Job Summary:

The Consortium Coordinator provides overall leadership for the Program Management Unit (PMU) that coordinates a multi‑partner, donor‑funded consortium in Yemen. Accountable for consortium governance, partner performance, integrated work‑planning, budget oversight, donor compliance, risk and safeguarding, and timely, high‑quality reporting and learning. Ensures coherent delivery across partners and alignment with CARE policies, the country strategy, and relevant coordination fora.

Position: Consortium Coordinator
Location: Aden

Responsibilities

Consortium leadership, governance, & partner performance 

• Serve as secretariat for consortium governance and technical fora; maintain ToR, decision logs, and risk registers.
• Lead integrated annual/quarterly work‑planning across partners; align scopes and geographic targets.
• Manage partner performance against agreed deliverables, quality standards, and compliance requirements; resolve implementation bottlenecks and access issues.
• Embed conflict‑sensitivity, Accountability to Affected People (AAP), safeguarding/PSEAH, and Do No Harm in plans and decisions.
• Grants management, compliance & reporting
• Oversee consolidated narrative and financial reporting per the IPIA schedules and CARE policies.
• Monitor expenditure, burn rates, and variances; coordinate procurement/asset compliance and documentation with Finance and Supply Chain.
• Prepare modification packages and ensure audit readiness in collaboration with CMP/CARE Members; maintain an issue tracker with corrective actions.

Technical coordination & quality assurance 

• Facilitate agreement on technical standards, SoPs, and cross‑partner ways of working across relevant sectors.
• Ensure cross‑cutting themes (gender, protection, disability inclusion) are mainstreamed in plans, budgets, and implementation.
• Coordinate partner capacity‑strengthening plans and follow up on quality‑assurance findings from field monitoring.
• MEAL, learning, communications & representation
• With MEAL leads, align indicators, data‑sharing protocols, and data‑quality standards; validate periodic results.
• Produce or curate learning briefs and after‑action reviews; promote uptake across partners.
• Coordinate visibility and communications in line with donor rules; represent the consortium in relevant coordination fora.

Safeguarding

• CARE has a zero-tolerance approach to all forms of abuse. All reports of safeguarding, physical and emotional abuse, neglect, and child abuse, as well as any other type of abuse or misconduct within CARE, are taken seriously. CARE will only hire and retain Employees and Related Personnel who align with our vision, mission, and values. Prior to any employment offer, we shall undertake reference checks with former employers regarding misconduct that applied to this policy.
• CARE undertakes comprehensive measures to ensure the well-being and dignity of everyone we work with, including our employees, partners, and the community we serve.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s in Humanitarian/Development Studies, Public Health, DRR/Climate, or related field; or equivalent combination of education and work experience. 
• Master’s in relevant discipline; PM certification (PMD Pro/PMI/Prince2) is desired
• 5–7+ years managing multi‑partner programs in fragile/conflict settings, including 2+ years in consortium leadership.
• Demonstrated ECHO portfolio management (strategy, reporting, compliance, audits, visibility), grants & budget oversight (~€2–5M+).
• DRR/anticipatory action and/or public health emergency programming; strong understanding of EWS and government/cluster systems.
• Partner performance management, sub‑award compliance, and risk management (safeguarding/PSEAH, fraud, sanctions/export controls).
• Excellent coordination, negotiation, and problem‑solving; fluent professional English and Arabic 
• Experience with REACH/IMPACT‑style assessments, data governance, and learning uptake; extensive experience with Yemen operating context.
• 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).