SENIOR PROGRAM OFFICER EDUCATION

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 Sr Program Officer (SPO) is responsible for financial, programmatic, operational, and administrative support to the Education Team. Specific responsibilities include coordinating and monitoring project workplans; providing administrative and backstopping support for HQ and country office financial and administrative agreements; coordinating the collection of programmatic and financial reports from COs, HQ, and other grant affiliates; consolidating and compiling program information and reports; and, assisting with the development of technical publications and sharing of best practices. The SPO will also assist the team with general administration and unit operational functions including communications and knowledge sharing, procurement, human resources, coordination of major meetings and contributing to the Team’s strategic plan and AOP. She/he will work directly with all the Education Team members and will collaborate with other units, departments and staff, including those in the Program Division, HQ, RMUs and COs. The SPO will mentor and supervise unit interns and provide guidance on the performance of their roles and responsibilities in coordination with the respective cluster supervisor. This person will have overall knowledge and understanding of education and adolescent empowerment programming and priorities.

Responsibilities:

• Program Management
• Operational, Procurement, and Logistics Support
• Grants Management
• Communications and Knowledge Management
• Resource Mobilization
• Education Unit Membership

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in International Development, Education, Business Administration or a related field
• Master’s Degree in in International Development, Education, Business Administration or a related field is advantage
• 1-3 years’ experience within a development or humanitarian context, focusing on grants management, financial/accounting and/or budgeting.
• 1-2 years’ administrative experience with an international development organization.
• Evidence of ability to work in an adaptable and collaborative manner across different work functions and dynamic, international and intercultural teams within a complex organizational structure.
• Experience working with large donor-funded projects.
• Excellent planning, organizing, and problem-solving skills
• Familiarity with developing and monitoring program budgets and tracking systems
• Excellent interpersonal/team-building skills
• Attention to detail and follow-through on tasks
• Strong knowledge of MicroSoft applications, including Word, Excel and Outlook
• Strong knowledge of Adaptive Planning and PeopleSoft
• Excellent communication skills in both written and spoken English; ability to communicate knowledge, ideas and issues in an appropriate manner to diverse audiences.
• Strong analytical skills
• Project management skills, including planning and budgeting
• Workshop coordination and facilitation skills
• Programmatic or administrative support experience within CARE.
• Knowledge of People Soft and Adaptive planning financial platforms a plus.
• Travel or work abroad within a developing country.
• Proficiency in Spanish or French
• Experience with CRMs ideally MS SharePoint, Salesforce, or another system and other data storage tools
• Experience in education, adolescent empowerment, and/or gender programming