PROGRAM DIRECTOR At CARE

ROLES and RESPONSIBILITIES

The main responsibility of the Program Director is to provide strategic leadership for “Her Power, her Future project” in accordance to the women economic justice and gender-transformative principles, ensuring achievement of the project goals and objectives, building up the learning and best practices derived from the project, enhance the women economic security programming in the Caucasus, strengthened advocacy and engagement around WES goals in the region. Specifically, it includes:

1. Managing CARE and partners’ teams in Georgia Armenia and Azerbaijan:

• Provide leadership and team building and coaching for country coordinators and other staff supervised to ensure they understand and contribute to the goal of the program;
• Directly supervise the activities of the coordinators of project components, sector specialists, project partners, finance, assets, etc.
• In collaboration with CARE coordinators and local partners in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, identify technical and organizational development needs.

2. Overseeing planning and implementation of the project

• Lead overall project activities and day-to-day management in order to achieve all program objectives in a timely manner;
• Oversee and manage project budget;
• Oversee the implementation of region level need assessments and ensure their proper integration in the programming, including gender and inclusion analysis with the proposed methodology and plan;
• Develop and manage work plan in accordance with proposal target;
• Ensure external resources used effectively and efficiently;
• Develop and maintain linkages with all key stakeholders;
• Ensure program deliverables and reporting are of high quality.

3. Monitoring and project quality

• Coordinate the functioning of a project monitoring system to track the progress and measure the impact of ongoing project interventions;
• Organize regular project status update and reflection meetings with the partners, and share action points;
• Overview monitoring reports from the partners;
• Ensure that CARE policies and procedures are followed.

4. Program development and development of collaborative relationship with stakeholders

• Ensure that CARE’s Women economic Justice project remains focused and coordinated to achieve the Women-Economic Justice and gender equality long-term goal;
• Ensure stakeholders are involved in all project components in a gender-sensitive and inclusive manner;
• Oversee all components of the program, including advocacy and coordination at regional level, engaging with civil society organizations, international and domestic non-governmental organizations working in the area;
• Represent the project and CARE at relevant women economic empowerment platforms/forum/meetings, with donors, local and central governments, peers and other stakeholders;
• Support collection and development of learnings and best practices derived from the project to support wider goals of women economic justice in the region.

5. Implementation of CARE Safeguarding policy

• Ensure that all partners’ members understand and abide by the CARE International Safeguarding Policy: Prevention from Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Abuse, and Child Abuse.
• With support from CARE specialists, she/he will monitor the development and implementation of PSEA/Child Protection reporting mechanisms at local level, in close coordination with other NGOs

QUALIFICATIONS

Required qualifications and competencies:

A) Education

University degree in Management, Development studies, Governance or other relevant field

B) EXPERIENCE

• At least 5 years’ experience in project management; program and policy development in an international setting; experience of managing women’s economic empowerment and entrepreneurship programs desirable;
• Experience managing development initiatives, including budget management experience of min 1m USD/euro;
• Understanding of principles of participation, inclusive governance, gender equity and women’s empowerment;
• Proven leadership and people management skills, including a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a project / program leadership including long distance;
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage a diverse team, demonstrated ability to create and maintain effective working relationships with donors, partners, civic society organizations, local community-based organizations, host government officials, media, and other stakeholders;
• Significant experience in leading on and implementing development programmes involving private sector, markets or economic development;
• Experience in the Caucasus region and knowledge of the political, economic and social context of the region;
• Knowledge in conflict sensitivity and experience working in the Region;
• Strong knowledge and evidence on developing/implementing gender-responsive or transformative programming.

C) Technical Skills

• Fluency in written and spoken English, Russian, knowledge of Georgian language desirable;
• Strong computer skills in MS Office applications;
• Data management;
• Good analytical and communication skills;
• Reporting skills;
• Ability to develop partnership with a wide range of organizations and local governments.

D) Competencies:

• Ability to work independently and as a team player who demonstrates leadership and is able to support and train local staff and able to work with disaster affected communities in a sensitive and participatory manner;
• In-depth understanding and experience of key concepts in Women’s Economic Empowerment and expertise in applying these to development;
• programmes. Experience in working with local partners;
• Experience in complex decision-making;
• High level of expertise in representation;
• Integrating Gender and conflict sensitivity and do not harm approach.

Note: Local contract