Job Title: Program Director

Duty Station: based in Georgia, CARE Tbilisi Office with occasional travels within the South Caucasus region

Project period: 12 months

Deadline to apply: November 17, 2024

SUMMARY

CARE is looking for a Program Director to lead and manage the regional project “Her Power, Her Future”, funded by the US Department of State Office of Global Women’s Issues (S/GWI) that seeks to advance Women Economic Security in the South Caucasus region in gender-transformative way, aiming to strengthen rural women’s economic security, entrepreneurship and equitable participation in cross-border trade and business relations, enabling their enhanced participation and leadership in economic life in ways that contribute to peace and stability in the South Caucasus region.

This position will be responsible for managing CARE and CARE’s strategic partner teams in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan for successful project implementation; overseeing the program planning and implementation and ensure fulfillment of its objectives; supporting project monitoring, learning and program quality, including development of learnings from the project for further advancing women economic security in the region; leading development of partnerships, advocacy and representation on key platforms for women economic justice; coordinating with relevant donors and stakeholders.

The Program Director will be working directly with the CEO and other senior managers

The post requires consistently high program quality, ensuring that CARE’s programming results in the desired impact and fosters learning across CARE and with our external partners.

This post holder is expected to represent the project externally with key stakeholders to promote the project results, influence and shape the debate on women entrepreneurship, value chains, private sector engagement, women economic justice and gender equality overall.

The position will be based in Tbilisi with frequent travels within the region.

PROJECT BACKGROUND

CARE Caucasus, a local NGO and a member of CARE International, seeks to decrease social injustice, vulnerability, and rural poverty, and contribute to improved conditions for sustainable development and security in the South Caucasus region.

CARE believes everyone has the right to economic resources and the power to make decisions that benefit themselves, their families and their communities. CARE recognizes that this requires women to have equal access to and control over economic resources, assets and opportunities; it also requires long-term changes in social norms and economic structures.

In 2022 CARE Caucasus in partnership with CARE USA launched a project “Her Power, Her Future” to strengthen rural women’s economic security, entrepreneurship and equitable participation in cross-border trade and business relations, enabling their enhanced participation and leadership in economic life in ways that contribute to peace and stability.

Project has three main objectives:

Accordingly, the project is working with civil society organizations and increases their capacities to support women engaged in entrepreneurial activities, improving their economic security; It also fosters women’s business/economic relationships across regional divisions, increases their engagement with private sector to enhance joint understandings of common opportunities and challenges, strengthens cross-border trade activity and women’s voice in the future of the region Finally, the project promotes women’s leadership and creates opportunities for women in positions of social and political influence, aiming to reduce structural barriers to women’s economic, social and political participation at the local level.

The project corresponds to the principles of CARE’s globally recognized Gender Equality Framework to empower women-led CSOs and local communities to more effectively promote women’s entrepreneurship and leadership at all levels including a) building the agency and capacity of individual women (and CSOs), b) shifting relations between women and community members), and c) transforming structures, including social norms, laws, policies, and private sector practices.

ROLES and RESPONSIBILITIES

Managing CARE and partners’ teams in Georgia Armenia and Azerbaijan:

Overseeing planning and implementation of the project

Monitoring and project quality

Program development and development of collaborative relationship with stakeholders

Implementation of CARE Safeguarding policy

QUALIFICATIONS

Required qualifications and competencies:

A) Education

University degree in Management, Development studies, Governance or another relevant field

B) EXPERIENCE

C) Technical Skills

D) Competencies:

Note: Local contract

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Interested applicants who meet the minimum requirements should submit the following documents to be considered for the assignment: a cover letter and CV (including names and contact information of three references)

The application documents should be submitted to the following email address:

Please, indicate "Program Director-WEJ" in the subject line of your application, otherwise your application will not be reviewed. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

The deadline for receiving proposals is November 17, 2024. Early applications are strongly encouraged.

PROTECTION AGAINST SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE, AND CHILD ABUSE

CARE has a zero tolerance toward sexual exploitation and abuse and child abuse. CARE requires that its employees, volunteers, suppliers, their parent, subsidiary and affiliated entities as well as any subcontractors, will neither use or engage in, nor allow their employees or other persons engaged by them to use or engage in, any: threats of violence, verbal or psychological harassment or abuse, and/or sexual exploitation and abuse.