Care.org
SENIOR TECHNICAL ADVISOR, ADOLESCENT AND YOUTH PROGRAMMING
Care.org, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30383
Work Location:
US - Atlanta, GA
Other Possible Location:
Remote Work Location
Funding:
APPROVED
Expected Travel:
up to 30%
Language Requirement:
English, Spanish, French or Arabic
Employee Duration:
Full-Time
JOB SUMMARY:
CARE is committed to gender equality and empowerment of women and girls to end poverty. As such, CARE’s education, skills, and adolescent empowerment priorities are embedded in its poverty reduction and social justice efforts. CARE focuses on the most marginalized and hard to reach who have been left out of formal education. CARE’s priorities include developing academic abilities and life and leadership skills to help young people seize social and economic opportunities and be engaged members of society.
The Education and Skills Team (E&S) is a Unit within the Program Strategy and Innovation (PSI) Department. The Senior Technical Advisor-Adolescent & Youth Programming (STA-A&YP) is a key member and leader of the E&S team and reports directly to the Unit’s Senior Director. The STA-A&YP works closely with the Team’s other clusters: Research, Advocacy and Learning (RAAL), Technical Support (TS), and Operations (Ops). Given their role in technical leadership and support, they also have a dotted line to the Director of Technical Support. The STA-A&YP is also a strategic role within PSI to support the advancement of the Department’s and CARE’s integrated approaches to serving adolescents and youth.
The STA-A&YP primarily provides technical leadership and support to program staff in CARE Country Offices (COs) and CARE Member Partners (CMPs) implementing integrated programming serving adolescents and youth, with a focus on education and skills as a pathway. The STA-A&YP sets and champions the vision and plan for advancing this work in close collaboration with the Sr. Director, other Directors, and other colleagues across CARE. The STA-A&YP also supports knowledge, learning, and positioning by helping to identify and synthesize emerging trends and innovative work in adolescent and youth programming and by helping to share findings more broadly to promote learning. As such, the STA-A&YP will need to represent and position CARE’s A&YP work internally and externally, building solid working relationships with development partners and other stakeholders. The STA-A&YP also supports resource mobilization of adolescent & youth programming to generate additional funding for A&Y programs. Finally, the STA-A&YP is a part of the E&S team and is expected to participate in all key meetings and take on additional relevant tasks as/where needed.
The STA-A&YP must have strong experience in program design and implementation of adolescent and youth programming, with a focus on education and skills development. They must bring experience identifying and applying best practices in this area. They must have excellent interpersonal communication, facilitation, and analytical skills to work closely with project teams on specific deliverables and to design and carry out more strategic initiatives. They should also have experience in designing for resource development. The STA-A&YP can be based in the United States or another designated country approved by CARE USA. As part of a global team, the STA-A&YP must make themselves available to work with various teams around the world. A Master’s or advanced degree in Education, International Development, or a related field, excellent writing skills and proficiency in English, and a willingness to travel up to 30% of the time are required. The ability to speak Arabic, French, Portuguese, or Spanish or another language is required.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Technical Strategy
Champion CARE’s technical approaches to support adolescents and youth, incorporating them within CARE’s impact area strategies and its work in education, skills, and adolescent empowerment.
Set and achieve annual goals for integrated adolescent and youth programming.
Lead on advancing approaches that build holistic skills among young people, including skills for employment and entrepreneurship.
Lead CARE’s Adolescent and Youth Working Group with a clear agenda and work plan.
Technical Support and Capacity Strengthening on Adolescent & Youth Models
Provide technical leadership and support in applying approaches to meet adolescents’ and youth’s various needs.
Lead and/or support the completion of complex technical deliverables and reports.
Provide technical leadership and support to portfolios of projects, including accelerated education and leadership development.
Provide capacity strengthening support to other team members and project teams.
Knowledge Management, Learning, and External Positioning
Identify and incorporate best practices globally for integrated models for adolescent and youth programming.
Track, analyze, document, and share evidence and learning from CARE’s adolescent and youth programming.
Represent the team internally related to program quality and research.
Represent CARE in strategic external conferences and working groups.
Resource Mobilization
Support in the creation of the vision for growth and associated resource mobilization.
Identify and evaluate new opportunities for funding.
Serve as technical lead on relevant resource mobilization opportunities.
QUALIFICATIONS:
A Master’s or advanced degree in Education, International Development, or a related field.
Excellent verbal and writing skills in English.
At least 10+ years of professional experience in working with adolescents and youth.
A strong understanding of global approaches to meet the varying needs of adolescents and youth.
Experience moving a portfolio of projects forward.
Strong presentation, training, and facilitation skills.
Experience leading the design of integrated programs.
Familiarity with research/analytical skills.
Ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships.
Experience working in developing contexts.
Demonstrated ability to facilitate teamwork and mentor colleagues.
Computer proficiency.
