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Do you have a progressive and inspiring vision on sexual and reproductive health and rights from an inclusive perspective? Then you might be the one to fulfil our vacancies for member of the Supervisory Board.

Due to the expiration of the terms of some of our Supervisory Board Members, Rutgers has 2 vacancies for the Supervisory Board:

• A member from the Netherlands with a public profile in SRHR (preferably under 25)
• A member from an international partner organisation

The organisation
With a history of being the expertise centre for sexuality in the Netherlands for over 50 years, Rutgers now has become an international organisation with a leading role on this subject. Rutgers has 115 staff members working on sexual health and rights, both in the Netherlands and in more than 25 countries worldwide. By connecting research, implementing programmes and advocacy and together with international partners Rutgers works to improve sexual rights, access to sexuality education and information, access to contraception and safe abortion and prevention of sexual violence.

Rutgers is the Dutch member of IPPF, International Planned Parenthood Federation. Over the past years, Rutgers has grown financially and as an organisation. The multi-annual national and international programmes, funded by the Dutch ministries of Education, Health and Foreign Affairs, the European Commission and foundations, have a high quality. In these programmes Rutgers also has a subgranting role to our partners. Rutgers works with over 50 partners in our programme countries and in The Netherlands to achieve the goals and strategy. More information about Rutgers’s programmes can be found onRutgers’ website.

Recent developments
In 2021, Rutgers merged with Dance4Life. In 2022 a new externally selected Executive Director will start. Furthermore, a new multi annual strategy has been adopted in 2021, that will guide Rutgers for the period 2021 – 2025.

Strategy
Core of the Rutgers Strategy is the why, how and what.

The strategy holds the organisational values, which are passionate, positive, professional, open, learning, courageous and just. Furthermore, the impact Rutgers aims to have is in different areas:

• Meaningfully engage with and empower young people
• Strengthen our partners
• Mobilise public support
• Improve laws and policies
• Translate scientific research into practice and back
• Diversify our funding
• Invest in our passionate professionals and or organisation.

These themes are also topics of discussion in the meetings of the Supervisory Board.

Organisational structure
Rutgers works in programmatic teams. These teams are part of different departments, the International, National or Communications & Fundraising department. Furthermore there are support departments Finance & Facilities and HR. The managers from these departments form the Management Team of Rutgers, which is chaired by the Executive Director. To work efficiently there is a small, organisational, MT, which covers the organisational issues and a bigger, strategic, MT which covers the strategic issues of the organisation.

The Supervisory Board
TheSupervisory Board of Rutgers has a supervisory and advisory role in relation to the Executive Director and performance of the organisation, its strategy and policy, its management and its operations. The Supervisory Board currently has 5 members and 3 vacancies. Each member is appointed for a 3-year term with the possibility of extending this term twice.

The Supervisory Board meets about 4 times each year, the members get a small remuneration. Because of the international composition of the Supervisory Board, the meetings are conducted in English.

General profile
The members of the Supervisory Board have a passion for the work of Rutgers and an affinity with or knowledge of the following:

• sexual and reproductive health and rights
• working in both a national and an international context
• the sectors Rutgers works with or in: research, healthcare, education, (social) media etc
• the target groups of Rutgers: young people with a diversity of identities and backgrounds

The members of the Supervisory People are curious, creative and supportive. They are good listeners and ask the right questions. They are a sounding board for the executive director, have a clear vision, allowing them to oversee the issues that exist within the organisation, and dare to make decisions. The culture within the Supervisory Board is open, equal and accountable.

The Supervisory Board guards the guiding principles of Rutgers and carries these out to their networks. Furthermore, Rutgers aims to have a Supervisory Board that is inclusive and diverse in terms of age, gender, sexual orientation and background.

Specific criteria – member with a public profile on SRHR

• A (public) profile on and/or proven experience with sexual and reproductive health and rights in the Netherlands
• Under the age of 25
• Able to translate this experience and the perspective of Young People to the work of Rutgers

Specifieke criteria - lid met een publiek profiel inzake SRHR

• Een (publiek) profiel rond en/of aantoonbare ervaring met seksuele en reproductieve gezondheid en rechten in Nederland
• Jonger dan 25 jaar
• In staat om de ervaring en het perspectief van jongeren en jongvolwassenen te vertalen naar het werk van Rutgers

Specific criteria – member coming from a partner organisation

• Knowledge of working in the field of sexual and reproductive health and rights
• Coming from one of our partner organisations and working there in a leadership position
• Able to translate this knowledge of the field to the work of Rutgers

Interested?
Rutgers is guided in this procedure by the executive search agency Colourful People. For more information about Rutgers, these two vacancies or the procedure, you can contact Naima Azough, senior partner at Colourful People, by email: n.azough@colourfulpeople.nl or telephone: +31 (0)6 4344 9717.

You can apply for this position by uploading your letter and CV no later than 17^th April 2022 via the 'Solliciteer/Apply' button below.