CARE International in Yemen

CARE seeks a Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) for the anticipated USAID-funded ‘USAID My Education (Taleemi) Activity’ in the Republic of Yemen Government Controlled Areas of Yemen, which will improve access to and quality of non-formal education in the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) controlled areas of Yemen.

Position: Deputy Chief Of Party, Yemen
Location: Aden

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with the COP to provide overall leadership and technical direction to the project. Serve as acting COP in their absence. 
• Contribute to the development and implementation of project work plans, ensuring alignment with project goals and objectives.
• Provide technical expertise in education and ensure that project activities adhere to industry best practices and standards.
• Oversee budget planning, monitoring, and reporting to ensure that project activities are executed within approved budgets.
• Supervise and mentor project staff, fostering a collaborative and high-performing team environment.
• Build and manage relationships with U.S. Government and host country counterparts, other donors, local NGOs, and the private sector. Serve as the primary liaison among all project stakeholders.
• Ensure high quality coordination of integrated program components with partners and field-based teams.
• Work closely with the M&E team to establish and implement a comprehensive M&E framework for tracking project progress and outcomes.
• Prepare and submit timely and accurate reports to USAID, highlighting project achievements, challenges, and recommendations.
• Ensure that project activities align with the rules and regulations of USAID, the host country, and CARE's policies and procedures.

Job Requirements

• Master’s degree or equivalent in social science, education, development studies, business administration or other related fields.
• 8-10 years of relevant senior experience in international development as Deputy Chief of Party, or in a senior management role on large humanitarian or development projects and experience with managerial, supervisory, team leadership, or directive roles/authorities.
• Experience managing USAID cooperative agreements and/or contracts.
• Experience working in Yemen and/or the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region highly preferred.
• Experience managing staffing and operations for complex programs in non-permissive environments.
• Technical experience and understanding of education systems, non-formal education, youth development, skills training, and capacity building. Experience preparing local organizations to implement donor-funded projects.
• Experience recruiting, developing, and managing staff and teams.
• Demonstrated skills building and maintaining relationships with host governments, donors, other donor-funded projects and stakeholders, local organizations, and partners. 
• Fluency in English required (spoken and written), knowledge of or professional fluency in Arabic highly preferred.
• Strong oral and written communication skills; excellent demonstrated inter-cultural, interpersonal, and negotiation skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to PSHEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Harassment, and Abuse).
• Demonstrated commitment to principles of Diversity, Equity, Belonging and Inclusion (DEBI).
• Strong experience overseeing M&E systems for USAID projects including Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) principles and approaches preferred.
• Ability to travel within the country as required and as security conditions allow.  
• Comply with all relevant CARE policies and procedures with respect to child protection, workplace environment, employee code of conduct and all other related subjects.

Important Note:

Please do not apply unless you meet minimum application requirements, otherwise, you will not be considered. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. The only way to apply for a position with CARE is through the application system link that starts with careyemis.org/Apply that is shared in the advert of YemenHR.com or the formal newspaper. Furthermore, any recruitment or hiring correspondences would be through CARE official email addresses as in this example: firstname.lastname@care.org 

No Fee:

• CARE DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING).