Job Description
At CARE, we seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live with dignity and security.
This has been our vision since 1945 when we were founded to send lifesaving CARE Packages® to survivors of World War II. Today, CARE is a global leader in the movement to eradicate poverty. In 2015, CARE worked in 95 countries and reached 65 million people with an incredible range of life-saving programs. We also put women and girls at the center of our work because we know that we cannot overcome poverty until all people have equal rights and opportunities. We seek dynamic, innovative thinkers to further our mission. If you share our core beliefs: poverty is an injustice; poverty is solvable; and together, we have the power to end it, join us.
CARE is seeking a Business Development and Communications Officer who will initiate the design and/or conduct a final review of all proposals and concept notes prior to submitting to donors. S/he will coordinate, encourage and facilitate the documentation of promising practices and lessons learned. The Officer will also facilitate communication flows to ensure that CARE decision-makers and key external stakeholders receive the timely and credible information they need in a format that is adapted to the target audience.
Responsibilities:
Business Development
- Present funding ideas and concepts to appropriate stakeholders and donors
- Review assessments and baseline studies to gather and prepare background information and data for the design of programs and projects
- Ensure that information is provided in a timely fashion and relevant staff are involved in the proposal development process
- Serve as proposal manager as assigned or support designated proposal manager, ensuring support/engagement of relevant staff
External Engagement
- Participate in coordination meetings with donors, stakeholders, INGOs, local organizations, and high-level government officials when and as requested.
- Coordinate CARE’s participation in key donor and coordination meetings.
- Maintain CARE’s master list of stakeholder contact information and update regularly.
Communications
- Disseminate a steady flow of information (updates, human interest stories, talking points and Q&As, blogs etc) to the CARE International (CI) Communications Officers for internal and external dissemination as per the CI Emergency Media Management Checklist.
- Write human interest stories and regularly provide/take high-resolution, good quality digital images/photos and videos of CARE’s work.
- Support the communication and dissemination of research outputs from programs, and provide editing support and identify formats and methodologies appropriate to effective sharing of findings.
- Monitor print and electronic media for mentions of CARE and other topics of interest to the organization, and inform the Country Director.
Qualifications
- Bachelor Degree, Master’s preferred of Social Sciences or equivalent;
- A minimum of 3 to 5 years’ experience working with an NGO or UN agency or equivalent, is preferred;
- Good experience in business development or project design and reporting;
- Expertise in representation and negotiation with governments and donors;
- Good level of humanitarian aid experience, preferably in the context of a disease outbreak;
- Must be able to relate and represent CARE to major program partners, in a highly professional manner;
- Able to communicate clearly and sensitively with internal and external stakeholders as a representative of CARE;
- Gender awareness and cultural sensitivity;
- Ability to work independently and as a team player;
- Good level management and problem-solving skills;
- Strong understanding of print, radio, television and online media;
- Experience working in journalism, communications, media, or PR;
- Well-developed written and oral communication skills;
- Computer knowledge including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint;
- Fluent written and spoken English.
About the Organization
CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. We place special focus on working alongside poor women because, equipped with the proper resources, women have the power to help whole families and entire communities escape poverty. Women are at the heart of CARE's community-based efforts to improve basic education, prevent the spread of disease, increase access to clean water and sanitation, expand economic opportunity and protect natural resources. CARE also delivers emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters, and helps people rebuild their lives.
Our diversity is our strength; we encourage people from all backgrounds and experiences, particularly women, to apply.
CARE USA is an equal opportunity employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If you’d like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please click here.
The closing date for this posting, if listed, is approximate. Job postings may be removed from CARE's career website at any time.
