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Project Manager – Girl Rwanda Project

JOB ADVERTISEMENT:

CARE International is seeking to recruit a “Project Manager”.

This position is dependent on successful award of funds. 

Introduction

CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. We seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live in dignity and security. CARE International aims to be a global force and a partner of choice within a worldwide movement dedicated to ending poverty.

Join Our Team as a Project Manager for a 5-Year Project Empowering Marginalized Girls’ Education!

Are you passionate about driving change and ensuring educational opportunities for marginalized girls? Here’s a unique chance to lead a groundbreaking initiative. We’re looking for an exceptional Project Manager to oversee a transformative 5-year project aimed at enabling marginalized girls to return to school, thrive, and learn.

As the Project Manager, you will serve as the key player, collaborating with diverse stakeholders, leading the development, and managing an Innovation Fund dedicated to interventions supporting out-of-school girls.

Key Responsibilities:

As the Project Manager, you will play a central role in the GIRL Rwanda project, overseeing the creation, management, reporting, and closeout of the innovation fund aimed at empowering out-of-school girls. Your responsibilities will include:

You will lead in the creation and oversight of an innovation fund tailored for local organizations, specifically targeting out-of-school girls. This pivotal role involves fostering a dynamic cross-sectoral approach, empowering innovative programming, and providing crucial technical support to ensure these initiatives drive meaningful impact and transformative change in girls’ education;

You will partner closely with the Program Quality and Learning (PQL) department to orchestrate impactful learning strategies, fostering a culture of continuous improvement within our projects. Your role will involve refining project outcomes, facilitating strategic enhancements, and providing essential support to scale up grantee projects, ensuring our initiatives evolve and create lasting positive change;

You will liaise with project consortium members, leadership, local organizations and various CO teams within CARE to synchronize plans with our overarching strategy. Your role will be instrumental in ensuring seamless alignment with the Country Office strategy while meeting the stringent requirements set forth by our donors;

Oversee CARE’s resources : you will lead the implementation of robust accountability strategies that align seamlessly with established policies and guidelines. 

Position requirements

6-10 years in project management role in the development sector;

Experience in related Education and innovation fund management essential;

Demonstrated experience working as part of a consortium and in integrated teams;

Experience managing commercial contracts, or complex project grants funded through foundations and/or institutional donors;

Experience in managing a multi-million-dollar budget; demonstrated skills in risk management and ensuring value for money:

  • Managing a complex budget
  • Effective follow-up on internal and external audit recommendations
  • Ensuring donor compliance and reporting

Strong human resource management skills including capacity building, coaching and conflict management; ability to provide feedback and motivate/lead a diverse team to achieve results.

Experience building capacity and working collaboratively with local implementing partners;

Demonstrated ability in managing different types of partnerships, including grantees and fund managers.

Demonstrated proposal writing and report writing skills.

Join us in creating pathways to education and empowerment! We offer a competitive salary, an extremely supportive work environment, and the chance to be part of a team committed to breaking barriers and fostering inclusivity.

If you’re ready to take on this rewarding challenge and contribute to reshaping the future for marginalized girls, we invite you to apply! Share your resume and a compelling cover letter detailing your relevant experience and vision for empowering marginalized girls through this project.

Be part of a movement that empowers girls through education and unlocks their potential. Your leadership can pave the way for a more equitable and empowered generation. Apply now and make a lasting difference!

Applications should be submitted not later than January 3rd, 2023.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further steps.

Notes:

  • CARE seeks to improve the lives of the most marginalized, particularly women and girls. Our diversity is our strength. We are an equal opportunity employer promoting gender, equity, diversity and Inclusion. CARE’s focus as an organization is to empower women and girls as we strongly believe that they are most affected by poverty. In line with our values, we highly encourage women to apply for this position. 
  • We are committed to preventing all unwanted behavior at work. This includes sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, and child abuse. We expect everyone who works for us to share this commitment by understanding and working within the CARE Safeguarding Policy and related framework. 
  • CARE International has a zero-tolerance approach to any harm to, or exploitation of any person or child by any of our staff, or partners. CARE International reserves the right to seek information from job applicants’ current and/or previous employers about incidents of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment the applicant may have been found guilty to have committed or about which an investigation was in the process of being carried out at the time of the termination of the applicant’s employment with that employer. 
  • We participate in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme and will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, child abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. 
  • By submitting the application, the job applicant confirms that they have no objection to CARE International requesting the information specified above. 

Interested candidates should send their both combined cover letter and well detailed CV no later than January 3rd, 2023 via the apply button below.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further steps.

*Disclaimer: CARE International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment.

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