Timor-Leste: Gender and Program Quality Coordinator

· Based in Dili, Timor-Leste

· Fixed term – 12 months with a possibility to extend, 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

A unique opportunity for a driven Gender and Program Quality Coordinator (GPQC) to join the Gender and Program Quality (GPQ) Unit based in Timor-Leste. The role is responsible for the leadership and management of the unit.

The role has a particular focus on gender equality and women’s empowerment, which includes robust Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) and impact measurement, effective partnerships and advocacy.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Gender and Program Quality team and wider country program teams and provide strategic and technical advice to program and project managers.

• Foster and organise collaboration within the project and GPQ teams to gather and analyse evidence and learning

• Provide senior level gender advice and support to project teams, partners and senior management

• Lead the improvement of program and project quality across all parts of the organisation

• lead the GPQ team to strengthening partnerships, advocacy, impact and learning, accountability, long-term programs and safe guarding.

• Direct staff management and capacity development of the GPQ team (PQ Project Manager, Gender Project Manager, and GPQ Officer), and wider gender equality and MEL teams

• Review and write project proposals to assist the senior management in program development

Ideally you will have

• Tertiary qualifications in a relevant field and significant experience and skills in the management of people and development programming

• Technical knowledge and experience in the implementation of transformative gender approaches, complex gender analysis and advocacy related to gender issues

• High level strategic thinking and experience in the design, development and implementation of program strategies

• Ability to design and develop monitoring and evaluation systems

• Ability to create and sustain long term partnerships including with other development actors

• Demonstrated experience in capacity building and skills-transfer to local organisations and on-the-job training for staff

• Demonstrated leadership and the ability to respond effectively to challenges, to work effectively in a small, diverse and busy team environment with minimal supervision

What we can offer you

• Access to generous leave benefits, appropriate insurance and allowances

• 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 reserves the right to seek information from job applicants’ previous employers about incidents of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment, and/or child abuse 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. By submitting the application, the job applicant confirms that s/he has no objection to CARE Australia requesting the information specified above.

CARE Australia is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from people living with a disability and/or have lived experience of disability. We also encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to apply.

How to Apply?

To apply for a job with CARE Australia, please review the Candidate Information Pack linked to the relevant vacancy on our careers page (http://www.care.org.au/careers). Please ensure you attach your CV and one page cover letter outlining your suitability for the role, when you submit your application.

Questions about the role?

Please contact Alison Darcy, Coordinator Gender and Program Quality via Alison.Darcy@careint.org (please do not email applications to this address).

Applications Close: 12:01 am (AEST), Monday 22 July 2019

How to Apply?

To apply for a job with CARE Australia, please review the Candidate Information Pack linked to the relevant vacancy on our careers page (http://www.care.org.au/careers). Please ensure you attach your CV and one page cover letter outlining your suitability for the role, when you submit your application.

Questions about the role?

Please contact Alison Darcy, Coordinator Gender and Program Quality via Alison.Darcy@careint.org (please do not email applications to this address).

Applications Close: 12:01 am (AEST), Monday 22 July 2019