Director of Program Development and Impact At CARE

Responsibility #1: Strategic Planning & programme development

• As member of the SMT, contribute to the development, maintenance, and review of programme strategy for CIL.
• Take a lead role in developing program strategies
• Ensure integration of relevant technical inputs to country strategy, proposals and reports
• Lead on conceptualizing and designing cost effective, innovative and high quality programs
• Ensure that programs are consistent with strategic CIL documents like Rapid Gender Analysis, Country Program Strategy, and with the CARE International program objectives globally.
• Initiate new project concepts and possibly lead small pilot projects which will transition later to the implementation team.

Responsibility #2: Program Design and Technical Assistance

• Ensure that the CIL Country Office has a quality, multi-sectoral program activity reflecting all major technical and sectoral aspects of the CARE International global strategy
• Ensure the design and development of woman focused emergency and development programs of a high quality that contribute to the Country Office’s strategies and plans, informed by CARE International global standards and principles
• Ensure that the different technical coordinators of the Country Office are coordinated, integrated and support each other to optimize programs and projects
• Ensure that technical staff provide input into proposals and proactively and regularly communicate planned requirements for program design and implementation to relevant Country Office departments/functions
• Support the Director of Programme Implementation and team in ensuring adequate resources for program activities from various in country and international, institutional donors.
• Ensure excellent coordination and cooperation with Implementation teams

Responsibility #3: Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation

• Maintain a robust M&E system to measure achievement and progress toward program goals and results
• Measure achievement and progress toward program goals and results through the M&E system
• Contribute to grants/projects reporting and total reach annual compilation
• Lead on internal and external program/project evaluations as necessary and ensure the execution of baseline, periodic, and final evaluations as necessary in coordination with the programme implementation team
• Oversee CARE International Lebanon research programs

Responsibility 4: Sector Coordinator Support and Oversight

• Provide guidance and leadership support to Sector Coordinators in Gender-Protection, FSL, Shelter and WASH
• Ensure Sector Coordinators have sufficient technical and management guidance and resourcing support from CIL to effectively represent in respective forums/WGs.
• Engage with UN Agencies on a sectoral or cross-sectors basis

Responsibility 5: Knowledge Management

• Ensure learning by the country program from relevant best practice and assess performance regularly against agreed program objectives and indicators
• Ensure learning by the country program from relevant best practices internally and externally both nationally and globally and make learning from CIL available for other CI offices.
• Engage in relevant national and global networks
• Ensure the establishment and operationalization of an online system that will enable CIL staff to access a centralized data and information system

Responsibility 6: Engagement with Partners to develop effective partnerships

• Assess the current partnerships portfolio identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, to inform strategic decision-making
• Develop CARE International Lebanon Partnership strategies based on CARE’s Programme strategies and consultation with partners and CARE staff
• Facilitate partner involvement in CARE proposals and input directly to ensure partner design and costs are appropriately represented and adequately resourced
• Propose, design and pilot innovative approaches to working in effective partnerships to deliver upon CARE programmes and partnerships strategies
• Support, guide, and oversee a full menu of capacity assessment and building support for partners as identified/requested by partners.
• Provide support to partners’ proposal development from an organizational and operational standpoint

Responsibility #7: Staff Management, Mentorship, and Development – Program Development

• Ensure appropriate staffing within Program Development and MEAL
• Ensure that all staff understand and are able to perform their role
• Manage Program Sector Coordinators, Partnership Manager, MEAL Manager and SPO team; define expectations, provide leadership and technical support as needed, and evaluate direct reports regularly
• Ensure the recruitment, training, and promotion of staff as appropriate and ensure availability of appropriate professional development opportunities for staff
• Incorporate staff development strategies and Performance Management Systems into team building process. Establish result-based system and follow up
• Manage the performance of all staff in the Program Development and Impact work area through:
  • Effective use of the country office’s Performance Management System including the establishment of clear, measurable objectives, ongoing feedback, periodic reviews and fair and unbiased evaluations;
  • Coaching, mentoring and other developmental opportunities;
  • Recognition and rewards for outstanding performance;
• Documentation of performance that is less than satisfactory, with appropriate performance improvements/ workplans
• He/She will be the responsible focal point during emergencies.