnancies and 39,000 maternal deaths, focusing efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Latin America. By scaling our work across 10 of the highest-need countries, we will reduce annual unsafe abortions by approximately 30%, giving millions of girls and women the chance to determine their own future. By 2040, we expect improved abortion ecosystems across all project countries and, despite existing barriers, significant advancement in laws and policies, social and cultural norms, as well as access to quality care. Through this work, Ipas will accelerate progress that would otherwise take decades — building sustainable, country-owned systems that will achieve impact well beyond this seven-year, multi-million-dollar investment. The Audacious Project Director is a senior leadership role within Ipas’s Program Support Team (PST), accountable for strategic stewardship, governance and adaptive results-based management of the Audacious investment across implementation regions and countries. In essence, while this role manages the Audacious project, it will also help leverage this investment to strengthen Ipas’s broader strategic plan. The Audacious Project Director will serve as a key integrator and steward of Ipas’s Audacious strategy, ensuring alignment across country strategies, budgets, logic models, results frameworks and funding scenarios while ena
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