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 Background

The African Coalition on Research and Communication on Abortion/Coalition Africaine pour la Recherche et la Communication sur l’Avortement (ACORCA-COARCA) is a newly-formed collective of institutions and individuals dedicated to advancing research, communication, and advocacy on safe abortion in Africa. 

Key Responsibilities
Strategic Coordination and Planning
Work Plan Management: Oversee the Coalition’s work plan, ensuring that tasks are effectively delegated to and completed by Executive Committee representatives, Working Groups, and member institutions.
Working group support and coordination: Support Working Groups in the formulation and implementation of their activity workplans, and ensure coordination (and no duplication) between the four groups.
Coalition systems
Systems development: Manage the development of key systems in the Coalition’s first year, including a new coalition website; a platform and payment systems for new member registration; an application, contracting/payment system and management system for small grants; email distribution lists, and a shared digital workspace for joint member working.
Fundraising
Funder tracking: Regularly review and update the funder database, including tracking of any relevant application deadlines and coalition engagement.
In coordination with the Coalition’s ‘partnerships’ working group (group 4), lead strategic fundraising initiatives to secure sustainable, continuous resources for Coalition activities.
Financial and Grant Management
Contracts and grant management: Work with HDI to manage any contracts and grants including those being received by the coalition, or those being granted by the coalition to its members for agreed activities or honoraria payments.
Deliverable completion: Ensure the delivery and completion of funded activities, including in its first year a small grants program for junior researchers, online training webinars on research methods, and launch of the coalition at conferences.
Communications and Networking
External communications: Manage and enhance the Coalition’s external communications—including donor and partner engagement, website updates, and public relations efforts—to boost coalition visibility.
Internal communications: Facilitate effective communication among Coalition members including organisation of bi-weekly executive committee members, quarterly all-member meetings, and Annual Coalition meeting.


Qualifications and Experience
Education: A masters degree in public health, public administration, international development, or a related field is required.
Experience:
Proven senior management experience in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment (preferably within NGOs, international organizations, or research administration).
Experience with sexual and reproductive health programming or research is highly desirable; experience with abortion programme management or research is desirable.
Skills:
Proficiency in English and French is essential; bilingual is desirable.
Strong project management and strategic planning skills.
Excellent financial acumen with experience managing dedicated accounts and stringent reporting.
Key Attributes
Pro-choice: Must be unashamedly supportive of the right to safe abortion.
Leadership: Proven capacity to lead teams, coordinate across diverse stakeholder groups, and drive results.
Strategic vision: Ability to translate strategic priorities into actionable tasks while managing a complex work plan.