COORDINATOR, PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT AND REPORTING at CARE USA

CARE is an international NGO with local staff and community partners in more than 90 countries. We create local solutions to poverty and inequality and we seek dignity for everyone every day and during times of crisis. These solutions have a broad range, from clean water to access to education; from microfinance to ensuring that everyone has nutritious food; from agriculture and climate change to disaster response. CARE puts women and girls at the center of everything we do because they have proven to be the best hope for creating lasting change in the world. Our staff live where they work, which makes us effective at understanding the challenges they face. We’ve been doing this for over 70 years, since World War II. It started with the world’s first CARE Package® of food for the post-war hungry in Europe. Our work today is as important as ever, we believe that poverty and inequality are historic injustices that we can end within a generation, for good. If you share our core beliefs: poverty is an injustice; poverty is solvable; and together, we have the power to end it, join us, and fight with CARE.

The Program Development and Reporting Coordinator will provide overall coordination of proposal writing and submission processes, ensuring the development of high-quality proposals in line with CARE’s policies and priorities, and donor requirements. S/he will monitor the donor landscape and identify funding opportunities in line with CARE Afghanistan program focus areas, as well as strengthen proposal development processes, donor reporting and systems internally. In addition, the Program Development and Reporting Coordinator will facilitate the Country Office response strategy process ensuring the quality of the strategy document. The consultant will report to Deputy Country Director – Program and work closely with the Program Advisor, technical leads, and other relevant teams.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate proposal development, writing and submission
• Support Country Office Business Development Practices
• Networking and reporting
• Donor Mapping
• Any other tasks entrusted by DCD-P, CD and SMT

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in writing, journalism, literature, International Studies (or other related field)
• Minimum of 5 years writing proposals, articles, reports for NGOs, donors, or research companies and developing budgets
• At least 5 years field experience in Humanitarian/relief and emergency response programing, development, and rehabilitation
• Extensive experience of proposal development and program design
• Donor relations and networking
• Familiarity with key policies and strategies of major institutional donors such as ECHO, GAC, FCDO, USAID, etc.
• Afghanistan or similar Humanitarian relief context experience is an added advantage
• Proven strong written skills in English
• Strong ability to meet timelines in high stress situation
• Extensive experience of proposal development and program design
• Donor relations and networking
• Familiarity with key development and humanitarian aid donors
• Experience with developing winning proposals for institutional donors, such as USAID, BHA, ECHO, FCDO, DFAT, GAC etc. and foundations
• Extensive experience with the development of logframes and budgets for large grants
• Ability to coordinate the development of doors and maintain reporting trackers