Network Caretaker – Communications & Connection

Summary of Responsibilities

Connection & Belonging

• Design and steward communication practices that help cultivate a cohesive network identity and culture of belonging.
• Listen deeply across nodes to surface themes concerns and inspirations and reflect them back through communication and storytelling.
• Create and hold safe inclusive spaces for cross-node dialogue learning and relationship-building.
• Initiate support and collaborate with network management teams to foster node-node engagement and spaces for connection and enhancing the sense of belonging across Ipas.

Network Communications

• Advance the internal communications assessment plan in collaboration with the NetCARE team KM Working Group and network management teams helping enhance the networks internal communications approach.
• Shape the teams overall internal communications approach to support trust clarity and shared sensemaking.
• Lead or codesign team communication materialsprototyping iterating and ensuring they are intuitive user-friendly and visually clear.
• Produce accessible human-centered written content that reflects our shared leadership values.
• Curate and uplift stories insights and experiences from across the network to strengthen connection and belonging.
• Support smooth equitable information flows across nodes and network teams.
• Routinely assess and evaluate network communications channels and practices to surface gaps and needs.

Community Engagement & Network-Wide Convening

• Co-design and host virtual gatherings such as Netizen meetings community conversations and learning sessions.
• Support facilitators and leaders in creating engaging inclusive and participatory virtual spaces.
• Introduce communication rhythms rituals and tools that strengthen cohesion.

Strategic Communications Partnership

• Serve as a strategic partner to network management teams on how to communicate with connection clarity and authenticity.
• Provide guidance on communication approaches that support shared leadership mutual accountability and transparency.

Knowledge Management & Learning Synthesis

• Contribute to NetCARE team and network knowledge management efforts helping improve team efficiency strengthen knowledge-sharing practices and support network-wide learning and sensemaking.
• Facilitate and lead the collection synthesis and dissemination of case studies and best practices to strengthen network learning and highlight innovation across nodes.
• Support learning synthesis from internal learning events workshops and meetings distilling key themes patterns and opportunities for continued improvement.
• Maintain and disseminate knowledge across shared platforms (Luna SharePoint Teams) ensuring information is organized accessible and consistently updated.

Network Caretaking (Shared Team Functions)

• Contribute to broader NetCARE responsibilities including network processes strategic learning and knowledge management.
• Surface insights patterns or risks emerging in communication flows and support aligned action.
• Model the relationship-centered behaviors foundational to shared leadership.

Position Requirements

Skills & Capabilities

• Strong knowledge of leading practices in internal communications and change management impacts.
• Strong communication skills across cultures with a talent for relational writing and resonance-focused storytelling.
• Facilitation support skills including planning co-hosting and designing inclusive engaging virtual and in-person gatherings.
• Ability to work confidently and diplomatically with senior leaders across the network.
• Strong listener and sensemakerable to identify themes and insights and translate them into clear meaningful communication.
• Able to manage multiple communication channels without defaulting to transactional or corporate tone.
• Passion for strengthening organizational culture and productivity and building community.
• Advanced skills with technology/software for producing internal communications and hosting virtual webinars and desire to continually grow technological knowledge and capacity.

Mindsets & Behaviors

• Deep commitment to belonging equity and shared leadership principles.
• Comfortable with complexity emergence and ambiguity.
• Curious reflective and committed to continuous learning.
• Systems thinker who understands relationships information flows and patterns across a network.
• Demonstrates strong relational intelligence building trust and rapport across diverse teams and creating conditions for open inclusive communication.
• Aptitude for influencing others and getting people on board with an idea or direction.
• A deep commitment to sexual and reproductive health and rights especially abortion and contraception access
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively in a horizontal team environment with transparent and flexible role-sharing.

Experience

• English fluency and proficiency in Spanish French and/or Portuguese with outstanding written and oral communication skills.
• 57 years in communication facilitation community engagement or network weaving roles.
• Experience engaging organizational leadership in consultative or facilitative capacities.
• Experience working in culturally diverse global or networked organizations

Preferred Skills

• Graphic design skills for creating accessible and engaging communication materials.
• Audio/video editing and messaging capabilities to support storytelling highlight network experiences and enhance virtual engagement.
• Familiarity with behavior change communication and change management concepts.
• Familiarity with shared or horizontal leadership practices is helpful.

Position may be based in any of the countries where Ipas is registered and/or operates.

Ipas is strongly committed to providing a work environment that is free from all forms of harassment discrimination and inequity. We recruit employ train promote and compensate our personnel without regard to race age sex religion national origin color creed ancestry citizenship caste ethnicity regional identity tribal identity marital status veteran status disability genetic information gender identity transgender status sexual orientation or any other personal characteristic protected by law or outlined by Ipas policy. Ipas acknowledges that these personal characteristics may differ in different contexts.