Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic (the)
Closing date: 19 Nov 2018
· Based in Vientiane, Laos
· Fixed term – 12 months, Full time
CARE is a leading international humanitarian aid organisation fighting global poverty, with a special focus on working with women and girls to bring lasting change to their communities.
About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated, proactive individual to strengthen design, development and technical impacts of Gender and GBV interventions to ensure maximum impact.
The Coordinator is a core member of the county office program team and significantly contributes to the development of CARE’s programs, and strategic partnerships.
Key Responsibilities
• Provide senior level gender advice and support to project teams, partners and senior management
• Direct staff management of a small team and capacity development of the gender technical team
• Foster and organise collaboration within the Remote Ethnic Minority (REW), Marginalised Urban Women (MUW) and program quality teams
• Provide technical quality oversight of Gender and GBV strategies and materials
• Develop innovative Gender and GBV M&E tools in line with CARE International outcomes and impact measurements
• Provide gender technical advice in proposal development and lead GBV focussed proposal development
• Deliver key strategic contribution to CARE Laos’s long term programming and future Gender and GBV programming direction
Ideally you will have
• Tertiary qualifications in a relevant field e.g. Gender Studies and significant experience and skills in the management of people and development programming with an international NGO
• Technical knowledge and experience in the implementation of transformative gender approaches, complex gender analysis and advocacy related to gender issues and GBV
• High level strategic thinking and experience in the design, development and implementation of program strategies and complex project interventions
• Ability to design and develop monitoring and evaluation systems, experience in managing and conducting field evaluations and impact measurement
• Demonstrated experience in capacity development and skills-transfer to local organisations and on-the-Job training for staff
What we can offer you
• Access to generous leave benefits, appropriate insurance and allowances
• Professional development and training opportunities
• The opportunity to use your skills to fight poverty with a special focus on working with women and girls to bring lasting change to their communities
• A range of creative solutions offered that may be negotiated where possible, on a case-by-case basis, to help you balance work with life
CARE Australia is committed to Child Protection and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. Applicants are advised that appointment will be subject to appropriate background checks and screening.
How to apply:
Want to know more about the role?
To obtain the Candidate Information Pack, please copy and paste the following link in your browser: www.care.org.au/GBV-Co-Ord/
How to Apply?
Please ensure you attach your CV and a one-page cover letter outlining your suitability for the role, when you submit your application.
Questions about the role?
Please contact Tanya Barnfield, Assistant Country Director Programs via Tanya.Barnfield@careint.org (please do not email applications to this address).
Applications Close: 12:01 am (AEDT), Monday 19 November 2018