Technical Coordinator

Technical Coordinator, Asia

Kathmandu, Nepal

Job Title: Technical Coordinator (Nepal, Humanitarian Project)

Department: Program Division, Asia

Position located at: Nepal

Center Background: The Center for Reproductive Rights (the Center) is the global leader in using the power of law to advance reproductive rights as fundamental human rights. Headquartered in New York City, the non-profit, non-partisan organization has regional offices in Bogota, Geneva, Nairobi, and Washington, DC, and a staff of approximately 200 diverse professionals. The Center’s compelling human rights mission and reputation for excellence and cutting-edge legal work has powered its exceptional growth trajectory to an operating budget of over $40 million and won the respect of the world’s leading law firms, as reflected in the additional $29 million annually in donated legal services, representing the work last year of 820 lawyers in 46 countries.

The overarching goal of the Center’s new Strategic Plan sets a high mark for impact: By 2030, half of the world’s population will be living under stronger protections for reproductive rights than they do today. The Center has a track record of success to back up this ambitious goal. Since its founding in 1992, the Center’s game-changing litigation and advocacy, combined with its unparalleled expertise in constitutional, comparative, and international human rights law, have transformed how reproductive rights are understood by courts, governments, and human rights bodies worldwide on issues including maternal health, contraception, abortion, and assisted reproduction. It has won groundbreaking cases before national courts, U.N. Committees, and regional human rights bodies, led the development of historic, proactive legislation advancing robust protections for reproductive rights, and has built the legal capacity of women’s rights advocates in more than 60 countries and counting.

To learn more about the Center for Reproductive Rights, go to www.reproductiverights.org. To learn more about our DEI Organizational Commitments, go here.

The Role: In support of operationalizing the CRR strategic plan, a rights-based participation and accountability project aims at increasing the accessibility and quality of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services for women and girls in Kailali, Nepal for creating a human rights-based accountability model for sexual and reproductive health service delivery within disaster situations. The project will also contribute to strengthening political will, prioritization, legal obligations, and accountability for comprehensive SRH services and information, in disaster preparedness, and response.

The Technical Coordinator will report to the Senior Manager, Asia to provide technical leadership and partnership coordination in Nepal by conducting SRH research, program design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation with the Center’s staff, project partners and other stakeholders. The role will allocate 100% LOE to the project.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership for project implementation including overseeing the successful delivery of the project workplan and the full execution of the project budget.
• Manage technical and programmatic relationship with national partners and stakeholders in identified project areas.
• Support the development, planning and implementation of a two-year restricted grant to deliver a participatory and rights-based accountability mechanism for comprehensive SRHR service delivery in Kailali district in disaster situations.
• Contribute to the design, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of trainings and capacity building activities on technical areas relating to the grant, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, human rights-based approaches, and participatory research; and provide ongoing technical support to in-country partners. 
• Collaborate to implement and monitor project charters and document emerging good practices and outcomes in areas related to a multi-partnership model.
• Build and deepen cross-organizational relationships with project partners and key stakeholders at the national and district level.
• Serve as a proactive and collaborative liaison across project partners by designing and facilitating coordination mechanisms to improve coordination, communication, compliance, and project implementation. 
• Maintain and update project team monitoring data dashboards and trackers, and undertake data cleaning, management, and analysis of data compiled during routine monitoring, baseline, midline, and final evaluations. 
• Participate in external meetings and activities to collect, learn, and share best practices on human rights-based approaches to sexual and reproductive health service delivery and accountability.   
• Provide quality assurance over all grant actions including monitoring of program outputs, supporting the drafting of consolidated program and donor reports, and highlighting and drafting amendments if any.
• Coordinate logistics and follow up for periodic project partner meetings, events, and convenings. 
• Supports financial monitoring and reporting in line with donor award requirements.   
• Represent the project and partners when requested with relevant stakeholders. 
• Provide timely, complete, and transparent updates and information to the Senior Manager, Asia.
• Perform any other duties as assigned and necessary under the project.

