Chief of Party

Award of job under this recruitment is subject to securing funds from respective donor Position Title: Chief of Party Project: Empowering Survivors of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Sexual Harassment (ES-SEAH) Number of Positions: 01 Location: Based at CARE Bangladesh Dhaka Office Duration: Contract duration will be 5 years. I. Job Summary: CARE is one of the world's leading international humanitarian and development organizations, committed to helping people in poor communities improve their lives and alleviate poverty. Founded in 1945, CARE is working over 121 countries to fight global poverty and marginalization. CARE has been active in Bangladesh since 1949 and is one of the largest programs in CARE confederation. Women and girls are at the core of all CARE programs because they represent half of the marginalized group, and it is not possible to overcome poverty until all people have equal rights and opportunities. CARE Bangladesh works to implement programs with long-term impacts that result in sustainable changes for the extreme poor and marginalized communities. CARE is one of the world's leading international humanitarian and development organisations, committed to helping people in poor communities improve their lives and alleviate poverty. Founded in 1945, CARE is working across 104 countries to fight global poverty and marginalization. CARE has been active in Bangladesh since 1949 being one of the largest country offices of CARE. CARE works to help people achieve social and economic well-being, while being among the best in their fields. In CARE, we put women and girls at the center of our work because we know that we cannot overcome poverty until all people have equal rights and opportunities. CARE Bangladesh has shifted towards a program approach, where it has developed longer-term impact visions to have more sustainable changes in the lives of the extreme poor and marginalized. CARE Bangladesh is seeking a qualified Team Leader/COP for an anticipated project for the multi-year Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)-funded Empowering Survivors of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment (ES-SEAH) project. The initiative aims to enhance the reporting of SEAH incidents committed by aid workers while strengthening survivor-centred responses. This programme will support Women’s Rights Organizations (WROs) in providing case management services, engaging agencies to ensure accountability, and developing survivor-centred responses. Additionally, participatory action research will identify effective reporting mechanisms and community-based SEAH prevention strategies. The project will be tested across humanitarian, development, and peacekeeping contexts to refine SEAH response approaches and contribute to global safeguarding efforts. II. Responsibilities and Tasks: % of Time Responsibility # 1: Technical Leadership & Programme Management 30% · Lead strategic planning, ensuring programme outcomes aligned with safeguarding priorities and sector standards. · Guide the implementation of SEAH prevention and response activities, ensuring a survivor-centered approach. · Provide oversight of the programe’s performance, managing key performance indicators (KPIs) and ensuring compliance with FCDO contractual requirements. · Develop and ensure quality assurance of programme work plans, monitoring and evaluation frameworks, and technical reports. · Oversee risk management, duty of care, and compliance with safeguarding and security Responsibility # 2: Stakeholder & Consortium Engagement 25% · Serve as the primary liaison with CARE International UK, government institutions, and sectoral partners. · Lead advocacy efforts for SEAH prevention, particularly engaging WROs and local agencies. · Manage relationships with consortium partners, ensuring alignment of objectives and effective collaboration. · Facilitate knowledge-sharing and best practice exchange with other FCDO programs to strengthen safeguarding responses. Responsibility # 3: Financial & Operational Oversight 25% · Oversee program budget, ensuring financial accountability and adherence to donor regulations. · Supervise the development and submission of high-quality technical deliverables and progress reports. · Ensure efficient fund management and resource allocation in compliance with CARE and FCDO financial guidelines. Responsibility #. 4: Capacity Building & Learning 05% · Provide technical guidance to country-level Safeguarding Technical Coordinators and WROs to strengthen SEAH case management. · Lead participatory action research initiatives to improve SEAH reporting mechanisms and prevention strategies. · Support continuous learning and adaptation to refine safeguarding interventions. Responsibility #. 5: Timely reporting and compliance of Government, Donor and CARE requirement 10% · Prepare different kinds of reports on monthly and quarterly basis and also compile different biannual/annual reports and extending technical support to others as and when needed in the project, while helping team leader with technical and financial reporting · Liaise with team to ensure that deliverables are completed in a timely manner and provide technical assistance and follow up to various partners involved in packaged activity implementation · Provide technical support to develop different knowledge products; stories of change, project and advocacy briefs and assessment report, ensuring climate, disaster, resilience components are well reflected · Provide logistic support to proper implementation of the deliverables including events, meeting, training, workshop, strategic consultation in both up ward and downward team members at all levels · Maintain electronic filing system including technical documents and correspondence, compiles OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES AS ASSIGNED 05% Responsibility: Responsibilities on Safety and Security, Gender and Inclusion and Safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults As part of this role, the job holder must adhere to and support CARE Bangladesh’s Safety and Security policy and systems as part of their day-to-day duties and comply with safety & security protocols and directives, including reporting. Staff must maintain situational and self–awareness and be aware of the safety – security-related consequences of their actions upon themselves, their team, and the organization. CARE is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct, and expects staff to promote the welfare of children, young people, and adults always. CARE expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our Code of Conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate this commitment are recruited to work with us. Gender equality and inclusion are fundamental at CARE, promoting equal rights and challenging discriminatory norms to achieve social justice. We foster an inclusive workplace respecting diverse gender identities, abilities, backgrounds, and experiences through dialogue, training, and diversity initiatives. All CARE staff must uphold ethical standards, following codes of conduct to prevent abuse, including sexual harassment, exploitation, and neglect. Regular monitoring ensures accountability to uphold these principles and support our mission of social justice and poverty alleviation. III. Reporting to: Deputy Country Director - Program IV. Working Conditions: Based at CARE Bangladesh Dhaka Office. Field Visit required 10% – 25%. V. Qualification: · At least 12 years of relevant experience. · Masters or Bachelor’s degrees in related fields are desirable, however, not mandatory. Alternatively, senior level experience as multi-country consortium lead on a program is essential. Project Management (PM) Certification preferred, but not required. · Proven experience as a Team Leader or Chief of Party managing complex, multi-stakeholder donor-funded programs (preferably FCDO-funded). · Comprehensive technical knowledge of safeguarding in humanitarian and development contexts, industry standards and best practices, and funder requirements. · Comprehensive technical knowledge of safeguarding, SEAH reporting mechanisms and case management procedures. · Comprehensive technical knowledge on what works for a survivor-centred approach. · Excellent oral and written communication skills. Excellent organizational and analytical skills. · Demonstrated project and technical leadership, including working with academic/research institutions. · Ability to motivate, influence and work well with others to achieve project goals. · Strong project management, financial, problem-solving and consortium management experience ·