GRANTS AND CONTRACTS COORDINATOR

CARE is seeking an experienced Emergency Grants & Contracts Coordinator to be a CO Emergency Program team member responsible for integrating both financial and programmatic achievements against donor requirements when planning and monitoring for compliance. This position is responsible for supervising the information/knowledge management staff and coordinates the processes for centralizing financial and programmatic, including M&E and sub-awards, data under the Flood Emergency program.

This position supervises and ensures active linkage of his/her supervised units (Finance, G&C, Information management) with the ACD-Emergency and his/her Deputy, Program Team Leaders and Staff, to help the Program meet project objectives and donor requirements.

Specific responsibilities include but is not limited to working closely with program staff and other stakeholders in the proposal development process, grant start up processes and orientations, ensuring good monitoring and reporting (for internal and donor use), setting appropriate communication/coordination systems in place with different stakeholders, facilitation of processes for sub-awards, capacity building for staff and implementing partners, ensuring that proper systems are in place to facilitate smooth and timely submission of internal and donor reporting (both financial and program), close out requirements and ensuring accountability is an integral part of the operation. This position supervises the maintenance of project grant and sub-grant files.

This position reports to ACD-Emergency and has a technical reporting line to the CO Finance Controller. However, for the first two months, the EGCC will, reporting to the Country Director, assume the temporary role of Grant and Contracts Senior Auditor providing focused scrutiny on expenses made by the CO and partners under key grants as identified by the CD. This period will also embrace an orientation and transition period with the outgoing EGCC.

Responsibilities:

· Ensure the Country Office meets the contractual fiscal and administrative standards of donor emergency contracts—Definitely February/March 2011 and possibly longer.

· In support of Program Team, collaborate with various stakeholders and/or facilitate key G&C program and financial processes from proposal development stage, monitoring, reporting and close out.

· Coordinate with Program Teams to complete technical and financial processes on sub-awards and provide appropriate guidance and oversight to ensure compliance with donor requirements and CARE policies and procedures.

· Internal and sub-grantee capacity building and audit follow ups.

· Supervise the processes for budget management and reporting for Emergency Project.

· Information knowledge management and monitoring and evaluation for Emergency projects.

· Writes/revises Job Descriptions.

· Interviews and selects G&C staff with input from others.

· Orients, trains and coaches staff.

· Recommends or initiates personnel actions such as merit increases, promotions, transfers etc..

· Completes all performance management activities including: performance planning, monitoring and 90 day, six month and annual APAAs.

Required

· Bachelor's degree in a field related to financial management backed up and updated by appropriate supplemental training

· 4-6 years proven and relevant work experience on managing grants and contracts in a humanitarian organization. Strong background on program management

· Excellent planning, organizational, and analytical skills

· Strong financial management skills

· Ability to prioritize workload whilst maintaining a high standard of work

· Fluency in English language and written communication

· Experience and familiarity with key donor policies and procedures

· Ability to effectively liaise and coordinate with various stakeholders including key internal units and external clients such as partners or donors

· Firm belief in teamwork, gender equality, participatory approach and sustainable development

· Strong interpersonal skills to work effectively as part of Emergency Team, cross cultural and politically sensitive setting

· Understanding and experience managing information databases

Desired:

· Master’s level degree in field directly related to financial management or equivalent or CPA

· At least 10 years experience as a senior financial manager with an international organizational in a developing country. Strong experience working with sub-grantee contract management, and demonstrated time spent undertaking an Audit function.

Duration: Full time

Location: Islamabad

Expected Start Date: February 2011

Expected Travel Percentage: 25%

Language Requirement: English and proficiency in another language relevant to the region

Our diversity is our strength; we encourage people from all backgrounds and experiences, particularly women, to apply.

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS COORDINATOR

PROGRAM MANAGER, CORPORATE ENGAGEMENT

CARE helps alleviate global poverty by empowering women around the world to bring lasting change to their communities. Our Strategic Alliances and Partnerships (SPA) division is responsible for creating dynamic relationships with Fortune 1000 corporations and their employees to secure unrestricted and restricted funding for our programs worldwide. CARE seeks a Program Manager, Corporate Engagement to work closely with the Senior Director of Development, Corporate Engagement, to implement employee engagement/giving programs, cause related marketing, and national sponsorship with Fortune 200-1000 corporations to meet unrestricted funding goals.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Implement corporate sponsorship, cause marketing, and employee engagement programs.
• Provide support across all corporate partnerships.
• Ensure that best practices for Fortune 200 - 1000 corporate partner employee and consumer engagement are applied across top-tier partners to drive additional unrestricted funding.
• Cultivation follow-up.
• Due diligence research and presentation development.
• Financial tracking and reporting.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree in business administration, marketing, communications, or equivalent combination of education and work experienced
• Two to Five years experience in employee engagement/giving (or employee volunteer programs), fundraising, cause marketing, or sponsorships.
• Strong project management skills including ability to navigate complex internal and external priorities and ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
• Raised $150,000 annually from corporate sponsor programs, either internally or externally, with Fortune 200-1000 companies.
• Proven ability to successfully deliver on goals in a fast-paced environment with minimal direction.
• Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, Outlook
• Strong project management skills.
• Strong PowerPoint and presentation skills.
• Highly organized.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills.

Desired Skills:

• Previous private-sector work experience, especially in the area of Employee Relations.
• Familiarity with international development work.
• Understanding of cause related marketing and licensing structures and legal processes.

Position Requirements:

• Anticipated Start Date: February 2011
• Location: Key Market – Washington, DC; New York, NY; Chicago, IL
  
• Expected Travel Percentage: Up to 25%
• Relocation: Not Provided

Come make a difference and work for CARE!

