Anticipated Start Date:
Work Location: Tanzania - Dar es Salaam
Other Possible Locations:
Expected Travel: up to 30%
Language Requirement:
Employee Duration: Active Full-Time
Type of Post: Accompanied - Family
Funding: THIS POSITION IS PENDING DONOR
APPROVAL
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backgrounds and experiences, particularly women, to apply.
Description
CARE USA is now seeking a Team Leader for the Pathways
Program. Our Pathways program was launched in November 2011,
initially in six countries: Bangladesh, India, Malawi, Tanzania, Mali and Ghana
with core funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – the goal being
to empower poor women smallholder farmers and to increase their productivity in
more equitable agriculture system at scale. Pathways serves as one of
CARE's flagship food and livelihoods security programs, achieved through a
careful alignment with CARE International's food security strategy, in
particular the learning and advocacy agenda articulated for various geographic
regions.
The Pathways Team Leader will provide leadership for the
implementation, governance, coordination, management, and learning outcomes of
this multi-country program. S/he will be responsible for managing the
Pathways central team, and putting in place processes and systems for
coordination, management and communication across the program. This will
include setting up and convening the program's management and leadership
committee, ensuring its effective functioning and support to the program, as
well as clearly articulated agreements and commitments between CARE USA and
implementing country offices.
Responsibilities
- Team
management and direct supervision of staff
- Provide
strategic direction and overall program management
- Provide
active support to the food, justice and livelihood’s “innovation
& learning space”
- Resource
mobilization
- Networking
/ representation / positioning & influencing
Requirements
- Bachelors
degree in international development, agriculture, management, or other
related degree
- 5
years or more of demonstrable experience managing development programs in
an international setting
- Experience
in donor relations and resource mobilization
- Working
with and leading teams
- Experience
in food and livelihood security, and gender and women empowerment programs
- Excellent
written and verbal communication skills in English
- In
depth experience with program design and budgeting
- Advanced
written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent
presentation skills
