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CARE is currently seeking a Program Quality
Advisor. The purpose of the Program Quality Advisor position is to build
the country office local staff capacity for program design and quality
support functions. S/he also ensures that CARE’s development and humanitarian
programs and policy engagement in Ethiopia is fully in line with
organizational policies and priorities, consistently meeting/surpassing
international humanitarian standards, and increasingly and effectively
integrated with its efforts in recovery and development. The Advisor is
expected to help CARE become a recognized and reliable leader in the
integration and promotion of gender-specific analysis, design and
implementation, ensuring that the specific vulnerabilities of women and girls
are understood and addressed
The position holder will have a focused and targeted coaching and mentoring
to members of the PQL and emergency unit as required to ensure the Country
Office program design and technical assistance initiatives are in accordance
with CARE Ethiopia’s mission, strategic objectives and program approaches,
and program/ project design tools and principles. S/he supports program teams
in the design of new programs and preparation of proposals.
The incumbent will be an integral member of CARE Ethiopia’s Program Quality
and Learning (PQL) team, reporting to the unit’s coordinator and serving as
the principal architect of organizational policy positions in the
humanitarian arena, the principal guardian of humanitarian standards in its
emergency interventions and the principal conceptual bridge-builder
between/across CARE Ethiopia’s emergency and developmental programming
portfolios.
Responsibilities:
Program Design and Integration
- Proactively
represents CARE Ethiopia in external/internal discussion forums
pertaining to her/his duties in a professional manner;
- Consults
closely and cooperates with other sections in program department, with
an emphasis on ensuring up-to- date emergency preparedness within the
country office and optimal integration of disaster risk management into
overall program;
- Establishes
and maintain networks with government, donors and other stakeholders to
ensure technical assistance supports on program design and other
initiatives are well planned and adequately obtained for CARE Ethiopia;
- Keeps
up to date with developments in humanitarian policy and programming,
including good practice examples in-country and internationally, and
ensure ongoing personal development and learning;
- Supports
in identification and documentation of lessons learned and appropriate
dissemination of same.
- Supports
the LDM Unit to develop tools and strategies to promote learning,
reflective practice and program quality around strategic
directions.
- Ensure
adequate monitoring, reporting to the CO and CARE in accordance with
CARE International’s humanitarian accountability framework, relevant
SPHERE standards, and essential environmental mitigation measures.
- Ensure
all programme personnel understand and carry out their duties in
accordance with humanitarian principles, core values, the Code of
Conduct and SPHERE.
Learning and Networking
- Proactively
represents CARE Ethiopia in external/internal discussion forums
pertaining to her/his duties in a professional manner;
- Consults
closely and cooperates with other sections in program department, with
an emphasis on ensuring up-to- date emergency preparedness within the
country office and optimal integration of disaster risk management into
overall program;
- Establishes
and maintain networks with government, donors and other stakeholders to
ensure technical assistance supports on program design and other
initiatives are well planned and adequately obtained for CARE Ethiopia;
- Keeps
up to date with developments in humanitarian policy and programming,
including good practice examples in-country and internationally, and
ensure ongoing personal development and learning;
- Supports
in identification and documentation of lessons learned and appropriate
dissemination of same.
- Supports
the LDM Unit to develop tools and strategies to promote learning,
reflective practice and program quality around strategic
directions.
- Ensure
adequate monitoring, reporting to the CO and CARE in accordance with
CARE International’s humanitarian accountability framework, relevant
SPHERE standards, and essential environmental mitigation measures.
- Ensure
all programme personnel understand and carry out their duties in
accordance with humanitarian principles, core values, the Code of
Conduct and SPHERE.
Capacity Building
- Design
and oversee an ongoing emergency response capacity building strategy to
ensure minimum standards (Sphere, HAF, etc.) are consistently applied in
the implementation of all emergency interventions;
- Together
with the other advisory staff in the team, undertakes a regular capacity
needs assessment on relevant programmatic issues and develop a
prioritized capacity building plan and coordinates with HR on staff
related capacity building activities;
- Supports
training and capacity building initiatives related to standards and good
practices;
- Oversees
the collection, compilation, development and dissemination of manuals
and reading materials useful for program design initiatives and the
implementation of sectoral and thematic areas and share with projects
and program implementation units;
- Establishes
a mechanism of planned technical support requests from projects and
ensures proactive and coordinated Technical Assistance of the advisory
staff in his/her unit.
Requirements:
- Master’s
Degree in appropriate discipline—international affairs, public policy,
law, development studies, etc., or equivalent combination of education
and work experience
- At
least six years’ experience in international humanitarian policy and
development programming, with at least three in Africa
- Demonstrated
ability to build capacity in cross-cultural contexts, including training
experience
- Project
design skill
- Research,
analysis and writing skills of high standard.
- Design
and implementation of Monitoring and Evaluation systems
- Firm
belief in and commitment to promoting teamwork, gender equality
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