Our diversity is our strength; we encourage people from all backgrounds and experiences, particularly women, to apply.

PROGRAM MANAGER, CORPORATE ENGAGEMENT

REGIONAL TECHNICAL ADVISOR, MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH NUTRITION

CARE is seeking a talented Regional Technical Advisor, Maternal Child Health (RTA, MCH) Nutrition located in Accra, Ghana. The Child Health and Nutrition team (CHAN) within CARE USA's Health Program has a broad nutrition program throughout CARE that includes Infant and Young Child Feeding and related maternal nutrition in both a development and an emergency context. CARE's flagship nutrition program is the Window of Opportunity program, a privately funded Infant and Young Child Feeding and related Maternal Nutrition (IYCF + rMN) program. The goal of the program is to protect, promote and support optimal IYCF and related maternal nutrition practices in selected in 5 countries. Technical priorities to achieve CHAN's nutrition goal are integration, capacity building, advocacy, behavior change communication, monitoring and evaluation and knowledge sharing. As CARE has moved to a program approach with long term commitments and the combined realities of climate change and food security have become more visible, many CARE country offices have focused their programs around these issues both of which include nutrition. USAID's Feed the Future program also has a significant focus on nutrition which is one of the major indicators of impact. Given the multiplicity of CARE programs focusing on food security, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, it is important to build staff capacity to design, implement, monitor and evaluate nutrition programs as they are integrated into food security interventions.

The Regional Technical Advisor (RTA), MCH Nutrition is responsible for providing technical support specific to maternal, infant and young child nutrition that meets the objectives of the CHAN nutrition program, and facilitates the integration of nutrition into CARE food security programs in Africa. In this role, s/he is responsible for operationalizing the nutrition and food security agenda to build staff capacity and develop programs in nutrition in COs where there is an appropriate impact population or country office focus on food security. S/he will develop technically appropriate materials and tools for capacity building that will meet the needs of varying cultures and work environments. The Nutrition RTA, MCH Nutrition will also work closely with the CHAN HQ team to ensure the most appropriate and up to date technical strategies are used in monitoring and evaluation, implementation, communications, knowledge sharing and that the outcomes of analysis are applied. Another component of the position is advocacy with partners in specific country offices and regionally to move forward the appropriate integration of nutrition strategies within food security programming.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for the integration of nutrition into food security programs.
• Capacity-Building of country office staff.
• Building partnerships, networks and representing CARE in national and regional forums.
• Documentation of evidence and Resource development.
• Foster organizational learning to promote technical excellence.

Required Skills

• Master’s degree in nutrition, food security, or other relevant specialization.
• 5-7 years experience in MCH-N programming and provision of technical assistance in MCH-Nutrition
• Previous work experience with nutrition programming in the context of food security
• Experience working with non-profit organizations
• Strong experience in program design, implementation and evaluation
• Demonstrated technical leadership
• Experience with research and analytical skills
• Overseas experience
• Experience in reviewing, analyzing and making recommendations on program strategy and donor agreements
• Language skills in French
• Provision of MCH/Nutrition technical assistance in developing country context
• Relevant experience in community approaches
• Excellent verbal and written English skills, particularly communication skills for diverse audiences
• Demonstrated ability to conceptualize and operationalize program strategies
• Demonstrated ability to work in team and/or facilitate teamwork
• Ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and working relationships with government, donors, ministry officials, community leaders and other development partners
• Knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet software, and data processing
• Ability to prepare presentations and write articles for publication

Desired Skills:

• PhD with focus on IYCF or maternal nutrition
• Previous international post experience

Anticipated Start Date: March 2011

Location: Accra, Ghana

Status: Full-time

Language Requirement: French

Expected Travel Percentage: 30%

Our diversity is our strength; we encourage people from all backgrounds and experiences, particularly women, to apply.

REGIONAL TECHNICAL ADVISOR, MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH NUTRITION

SENIOR FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION EXPERTS

CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. Our mission is to help individuals and families in the poorest communities in the world to escape poverty and fight for dignity. CARE is seeking resumes from senior food security and nutrition experts to be proposed on anticipated projects to be implemented in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

The anticipated opportunities will focus on increasing agricultural productivity, improved nutritional status, particularly for women and children, agricultural market facilitation, value chain development, microsavings and microfinance, trade facilitation, post-harvest handling and processing, regulatory and policy reform, humanitarian assistance projects, food distribution, and other activities that promote food security. Projects also will focus on building local and regional capacity to improve livelihoods, address food production, agricultural marketing, value chain and trade constraints to economic growth, as well as researching, designing and implementing guidelines and programs to prevent malnutrition and famine while fostering adequate community nutrition and health practices. Activities will integrate gender concerns to address the roles and inequities that women and minorities face regarding access, influence, and control over agricultural resources.

Qualifications:
• M.S., M.B.A. or other post-graduate degree in agronomy, agricultural economics, agribusiness, value chain analysis and development, nutrition, microfinance, trade facilitation, development studies, humanitarian assistance projects, or related field;
• At least of 10 years of country/regional, field experience providing technical expertise in food security/nutrition/gender/agriculture/livelihoods development;
• At least 10 years of USAID project management experience preferred;
• Previous Chief of Party/Deputy Chief of Party experience preferred;
• USAID proposal writing skills preferred;
• Excellent communication and reporting skills;
• Fluency in English required (Spoken and Written);
• Regional language fluency preferred.

Our diversity is our strength; we encourage people from all backgrounds and experiences, particularly women, to apply.

NOTE: POSITION PENDING DONOR APPROVAL

SENIOR FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION EXPERTS