Work Location : US- Washington, DC Type of Post : Not Applicable Other Possible Location : Any country where CARE USA operates Funding : APPROVED Expected Travel : up to 40% Type of Contract : Language Requirement : Application Deadline : Employee Duration : Full-Time
This role will be a Technical Advisor role in the Gender and Emergency team within CUSA. It will be a critical position to design, detail, and further refine CAREโs work around protection within the wider mission and vision of the organization, under its humanitarian response mandate. The role will more specifically focus on the intersection of gender, protection, and risk reduction for women and girls. It will include a mix of strategic thinking and planning; deployment and response work; technical and tool development; and program and proposal development. The position will report to the Director of Gender in Emergencies and work closely with the Deputy Director of Gender Based Violence in Emergencies, along with other humanitarian actors, CARE International stakeholders. This will be a new position in the team, so the candidate will be responsible for driving, defining, and initiating work within the context of already ongoing work and priorities.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Technical Assistance and Deployment
Support the integration of womenโs protection activities into ongoing and planned GBViE and cross-sectoral work or activities. Provide TA to COโs in various regions, including tool development, technical support, training/capacity building, program design, MEAL, and strategic assistance. Review current GiE documents, guidance, and approaches within CARE to improve womenโs protection principles, and find ways to integrate greater safety and security considerations for women and girls.Development of Tools and Resources
Program Development and Proposal Review
Build out pilot projects for CUSA humanitarian team in conjunction with COโs to test CAREโs womenโs protection approach, gather learning, and inform our next steps/ways of working. Assist CUSA Humanitarian team and business development teams to determine the best way to approach protection mainstreaming reviews, ensure quality in program design, and submissions. Support proposal review, program development, and program design to ensure COโs have high-level womenโs protection interventions.Strategic Thinking and Planning
Develop light and practical framework for understanding womenโs protection within the vision, strategies, and modalities of CARE, to overlap and connect to the GiE Theory of Change and connect with different regions. Lead CARE USA GiE Team to identify pieces of work to try, pilot and test out as part of a new womenโs protection work stream. Guide CARE and CAREUSA specifically on next steps for womenโs protection. Support advocacy, learning, communications, research, and documentation.QUALIFICATIONS:
Develop light and practical framework for understanding womenโs protection within the vision, strategies, and modalities of CARE, to overlap and connect to the GiE Theory of Change and connect with different regions. Lead CARE USA GiE Team to identify pieces of work to try, pilot and test out as part of a new womenโs protection work stream. Guide CARE and CAREUSA specifically on next steps for womenโs protection. Support advocacy, learning, communications, research, and documentation.
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