Senior Director, Gender-Equal Strategy Implementation
CARE
is a leading humanitarian organization dedicated to fighting poverty
and social injustice with a special emphasis on women and girls. CARE
International is a global force and a partner of choice within a
worldwide movement dedicated to ending poverty. We are known for our
unshakable commitment to the dignity of people. CARE partners contribute
to the empowerment of the most marginalized and vulnerable rural women
and girls to exercise their rights
We are looking for visionary
Senior Director, Gender-Equal Strategy Implementation to lead the key
initiatives under Gender Equal to be well-operationalized at country
office levels, particularly through coordination and management of a few
select focus countries where we will be able to measure improvements in
gender integration, impact and evidence, and institutional
transformation over the life of the strategy.
The Gender Justice
team is responsible for the global management and implementation of the
Gender Equal ‘impact driver’ of the CARE USA Strategy, 2021-2025. The
elevated emphasis on gender equality in CARE USA’s strategy reflects the
organization’s seriousness about deepening CARE’s gender transformative
impact for greater numbers of people. Meeting this organizational
mandate requires both technical expertise and management capacity for
the effective execution of the strategy, especially at country level.
This
new leadership position will contribute country operations expertise as
a valuable adjunct to the Gender Justice team’s existing operational,
strategic, and gender technical expertise.
Responsibilities:
- Provide direction and support to COs for gender integration (SI1)
- Support CO scaling of gender transformative impact and evidence (SI2)
- Provide a global lens to diversity, equity, belonging and inclusion (DEBI) planning and execution
- Advise and support PSI VP and Senior Directors
- Join PSI SLT and act as a senior leader within the Gender Justice team
Qualifications:
- Masters Degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience
- Country office leadership experience (7+ years)
- Track
record of success integrating gender across operational and program
functions at country office level -strong oral and written
communications skills - Political acumen and skill in building coalitions for gender transformative change, institutionally and programmatically
- Sufficient experience and gravitas to interact with and influence senior executives on gender policy and program issues
The deadline for submitting the application is 11 February 2022.
