CARE USA
This VSLA Technical Advisor (TA) position is part of a dynamic team that oversees the global expansion of CARE’s VSLAs. The team is comprised of specialists who provide comprehensive support services to CARE initiatives utilizing the Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLA) model, including supporting country office and regional scale-up strategy development; co-creating programs and project designs; contributing to and/or leading proposal and fundraising efforts; and providing technical support to project start-up and implementation. The TA must actively support regional or country-based technical coordination, assistance, and advocacy with the country office. The position is also expected to collaborate closely with other CARE USA departments (such as PSI and I2) to ensure that the work is aligned with larger organizational objectives.
Responsibilities:
- Technical Support to Food Security and Water System Programing
- Program monitoring and quality assurance
- Capacity building of staff on VSLA programming
Qualifications:
- MA in development studies/economics/social science or related subject, or equivalent expertise.
- Deep, practical understanding of villages savings and loan associations or similar savings group modalities
- Experience in planning and delivering VSLA programs
- Experience developing Contextual analysis, qualitative and quantitative research and other assessment tools
- Understanding of gender transformative approaches and their application to multi-sectoral programming
- Ability to support and advise non-specialist colleagues, communicate complex ideas clearly, and facilitate learning and reflection activities
- Must be fluent in French
- Ability to present clear ideas while providing remote support, training and influence
- Ability to summarize and synthesize learning into plain English for a wide range of audiences
- Strong ability to work independently, organize work, meet deadlines, prioritize work under pressure, and coordinate multiple tasks
- Fluency in Arabic
- Strong analytical and conceptual skills in humanitarian programming, assessing emergency needs, market analysis, and program design
- Strong negotiation, influencing and networking skills
- Strong project management and budgeting skills
- Understanding of principles of participation, gender equity and women’s empowerment
- Understanding of quality monitoring and evaluation, basic understanding of statistics
- Highly effective in conceptualizing and communicating opportunities for new initiatives and leading new business development efforts to support them
- Program design using different in-kind assistance, markets support and cash modalities
- Familiarity with key donor relevant regulations
- Facilitation skills
How to apply
https://phg.tbe.taleo.net/phg02/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=CAREUSA&cws=52&rid=6900
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Starting salaries are based on internal equity, candidate experience, and the cost of labor where the job is based. Salaries listed only apply to jobs based in the US.
Closing date: 25 Nov 2023