We are looking for a remote Community Driven Systems Change Specialist for a fixed term contract (3 days per week, 9 months duration) ending in December 2026. Deadline: 6 March 2026.
ITPC is building out its Community-Driven Systems Change (CDSC) capability to strengthen how community priorities and intelligence shape global health policy, financing and accountability. This is not a delivery unit and not a traditional program management role. It is a strategic function designed to:
- Translate regional intelligence into coherent global positioning
- Elevate ITPC’s influence across financing, policy and advocacy spaces
- Build systems change architecture that strengthens our existing portfolios
- Coordinate and strengthen ITPC’s Global Activist Network (GAN), including our regional networks
The CDSC Specialist will operate at the intersection of strategy and advocacy, ensuring that community voice is not parallel to ITPC’s work, but structurally embedded within it to drive health systems change.
We are looking for a leader with strong political intelligence and systems fluency, someone who understands how power, policy and financing intersect, and who can navigate coalitions with maturity and discipline. You should be comfortable designing architecture, enabling others to lead, and stepping into enterprise-level global advocacy and leadership when required.
Job Description
Community-Driven Systems Change Specialist
Position title: Community Driven Systems Change Specialist (part-time)
Contract: Fixed term contract – 3 days per week, 9 months duration
Location: [Remote]
Reports to: Executive Director
Direct reports: None
The Community-Driven Systems Change Specialist will establish and steward ITPC’s Community-Driven Systems Change (CDSC) capability as a strategic enterprise function. This role will design the architecture, roadmap and integration mechanisms that ensure community intelligence from across ITPC’s Global Activist Network (GAN) and regions meaningfully shapes global positioning, advocacy coherence and systems-level influence.
Operating at the intersection of strategy and advocacy, the Specialist will strengthen alignment across portfolios, advance enterprise-level global advocacy in coordination with the Executive Director and senior leadership to position ITPC as a disciplined, community-driven actor in a rapidly shifting global health landscape. This is not a project delivery role, but a systems architecture and influence leadership function.
| Key Performance Area | Responsibilities |
| Systems Change Architecture (Design & Integration) Design, establish and steward the Community-Driven Systems Change (CDSC) hub as an enterprise capability, ensuring integration across portfolios and alignment with ITPC’s strategic direction. | Design and operationalize the CDSC architecture, including methods, roadmap and integration model with MMA and WWM.Develop and maintain a global systems change and advocacy roadmap identifying leverage points, policy opportunities and cross-portfolio priorities.Define integration mechanisms to ensure community-driven priorities are embedded across portfolios and regions.Provide an indicative sustainability budget and strategic plan for CDSC.Monitor implementation of CDSC architecture and recommend refinements. |
| Advocacy Enablement & Network Integration Strengthen coherence, alignment and capacity across ITPC’s advocacy ecosystem, ensuring GAN and regional intelligence inform enterprise positioning. | Serve as institutional focal point for ITPC’s Global Activist Network (GAN), coordinating structured engagement with ITPC regions.Synthesize regional intelligence and translate it into enterprise-level positioning and portfolio guidance.Support portfolio teams in strengthening advocacy strategies, narratives and campaign coherence (without directly managing delivery campaigns).Maintain strategic engagement in relevant coalitions, alliances and coordination platforms to strengthen ITPC’s policy influence and sector intelligence.Develop tools, guidance and frameworks that enhance advocacy quality across portfolios. |
| Enterprise-Level Global Advocacy Leadership Advance ITPC’s global positioning and influence in selected high-level spaces, in alignment with the Executive Director and enterprise priorities. | Lead and coordinate selected enterprise-level global advocacy initiatives where ITPC’s voice is required beyond individual portfolios.Represent ITPC in high-level global policy and financing forums, in alignment with the Executive Director.Monitor global health, financing and governance developments and provide strategic analysis to inform leadership decisions.Identify strategic coalition-building and policy engagement opportunities aligned with ITPC’s priorities and risk thresholds.Support resource mobilization efforts related to CDSC and global positioning in collaboration with the ED and senior leadership. |
To apply, send your CV and motivation letter to HR@itpcglobal.org with the subject line [your name and surname_CDSC Specialist ITPC]
Application deadline: March 6, 2026 by 5pm COB South African time
Please note: This is a part-time, fixed term contract of 3 days per week ending December 2026. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.