Ability to speak Arabic, French, Portuguese, Spanish or another key language.
Ability to travel up to 30% of their time.
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US - Atlanta, GA
Other Possible Location:
Remote Work Location
Funding:
APPROVED
Expected Travel:
up to 30%
Language Requirement:
English, Spanish, French or Arabic
Employee Duration:
Full-Time
JOB SUMMARY:
CARE is committed to gender equality and empowerment of women and girls to end poverty. As such, CARE’s education, skills, and adolescent empowerment priorities are embedded in its poverty reduction and social justice efforts. CARE focuses on the most marginalized and hard to reach who have been left out of formal education. CARE’s priorities include developing academic abilities and life and leadership skills to help young people seize social and economic opportunities and be engaged members of society.
The Education and Skills Team (E&S) is a Unit within the Program Strategy and Innovation (PSI) Department. The Senior Technical Advisor-Adolescent & Youth Programming (STA-A&YP) is a key member and leader of the E&S team and reports directly to the Unit’s Senior Director. The STA-A&YP works closely with the Team’s other clusters: Research, Advocacy and Learning (RAAL), Technical Support (TS), and Operations (Ops). Given their role in technical leadership and support, they also have a dotted line to the Director of Technical Support. The STA-A&YP is also a strategic role within PSI to support the advancement of the Department’s and CARE’s integrated approaches to serving adolescents and youth.
The STA-A&YP primarily provides technical leadership and support to program staff in CARE Country Offices (COs) and CARE Member Partners (CMPs) implementing integrated programming serving adolescents and youth, with a focus on education and skills as a pathway. The STA-A&YP sets and champions the vision and plan for advancing this work in close collaboration with the Sr. Director, other Directors, and other colleagues across CARE. The STA-A&YP also supports knowledge, learning, and positioning by helping to identify and synthesize emerging trends and innovative work in adolescent and youth programming and by helping to share findings more broadly to promote learning. As such, the STA-A&YP will need to represent and position CARE’s A&YP work internally and externally, building solid working relationships with development partners and other stakeholders. The STA-A&YP also supports resource mobilization of adolescent & youth programming to generate additional funding for A&Y programs. Finally, the STA-A&YP is a part of the E&S team and is expected to participate in all key meetings and take on additional relevant tasks as/where needed.
The STA-A&YP must have strong experience in program design and implementation of adolescent and youth programming, with a focus on education and skills development. They must bring experience identifying and applying best practices in this area. They must have excellent interpersonal communication, facilitation, and analytical skills to work closely with project teams on specific deliverables and to design and carry out more strategic initiatives. They should also have experience in designing for resource development. The STA-A&YP can be based in the United States or another designated country approved by CARE USA. As part of a global team, the STA-A&YP must make themselves available to work with various teams around the world. A Master’s or advanced degree in Education, International Development, or a related field, excellent writing skills and proficiency in English, and a willingness to travel up to 30% of the time are required. The ability to speak Arabic, French, Portuguese, or Spanish or another language is required.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Technical Strategy
Champion CARE’s technical approaches to support adolescents and youth, incorporating them within CARE’s impact area strategies and its work in education, skills, and adolescent empowerment.
Set and achieve annual goals for integrated adolescent and youth programming.
Lead on advancing approaches that build holistic skills among young people, including skills for employment and entrepreneurship.
Lead CARE’s Adolescent and Youth Working Group with a clear agenda and work plan.
Technical Support and Capacity Strengthening on Adolescent & Youth Models
Provide technical leadership and support in applying approaches to meet adolescents’ and youth’s various needs.
Lead and/or support the completion of complex technical deliverables and reports.
Provide technical leadership and support to portfolios of projects, including accelerated education and leadership development.
Provide capacity strengthening support to other team members and project teams.
Knowledge Management, Learning, and External Positioning
Identify and incorporate best practices globally for integrated models for adolescent and youth programming.
Track, analyze, document, and share evidence and learning from CARE’s adolescent and youth programming.
Represent the team internally related to program quality and research.
Represent CARE in strategic external conferences and working groups.
Resource Mobilization
Support in the creation of the vision for growth and associated resource mobilization.
Identify and evaluate new opportunities for funding.
Serve as technical lead on relevant resource mobilization opportunities.
QUALIFICATIONS:
A Master’s or advanced degree in Education, International Development, or a related field.
Excellent verbal and writing skills in English.
At least 10+ years of professional experience in working with adolescents and youth.
A strong understanding of global approaches to meet the varying needs of adolescents and youth.
Experience moving a portfolio of projects forward.
Strong presentation, training, and facilitation skills.
Experience leading the design of integrated programs.
Familiarity with research/analytical skills.
Ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships.
Experience working in developing contexts.
Demonstrated ability to facilitate teamwork and mentor colleagues.
Computer proficiency.
Ability to speak Arabic, French, Portuguese, Spanish or another key language.
Ability to travel up to 30% of their time.
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