Qualifications:

• University Degree in Public Health or a first degree in relevant disciplines in social science, Human Rights, or equivalent professional qualifications and /or relevant qualifications.
• A minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights research, program evaluation within a development, human rights and/or humanitarian sectors- preferably disaster sector, and/or project implementation in SRHR and/or disaster sectors.
• Demonstrated experience of supporting the design, oversight, implementation, and evaluation of sexual and reproductive health and rights programs using human rights-based approaches and methodologies. 
• Understanding of community-based participatory models and methodologies; and experience conducting participatory assessments and research. 
• Familiarity and experience with qualitative and quantitative methodologies/tools required for monitoring and evaluating outcomes and impact. 
• Experience working with multisector health and humanitarian actors to contribute to strengthening political will, prioritization, legal obligations, and accountability for comprehensive SRH services and information, including progressive sub-national, national, and global legal and policy frameworks related to SRH and Rights (SRHR) in disaster preparedness and response. 
• Excellent Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook with an openness to learn new platforms. 
• Demonstrated experience in project management.
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Nepali required. 

Preferable:

• Knowledge of the international human rights framework, humanitarian response system, disaster response system and sexual and reproductive health and rights. 
• Commitment to the Center’s mission, purpose, and values.
• Proven dependability, diplomacy, and strong organizational skills.
• Effective communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills to communicate complex technical health and human rights issues effectively and across a wide range of stakeholders. 
• Proven ability to work effectively in partnership models, including through demonstrated capacity building, coordination, and/or facilitation of multi-partner projects.
• Ability to work and adapt to a fast-paced dynamic, deadline driven work environment.
• Orientation to detail in work requiring effective and accurate data analysis.
• Ability to work independently, as well as collaboratively with colleagues.
• Excellent social and networking skills, ability to engage with diverse stakeholders.

Critical Competencies:

• Strategic thinking: Applies big-picture thinking while also focusing on the details of implementation.
• Decisiveness: Consistently makes sound decisions in a timely manner supportive of the Center's mission, core values, and strategic objectives. Blends vision and judgment.
• Collaboration: Brings a track record of working effectively with various and diverse individuals and groups, and a willingness to actively listen and invite different views and opinions across all levels of the institution to build alignment in support of a common goal.
• Receives and Provides Direct Feedback: Actively gives and requests feedback to and from peers, supervisors and direct reports (if applicable) about work products, behaviors, values, style and approaches with a view on how this impacts self, other individuals and teams.
• Transparency: Consistently applies openness and honesty in communicating decisions and plans to team members.
• Commitment to learn: Applies a growth mentality to their own and their team’s (if applicable) development. Promotes a culture of learning by modeling inquisitiveness and an openness to viewing mistakes as an opportunity to learn and improve.
• Passion for Coaching, and Mentoring Staff: Empowers and motivates employees and creates opportunities for learning, development, and leadership, with a focus on harnessing skills for the future development of team members. (if applicable)
• Accountability: Follows through on each commitment made to individual contributors, teams and partners and proactively informs others of any delays that occur along the way. Holds team members accountable.
• Integrity: Possesses impeccable integrity and personal and professional values that are consistent with the Center’s high standards and mission.
• Empathy: Serves as an empathetic, approachable leader who engenders trust and confidence. (if applicable)
• Adaptability/Flexibility: Demonstrates comfort with ambiguity and calculated risk.

Compensation: The Center offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience and a comprehensive benefits program.

How to Apply: Please complete the application below to apply. A cover letter and resume must be included in your application. Please include these application materials as attachments.

Deadline for applications: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

To learn more about our DEI Organizational Commitments, go here. The Center for Reproductive Rights is an equal opportunity employer, committed to inclusive hiring, and dedicated to diversity in our work and staff. We strongly encourage people from all groups and communities to apply.

Please note that all genuine Center openings must be applied through the Center website. The Center does not charge a fee at any stage in the recruitment process (application, interviews, or selection). Nor does it request any medical examinations or bank account information as part of this process. If someone contacts, you on behalf of the Center requesting payment for your application please notify talent@reprorights.org before taking any further action.