Center for Reproductive Rights Manager, Global Institutional Funding Jobs in Kenya

Center for Reproductive Rights Manager, Global Institutional Funding Jobs in Kenya


The Center for Reproductive Rights (the Center) is the premier global litigation and legal policy organization using the power of law to advance reproductive rights as fundamental human rights around the world. Headquartered in New York City, the non-profit, non-partisan organization has regional offices in Bogota, Geneva, Kathmandu, Nairobi, and Washington, DC; a staff of approximately 200 diverse professionals; an annual budget of approximately $40 million with an additional $22 million in donated services from leading law firms around the globe.

The Center's game-changing litigation and advocacy work, 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. It has played a key role in securing landmark legal victories in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the United States on issues including access to life-saving obstetrics care, contraception, safe abortion services, and comprehensive sexuality information, as well as the prevention of forced sterilization and child marriage.

It has brought 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.

The Role:

The Manager, Global Institutional Funding reports to the Senior Manager Institutional Partnerships and supports the Senior Director as well as the Associate Director of Foundations in planning and implementing the Center’s global institutional funding plan. This includes, specifically, managing an institutional grants portfolio which includes Foundations, bi-lateral (government agencies) and multi-lateral (the UN) funders.

The Manager, Global Institutional Funding will manage donor outputs for all grants in their portfolio across the grant life cycle, including pre-bid capture, proposal coordination and submission, donor reporting and other award activities, and knowledge management. This individual will also provide support across the Institutional Funding unit, as needed, and participate in weekly unit updates and quarterly planning and replanning exercises.

The Manager will work closely with the other departments, principally the programs team, including the global regional teams in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America, as well as with the Finance, Compliance units and the Strategy, Evaluation, and Learning unit.

This position will be based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Primary Responsibilities:

New Business and Pre-Bid Management