About Fòs Feminista

Fòs Feminista is an intersectional feminist organization centered around the sexual and reproductive rights and needs of women, girls, and gender-diverse people. Led and governed by the Global South, Fòs Feminista works as an alliance of organizations in 40+ countries worldwide to advance sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice. Fòs Feminista is both the connective tissue that links these diverse partners in an alliance and an active participant in the broader ecosystem of actors working on sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice (SRHRJ). Fòs Feminista orchestrates transnational and transregional action by connecting partners throughout the SRHRJ ecosystem, amplifying innovative partner-led solutions to SRHRJ issues, and catalyzing funding and political will for an intersectional feminist agenda on SRHRJ.

We recognize that the ability of women, girls, and gender-diverse people to make free and informed choices about their sexual and reproductive lives, including to access safe and legal abortion, is central to their life plans and to achieving gender and reproductive justice. Together with partners in the Alliance, we provide access to sexual and reproductive health care and services, including contraception, abortion, and care for victims of gender-based violence, and we reach young people with comprehensive sexuality education. We are at the forefront of advocating for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) from an intersectional lens in national, regional, and global spaces, coordinating with our partners to ensure that diverse experiences, priorities, and voices of the Global South are represented in these spaces. And we strengthen intersectional feminist movements and organizations by creating and holding space for partners to participate in an international community built on feminist values of sharing power, diversity, mutual learning, and solidarity, and to access resources to strengthen their work.

The Global Advocacy for Change Unit

The Global Advocacy for Change (GA4C) Unit coordinates the implementation of Fòs Feminista’s global sexual and reproductive justice advocacy strategy that recognizes and upholds the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women, girls, and gender-diverse people from the Global South. Acting as a feminist amplifier and as a connector, the Unit works as part of the feminist SRHRJ alliance to shift power and challenge traditional ways of doing advocacy by elevating Global South leadership; working at multiple sites of power in the global North and South; grounding its work and strategies in national priorities; and connecting and leveraging regional and global spaces and processes to advance sexual, reproductive, and gender justice.

Position Summary

The Senior Global Policy Research Officer position will support the Global Advocacy for Change Unit (“the Unit”) within Fòs Feminista. The Senior Global Policy Research Officer leads and carries out critical policy research projects to support the development and implementation of the Unit’s policy research and global advocacy portfolios. The Senior Global Policy Research Officer manages the Unit’s institutional knowledge on key sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice issues and identifies opportunities for further research to support the Unit’s advocacy agenda. The Senior Global Policy Research Officer has a deep understanding of the strategic and programmatic components necessary for a global feminist ecosystem to effect positive political change as well as a critical understanding of how governmental policies affect the health and lives of women, girls, and gender-diverse people worldwide.

The Senior Global Policy Research Officer will have a demonstrated commitment to and alignment with Fòs Feminista’s principles and values, particularly those related to social justice, equity, and non-discrimination, which are essential to our mandate of advancing SRHRJ for women, girls, and gender-diverse people—particularly in the Global South.

Supervisor Relationship

The Senior Global Policy Research Officer will report to the Director of Policy Research.

Key Responsibilities

• Under the coordination of the Director of Policy Research, develop and implement annual policy research agendas and plans that will serve as evidence for advocacy and policy influencing priorities targeting the governments and multilateral actors at global, regional, and national levels.
• Support the execution of the key research priorities including but not limited to:
  • The annual grading process for the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Index accountability tool, including collect and grade data, draft and edit rationales, review the website upload process, develop talking points, conduct actor meetings, report overall findings to internal and external stakeholders.
  • Revision of the Mira que te Miro social accountability tool for the monitoring the sexual and reproductive health and rights commitments of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development working with the steering committee and the Fòs Feminista leads.
  • Desk review of research publications and mapping to support Fòs Feminista alliance’s strategic convenings and transnational engagement.
  • Support additional accountability tools that are currently in development.
  • Other policy research projects to fulfill the Global Advocacy for Change Unit’s strategy.
• Coordinate within the Global Advocacy for Change Unit and Fòs Feminista’s alliance partners, including the transnational centers, to ensure all research endeavors support ongoing advocacy efforts.
• Collaborate with the team to research, write, analyze, and supervise aspects of Fos Feminista research publications, including policy and research briefs, fact sheets, reports, blogs, op-eds, literature reviews, etc.
• Manage critical areas of technical and policy research relevant to the Unit’s advocacy agenda on sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice including HIV and AIDS, family planning, maternal health, abortion, comprehensive sexuality education, climate change, the anti-gender movement, and other issues.
• Cultivate relationships and represent Fòs Feminista in key policy research processes, spaces, and working groups, including participating in international conferences and meetings.
• Provide up-to-date data to Unit staff for use in internal and external analysis and communications and review evidence cited in the Unit’s external-facing publications.
• Manage Fòs Feminista’s subscriptions to research publications and maintain a research library through electronic files, including DropBox and SharePoint.

