DEPUTY DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC INITIATIVES-ADVOCACY

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.

Our Advocacy team at CARE is seeking a Deputy Director, Strategic Initiatives who will ensure that cross-functional initiatives, campaigns, events, major projects, etc are coordinated, well-managed and effective at advancing CARE’s US Government (USG) advocacy agenda. CARE’s USG advocacy agenda includes US policy and funding related to international development, specifically global food and nutrition security, sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender equity and humanitarian response.

The Deputy Director will lead resource development for the department and will be responsible for identifying, cultivating and securing new funding opportunities for CARE’s USG advocacy work.

The person in this role will serve on the USG advocacy senior leadership team (SLT), coordinating closely with members of the team to understand the goals and vision of strategic initiatives as identified by SLT and then developing strategies and work plans to achieve those goals.

The Deputy Director, Strategic Initiatives will be proactive about identifying new and creative opportunities within Advocacy and provide strategic thought leadership. This person is required to be a self-starter and proactive about identifying new and creative opportunities for impact, both within the USG advocacy team and also by collaborating with and leveraging other departments at CARE. The successful candidate will serve as a key internal representative for the USG advocacy team, coordinating often with other departments on broader CARE events, campaigns, etc.

The Deputy Director will work closely with the Associate Vice President to provide overall departmental leadership, project management, and support for functional teams across the USG advocacy team to be successful in their work.

Responsibilities:

• Resource Development
• Project Management and Thought Leadership of Cross-Functional Priority Initiatives
• DC Visit Coordination and Country Office Collaboration
• Cross-departmental coordination and internal representation
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree in international relations, policy and political science, global health, and/or related field
• Min 3-4 years experience in fundraising or related efforts
• Min 3-4 years working in a large organization across teams to drive results
• Min 6-7 years of experience managing complex and dynamic projects, teams and/or processes
• Min 3-4 years budget management experience