FYI - 2 youth-related positions are open at Ipas. Please find the description and link for each job below. -----Original Message----- From: Laura Villa Sent: May-05-11 9:13 AM Subject: job posting- 2 positions at Ipas Job Title Sr. Youth Associate Date Posted 3/2/2011 Posting Audience Internal and External Posting Status Open Job Location US-NC-Chapel Hill Description Senior Youth Associate Global Community Access Unit Responsibilities * Provide strategic vision and technical leadership for integrating youth work in all aspects of Ipas' work. * Support development of youth projects, models and partnerships * Provide technical assistance to the Global Health System team and Country Results teams, to design, implement, evaluate and document health systems projects that meet reproductive health and abortion-related needs and rights of adolescents and young women. * Support the integration of reproductive health care for young women, including safe abortion, in all service provider trainings and new health systems publications. * Ensure the implementation of indicators to measure youth work, track youth activities in internal monitoring systems and work with Country Results teams to ensure appropriate documentation of youth project * Support the development of research focused on youth, in particular adolescents, and reproductive health and abortion. * Identify and implement effective and appropriate ways to integrate youth in decision-making structures. * Build internal capacity on youth sexual and reproductive health and rights, including abortion, by designing and implementing trainings for staff, and sharing information in different internal forums. * Fundraise for youth work through donor document writing, reporting and communication. * Manage the Youth Program by overseeing budgets, and performing administrative tasks as needed. Core Requirements * Advanced degree in relevant discipline; * 8+ years of relevant professional experience in sexual and reproductive health and rights, including at least 5 years working on youth issues, or a similar combination of experiences; * Demonstrated leadership and technical expertise in development and evaluation of youth programs and strategies; * Experience in integrating youth perspectives into organizational processes and systems; * Skills in project design and strategic planning, with demonstrated fundraising experience; * Expertise in program management, including budget skills; * Excellent written and verbal skills in English; * Fluency in a foreign language preferred ICIMS Link http://jobs-ipas.icims.com/jobs/1249/job Job Title Youth Associate Date Posted 5/4/2011 Posting Audience Internal and External Posting Status Open Job Location US-NC-Chapel Hill Description Community Access, Youth Associate Global Community Access Unit Responsibilities * Provide strategic vision and technical guidance for youth work in Ipas, and support development of youth projects and models. * Integrate youth programming into all aspects of Ipas's work * Provide technical assistance to the Global Community Access team and Country Results teams, to design, implement, evaluate and document community-based projects on youth sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), including abortion. * Provide technical assistance to the Global Policy team and Country Results teams, to design, implement, evaluate and document policy and advocacy related projects on SRHR, including abortion. * Identify and establish new youth SRHR partners and initiatives, and continue to strengthen existing ones, at the regional and international levels. * Collate, document and share strategies, evidence and results on youth SRHR, including abortion. * Represent Ipas at international events and meetings. * Build internal capacity on youth SRHR, including abortion, by designing and implementing trainings for staff, and sharing information in different internal forums. * Fundraise for youth work through donor document writing, reporting and communication. * Manage the Youth Program by overseeing budgets, and performing administrative tasks as needed. Core Requirements * Bachelors' degree, advance degree in relevant discipline preferred; * 5+ years of relevant professional experience, including in community and policy-related youth SRHR work; * Experience in project design and strategic planning; * Expertise in program management, including budget skills; * Strong interpersonal and communications skills; * Ability to work independently as well as member of teams; * Demonstrated computer expertise; * Excellent written and verbal skills in English and Spanish ICIMS Link http://jobs-ipas.icims.com/jobs/1250/job The information in this email and any attachments may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you have received this message in error, you should destroy this message and notify the sender by reply email. (www.ipas.org)