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Compensation for this position will be determined by the prevailing market rate in the employee's country in addition to Ipas's own pay philosophy and other factors, such as the employee's experience level and expertise.The successful candidate must be based in Canada.\nIpas seeks a Strategic Partnership Manager to strengthen resource mobilization and the partnership portfolio in Canada. The manager will identify, cultivate, and expand a pipeline of institutional donors, foundations, corporate partners, and strategic collaborators whose priorities align with Ipas's mission and values.\nThe role will provide targeted business development support for high-value funding opportunities, deepen engagement with priority donors and partners, and contribute to compelling donor-facing materials, including expressions of interest, concept notes, proposals, budgets, presentations, results frameworks, and partnership strategies.\nThe Strategic Partnership Manager will demonstrate a strong commitment to reproductive justice, including human rights, abortion rights, gender equity, diversity, equity, and inclusion. The role will collaborate across the Ipas Network and promote shared leadership, trust, and inclusive, non-hierarchical approaches to learning and collaboration, while supporting effective stewardship of donor resources and adherence to Ipas's mission, values, and standards.\nPrimary Responsibilities:\n1. Opportunity Pipeline Development and Donor/Partner Intelligence\nMap priority foundations, institutional funders, corporate partners, and strategic implementing partners aligned with Ipas's mission and work.\nAnalyze funder priorities, eligibility, timelines, typical award size, indirect cost expectations, compliance considerations, and relationship pathways.\nIdentify and track requests for proposals, calls for proposals, invitations, and relationship-led opportunities, and maintain an up-to-date pipeline tracker.\nSupport go/no-go decisions through fit assessments, competitiveness analysis, and risk and feasibility review, including deadlines, staffing, partnership needs, cost share, and indirect rate constraints.\n2. External Relations and Resource Mobilization Support\nDevelop donor and partner engagement plans for priority prospects, including objectives, messages, decision-makers, and follow-up actions.\nDraft and refine positioning materials, including capability statements, one-pagers, brief slide decks, project summaries, and boilerplate language.\nBuild Ipas Network intelligence on key trends and opportunities in Canada.\nWork with the Communications Service Node to contribute to external communications through the Ipas website, newsletters, and social media.\nPrepare talking points, briefing notes, and agendas for external meetings; when requested, participate in meetings, capture next steps, and support follow-up.\nAdvise on partnership strategy, including lead versus sub-award roles, consortium roles, negotiation points, partner mapping, and outreach.\nWork with the Development Service Node to report quarterly and annually on fundraising efforts and results and participate in annual management cycle activities.\n3. Proposal Development, Review, and Quality Assurance\nSupport donor-facing submissions, including expressions of interest, concept notes, and full proposals, in coordination with internal teams and partners.\nDevelop and review technical narratives for compliance, clarity, and responsiveness to donor evaluation criteria.\nSupport required annexes, including results frameworks or log frames, workplans, monitoring, evaluation and learning plans, risk matrices, and staffing plans.\nCoordinate with finance counterparts to develop and quality-check budgets and budget narratives for alignment with the technical approach and donor cost rules.\nProvide structured written feedback through tracked comments or review memos and participate in review meetings to agree on revisions and next steps.\nMinimum Requirements:\nTen or more years’ work experience managing programs and projects with increasing complexity and responsibility\nBachelor’s degree in a relevant field\nDemonstrated experience in business development, fundraising, and/or proposal development for NGOs, social enterprises, or mission-driven organizations. \nStrong understanding of institutional donor environments, including bilateral and multilateral agencies, foundations, and partnership or consortium approaches. \nExcellent written and verbal communication skills in English and French. \nAbility to manage multiple deadlines, coordinate across teams, and deliver high-quality products with minimal supervision. \nProven record of developing competitive proposals and donor-facing products, including complex budgets and results frameworks or log frames. \nSubject-matter expertise in sexual and reproductive health and rights and reproductive justice, and/or experience working internationally. \nDeep commitment to reproductive justice, human rights, abortion rights, gender equity, diversity, equity, and inclusion. \nCommitment to shared leadership, trust, and inclusive, non-hierarchical ways of working.\nTravel & Work Environment\nRegular travel within Canada and to strategic hubs, in accordance with Ipas travel policies. \nVirtual collaboration with colleagues across the Ipas Network and across time zones. \nWeekly written progress updates and biweekly virtual check-ins with the Director of Development and relevant staff. \nDeliverables submitted electronically in editable formats, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, unless otherwise agreed.\nIpas 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. 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