ECHO Food Security & Nutrition Program Manager
Location: Hyderabad, Pakistan
Duration: 9 - 11 months
Expected Travel: up to 30%
Description:
CARE is seeking an experienced Food Security and Nutrition Program Manager – ECHO to lead CARE’s delivery response and provide guidance on utilization of cash grants/vouchers. S/he coordinates with other CARE staff, to ensure a rapid, proportionate and effective response, and ensure an effective response to immediate program needs while simultaneously considering longer-term needs. The Program Manager will take a very active role in co-ordination, support and advocacy with other stakeholders with special focus on the food security and nutrition, and lead recruitment and mentoring, support of program national staff.
Responsibilities:
- Assessment, Program design and Planning
- Program Management and Implementation
- General Management and Leadership
- Human Resource Management
- Safety and Security
- Program Support & Finance
Required:
- Post Graduation education in topics relevant to Food Security and/or Nutrition.
- Extensive humanitarian aid experience in complex and natural disasters
- Experience of managing ECHO grants and/or significant experience working on ECHO grants
- Experience managing food security programs.
- Excellent understanding of nutrition programming
- Comfortable in of all aspects of managerial, including managing large budgets
- Demonstrated experience in working with local partner organizations
- Experience in complex decision making and leading a multi-disciplinary, multi-national team under difficult circumstances.
- High level of expertise in representation and negotiation with Government and Donors
- Strong understanding of the humanitarian emergency operating context, including Sphere, the humanitarian system, donors, security, civil military liaison and program management.
- Experience and ability to work in volatile and unsafe situation.
- Experience in working with local partner is preferred.
- Strong capacity building skills and experience.
Applications for this position must be made through the CARE USA careers page: https://tbe.taleo.net/NA5/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=CAREUSA&cws=1&rid=1580
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