Head of Program Management

CARE Canada is looking for a Head of Program Management

ABOUT THE ROLE / WHAT THE ROLE OFFERS

CARE Canada’s bold Strategic Plan, From Caring Comes Courage (2021 – 2025), sets out CARE Canada’s commitment to bring all our resources, talent, and expertise together tounlock women’s leadership for a gender-just future. It recognizes that to lead change and realize a better life for herself and her community, every woman needs to be safe, healthy and have a dignified livelihood. It also fundamentally realizes that ‘business as usual’ is no longer good enough: this Plan challenges us to reimagine how we achieve our mission, inspire Canadian investment in that mission, and transform our organization to be future-ready.

CARE Canada’s Global Programs Team is responsible for developing and managing the organization’s programs in both development and humanitarian assistance focusing on the injustice of poverty and gender inequality. The new Strategic Plan reaffirms our gender-equality focus and our dual-mandate status. Our ultimate impact goal is to support women’s leadership for a gender-just future grounded in strong programs supporting safety/protection, health and dignified livelihoods across both humanitarian and development settings. The Global Programs unit is responsible for the overall management of CARE Canada’s global programming circa $50-60m annual development and humanitarian programming portfolio.

Under the leadership of the Director, Program Management, the Head of Program Management plays an integral role in CARE Canada’s Global Programs Department, in providing leadership, vision and strategic direction for a program portfolio of development projects. They manage a team to support CARE Country Offices to effectively implement high quality programs aligned to the CARE 2030 program strategy, aiming, and advocating for a feminist transformative approach in our programming. They are accountable for the success of the projects in their portfolio and ensuring that their teams align to CARE Canada’s values and approaches in all that they do, with decolonisation as a core principle.

The position will lead high performing program management staff, including Program Managers and Program Officers. They will enable project leads to effectively oversee project matrix teams with their finance and program quality colleagues across the Global Programs Department. A key people leader, the Head of Program Management is a role model for their staff, responsible for guiding, supporting, and developing their team members to achieve both individual and collective goals. The Head of Program Management is a resource, trouble-shooter and sounding board for their team on program management best practice and donor compliance, helping them solve problems and continuously improve their ways of working and approaches. The Head of Program Management supports their team at every stage of the project cycle and isn’t afraid of diving into the details where they need to or giving broader perspectives across a portfolio.

Because of the nature of the work, demands are fast-paced and unpredictable. To thrive in this job, you will need to be flexible and be willing to both lead and work as part of a close-knit team when needed.

Gender is at the heart of CARE’s mandate, and therefore at the centre of everything we do. You must have a strong commitment to gender equality and be keen to learn more about how these fits into the work that we do.

WHAT YOU OFFER / ABOUT YOU

• Significant senior management experience in implementing development programs, including a significant portion of this experience gained in the Global South
• Experience and commitment to promoting gender equality and implementing gender transformative programs.
• High level of demonstrable leadership and strategic management skills – including people leadership and coaching of multi-disciplinary teams
• Previous experience managing complex Global Affairs funding, including familiarity with Contribution Agreement requirements, negotiations, and execution. Experience of working with other donors is an advantage.
• Significant experience working at all levels of the project cycle including one or many of the following: design, delivery, reporting, evaluation; additional sectoral technical assistance experience would be an asset.

• Demonstrated ability to develop and manage project budgets of significant size and scope.
• Demonstrated knowledge, expertise, and passion for International Development with a focus on quality programs; in particular, an understanding of current trends, opportunities and challenges facing the sector.

WHAT WOULD MAKE YOU EXTRAORDINARY

• You have English, French, Spanish, Arabic, or other additional language skills.
• You have specific technical expertise in one or many of these areas: gender equality, crisis response, food and water, economic justice, health and climate justice.
• Demonstrated success working in large and medium sized global organizations attracting, developing, coaching, and leading high performing teams.

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 CAREworks thatis 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 theCARE International (CI)Safeguarding Policy and Safeguarding Code of Conduct.
• Related studies in international development, social services, business administration, economics or a related field or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

WHAT WE OFFER / ABOUT CARE

• Starting Salary Rangebetween $87.000 – $92.000depending onskills and experience
• Generous leave entitlements, including December holiday closure.
• Full benefits: dental, medical, vision care, paramedical, life insurance (some exceptions may apply) and professional and confidential Employee Assistance Program services.
• Learning and development opportunities and specialized training
• Flexible work hours and work-from-home arrangements within Canada
• A family-friendly environment
• Amazing colleagues who are very committed to CARE’s mission!

If you are someone who thrives on challenge, loves to be part of a dynamic team and you are passionate about making a difference, then this opportunity is for you! Don’t think you check all the boxes? Reach out anyway – we would love to hear how your experience translates to this role! Please apply by July 13th 2023. Please note resumes will be reviewed on an ongoing basis and the advertisement will be removed once a candidate has been identified. We are only able to consider candidates who currently have the right to work in Canada.