ABOUT THE ROLE / WHAT THE ROLE OFFERS

The role of the Chief of Party is to successfully manage SHE SOARS, a multi-country (Zambia, Uganda and Kenya) Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (ASRHR) project, being implemented by CARE, The Center for Reproductive Rights, and Restless Development, funded  by the Government of  Canada.  This position requires  experience  working  on  a Global Affairs  Canada (GAC) funded  project, excellent program management skills and a deep desire to support and nurture youth-led programming and feminist partnership principles.

The Chief of Party will work closely with CARE Canada’s Global Programs team and lead the work  of the Program  Management Unit (PMU) made  up of Gender, MEAL and Financial Specialists based in Lusaka. The Chief of Party will coordinate with and support the project teams  leading  implementation in  the three  countries,  as well  as work  closely  with  the project’s global partners to ensure high quality programming, innovation, and learning. This position reports to both the Head of Program Management at CARE Canada, as well as the Country Director at the CARE Zambia Office in which this position  is based.

The position will  provide  strategic leadership  and ensure  that project activities  integrate wider  CARE and partner learning  and best practices  as well as feed in and complement CARE’s global advocacy and learning  efforts.  The role will ensure that project activities are adapted for the unique implementation  contexts, while also identifying key approaches for shared  learning  and scale-up. Key to this role  is identifying opportunities for  meaningful youth  engagement,  in  partnership with  the  project’s  Youth  Advisory  Board  to  ensure adolescent girls, and boys are supported to share their ideas, perspectives and experiences at all steps of the project management cycle.

The successful candidate will work from the Lusaka CARE Office with required travel to Kenya and Uganda.  The successful candidate must have the legal authorization to work in Zambia

QUALIFICATIONS AND DESIRED COMPETENCIES

• Master’s Degree in Public Health/ Development Studies or any health-related field.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in global health/SRHR programming; at least 4 of which have been in a management position
• Demonstrated program management experience with projects of similar size (20M+ CAD) and complexity
• Demonstrated capacity in gender equality,  in particular understanding of feminist programming and integrating gender into SRHR and Health interventions
• Experience and  understanding  of  successful  male  engagement  strategies,  and approaches that foster social and gender norms transformation
• Demonstrated experience in  safeguarding   and  overseeing  strong feedback  and accountability mechanisms.
• Demonstrated success with staff supervision and development
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Proficiency  in  standard   office  software  packages  and  strong   organization  and calendar management skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Firm belief  in  and  demonstrated commitment  to  gender  equality,  diversity  and inclusion
• A minimum of 3 – 5 years managing for  results  using Results Based Management (RBM) tools

• Excellent  written   communication  skills   and   the  ability   to  convey   complex programming to a range of audiences
• Experience working across cultures to build trust and effective relationship
• Comfort delivering presentations and speaking to a range of audiences
• Experience in  applying   rights-based  and  gender  transformative  approaches   to programming
• Expertise in developing and managing budgets
• Expertise in one or more of the following programming areas: gender, public health, adolescent health rights, health system strengthening

ASSETS

• Nyanja or Bemba language skills
• Experience managing a Global Affairs Canada funded project
• Experience with GBV prevention and response
• Safeguarding and/or Child Protection expertise

REQUIREMENTS

• Promote and maintain an  organizational culture that advances  gender  equality, reduces power abuse and inequalities,  and fosters trust and safety.
• Create an environment within CARE’s workplaces, programming, and communities where  CARE works  that is free  from  sexual harassment, sexual abuse and sexual exploitation and child abuse (SHEA-CA).
• Ensure high standards of prevention and response measures for SHEA-CA are in place consistent with the CARE International Safeguarding Policy and Safeguarding Code of Conduct.