Education and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent degree in Public Health or Public Policy. Master's degree highly desirable.
• At least 5 years of experience in research, public health, human rights, or a related field.
• Background or demonstrated interest in social justice, intersectional feminism, sexual and reproductive health and rights, human rights, and/or public health.

Required Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

• Excellent writing and communications skills and fluent English is required. Proficiency in at least one of Fòs Feminista’s other core languages (French, Portuguese, or Spanish) highly desirable.
• Background or demonstrated interest in social justice, intersectional feminism, sexual and reproductive health and rights, human rights, and/or public health.
• Excellent qualitative and quantitative and research and analytical skills.
• Passion for data; ability to translate complex public health research into effective advocacy messages that target stakeholders.
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects at once with competing deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as a member of a team, within and among institutions, coalitions, government, and multilateral actors.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Familiarity with all Microsoft software, qualitative analysis software (e.g., MAXQDA), and a citation manager (e.g., Zotero, EndNote).
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, organize work, set priorities, manage competing demands, and maintain a positive attitude.
• Broad working knowledge of and commitment to women’s and LGBTQI+ rights, sexual and reproductive health and rights, social justice, HIV and AIDS, non-discrimination, and human rights.
• Ability to speak and write about intersectional and decolonial feminisms, global policies, and sexual and reproductive justice for a general audience.
• Demonstrated commitment to anti-racism and challenging other forms of oppression, including to a process of self-reflection and transformation around implicit bias.
• Flexibility and willingness to work virtually with a diverse and multicultural team.
• Committed to feminist values and beliefs in sharing power and creating space for everyone to lead.
• Commitment to Fòs Feminista’s mission and values.

Safeguarding Commitments

Fòs Feminista is committed to ensuring that the health, rights and wellbeing of all children, young people, and vulnerable populations who work and engage with Fòs Feminista ’s Team Members and Associated Persons are respected and protected in their interactions with them and requires all its Team Members and Associated Persons to share this commitment.

The successful candidate must:

• Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding in the United States and the international context.
• Sign and adhere to Fòs Feminista ’s International Safeguarding Policy and Safeguarding Code of Conduct, including the minimum operating standards for protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA).

Location: The location of this position is remote and flexible, preferably in the Global South (Asia and the Pacific, Southwest Asia and North Africa, and the Caribbean).

Compensation: Fòs Feminista offers generous compensation consistent with competitive salaries and a benefits package that includes private health insurance, life insurance, retirement benefits, paid sick and vacation leave, holidays, and flexible working arrangements. The proposed salary for the AFR region is USD $40,994/annually and USD $37,080 for the LAC region.

While salary is calculated in USD, payment may be made in local currency.

Deadline to Apply: Thursday, April 6, 2023.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Fòs Feminista is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to advancing sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice and dismantling inequities from an intersectional feminist lens. Reproductive justice, racial justice, and diversity are driving forces for us.

Fòs Feminista provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender expression or identify, health status, history of conflict with the law, migrant status, national origin, parental or pregnancy status, partnership status, political belief, poverty, race, religion, sexual identity of orientation, sex, genetic information, veteran status, or any other protected category under federal, state, and local laws.

At Fòs Feminista we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our employees. We strongly encourage applications from all kinds of backgrounds to build a workforce that is diverse and inclusive of people who are from marginalized or excluded groups.

While we strongly encourage all current and new employees to be fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus, there is no vaccine requirement for employment with Fòs Feminista. However, it is currently our policy that employees must show proof of full vaccination to engage in any work-related travel or to attend any work-related in-person gatherings. As appropriate, reasonable accommodation can be made, including, for example, arrangements for employees to participate remotely in any relevant gatherings.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.