Bilingual Community Engagement & Partnership Lead for Americas and the Caribbean (ACRO BCEPL)

Trinidad & Tobago, Mexico

Full-time

Fixed-term

Application Closing Date

Application Closing Date: Friday 15th, May, 2026
Location: Regional, Americas and the Caribbean, with a preference for Mexico or Trinidad and Tobago
Annual Gross Salary: Salary is location-based in line with IPPF's regional compensation structure.

Mexico: MXN$1,069,148 - MXN$1,443,350 gross per year
Trinidad and Tobago: TTD$556,980 - TTD$668,376 gross per year

Contract: 3 years (fixed term), with a 3-month probation period

Context of Role

The role shall identify and nurture alliances with communities, prioritizing collaboration, communication, and connection. Through their own experience and networks, the role supports regional advocacy and communication strategies, supporting affiliates in advancing their Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights advocacy efforts.
The role will operate through the External Relations (ER) branch works with affiliates and secretariat teams to ensure IPPF’s services and partnerships are developed with, and centered in, people, including historically marginalized populations.

Role Purpose

The Bilingual Community Engagement & Partnership Lead for Americas and the Caribbean (ACRO BCEPL) is responsible for building, nurturing, and sustaining meaningful relationships and partnerships between IPPF and its stakeholders. This role focuses on fostering trust, increasing participation, and ensuring that community voices, those who have been historically excluded, are heard and integrated into organizational initiatives. The role plays a critical role in ensuring IPPF remains responsive, inclusive, and connected to the communities it serves. Success in this role will be measured by increased participation, stronger partnerships, and demonstrable community impact.

Deliverables

Stakeholder Mapping and Engagement

Develop and implement community engagement strategies aligned with organizational goals.
Connect, identify and link stakeholders through relationship building and outreach.
Establish partnerships with communities led by people historically marginalized.
Conduct data analysis to develop new community engagements, recommend improvements and identify opportunities to strengthen partnerships with local groups, institutions, and stakeholders.
Horizon scanning and forecast trends, keeping IPPF abreast of trends to anticipate opportunities or risks for communities, while identifying injustices at regional level, reaching out to groups at the heart of new sexual and reproductive rights-related struggles.

Relationship Building

Serve as the primary liaison between IPPF and community members.
Cultivate long-term relationships with volunteers, partners and local leaders.

Program Development

Activist mapping by connecting, identifying, and linking activists through relationship building and outreach
Design and manage outreach programs, workshops, and events that encourage active participation.
Ensure programs reflect diversity, equity and inclusion principles.
Support ER advocacy and communication strategies at regional level, while supporting the affiliates to advance their Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) advocacy efforts at national levels/territories

Communication

Organize meetings and events with community partners to provide opportunities for engagement and disruption.
Support communication strategies by writing and reviewing texts in collaboration with the External Relations team to make excluded voices heard.
Partner with IPPF teams and affiliates to ensure the views and priorities of community groups are integrated into all work.
Create clear and engaging communication materials (newsletters, social media, reports).
Represent the organization at community meetings, forums, and public events.

Monitoring & Evaluation

Track engagement metrics and feedback to assess program effectiveness.
Adhere to all safeguarding reporting and monitoring requirements.

Essential Skills

Fluent in both English (C1) and Spanish (C2) is essential
Be an experienced activist with track record of active participation in advocacy strategies at the national and international level, across multiple community networks across the Americas and the Caribbean
Have a proven track record in community organizing at grassroots, national, and regional levels, particularly with underserved communities.
Champion anti-racism and anti-sexism, and be deeply committed to anti-racist and de-colonial values.
Act as a role model for safeguarding and creating safe spaces for people.
Leverage new technologies to support activism.

About us

IPPF is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, volunteers, contractors and partners to share this commitment. Anyone employed with IPPF agrees to sign and adhere to IPPF’s Code of Conduct and Safeguarding (Children and Vulnerable Adults) Policy.

IPPF is a global movement delivering sexual and reproductive health services and rights. We are a diverse, feminist, and values-driven workplace - multi-national, multi-cultural, multi-racial, multi-lingual, and intergenerational.

We are an equal opportunities employer and appoint on merit through open competition. We actively encourage applications from people with lived experience and from the communities we serve, especially those from marginalised groups.

WHY JOIN IPPF?

IPPF offers meaningful work, an inspiring environment, professional growth, and the chance to make a lasting impact on the lives of individuals and communities around the world. Working for IPPF offers a compelling value proposition:
Mission-Driven Organization: IPPF is a globally recognized leader. By joining IPPF, you become part of a mission-driven organization dedicated to empowering individuals and communities, advancing gender equality, and improving access to comprehensive healthcare services.
Bringing Positive Change: IPPF brings positive change to the lives of millions of people worldwide. Reducing maternal mortality, preventing unintended pregnancies, combating gender-based violence, promoting comprehensive sexuality education, and advocating for the realization of sexual and reproductive health, rights and justice for all, and especially marginalized people.
Global Reach and Influence: IPPF works across all continents, providing a unique opportunity to work on a global scale to shape change and implement innovative approaches to combat racism.
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: IPPF is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects of its work. You will play a crucial role in building an inclusive and equitable organization that respects and values individuals’ backgrounds, experiences, and identities.

YOUR ETHOS

Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding in a local and international context.
Demonstrates ability and willingness to work in a diverse, multicultural, multilingual and intergenerational environment that is anti-racist and respectful of others.
An intersectional (pro) feminist passionate about sexual reproductive health care rights + justice, including safe abortion.
Supportive of people’s rights regardless of sexuality or gender identity/expression and supportive of workers’ rights and access to health care in sex work.