CARE
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.
CARE’s Global 2030 Vision articulates the organisation’s desire to deliver greater impact at greater scale in its mission to save lives, defeat poverty and achieve social justice. CARE has a particular focus on women and girls as key to fulfilling its goal of equal rights and opportunities for all. CARE supports locally led and globally connected approaches. Accordingly, the Impact + Innovation Department’s overarching goal is drive strategies to scale gender-transformative, evidence-based solutions across CARE and beyond to reach all those in need.
The Impact + Innovation Department’s overarching goal is to deliver greater impact at greater scale. We drive strategies to massively scale ender-transformative, evidence-based solution across CARE and beyond to reach all those in need. We do this by:
Identifying, nurturing, and validating solutions to maximize impact and minimize cost (external & internal) Developing organizational systems to track program quality, cost-effectiveness, and progress to scale Building staff capacity on pathways to scale (including market-based approaches and advocacy), and innovation tools
This position will sit under the Innovation & Digital Development Team within the Impact + Innovation Department and will support solutions in CARE’s stage-gated innovation pipeline. The Senior Manager will work closely with the Regional Innovation & Technology Advisors to identify internal and external solutions with potential to transform CARE and the sector, develop pathways to sustainable scale, and use rapid experimentation and iteration to refine and validate.
Key activities for this role include:
Provide strategic leadership and direction in the delivery of the innovation pipeline at CARE. Manage the Regional Innovation Advisors, ensuring a consistent approach to deliver impactful work that is aligned with CUSA’s global strategy; coordinate closely with RMUs to ensure alignment of RIA performance plans with Regional and Country level priorities Manage external consultants and partner organizations working with CARE USA Innovation & Digital Development team Work closely with CMPs and Resource Development colleagues to cultivate and grow funding opportunities /develop leads for resource mobilization Craft funding proposals/concept notes Manage internal & external communications
JOB REPONSIBILITIES:
- Leadership and Management Responsibilities (50%)
- Business Development & Resource Mobilization (30%)
- Internal & External Communications (20%)
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s Degree in International Development / development studies or relevant field (Concentration of studies in global development, social enterprise, advocacy, human-centered design, co-design, non profit management or other relevant fields of study preferred).
- 8+ years’ experience with international development, consulting, design, humanitarian, social enterprise organizations, or social movement groups
- Direct management and senior leadership experience in developing and implementing data and digital technologies in the context of international development programs
- Experience with lean design tools, human-centered design and/or lean start-up methodologies
- Experience structuring, managing, and executing participatory design and experimentation engagements
- Strong local ecosystem connections and networks
- Experience in partnerships cultivation and management
- Strong creative facilitation skills
How to apply
To apply for this position, please visit our website at https://phg.tbe.taleo.net/phg02/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=CAREUSA&cws=52&rid=6164
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