SR. ADVISOR, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND RESILIENCE

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY

Duration: 3.5 years | Donor: FCDO

CARE Yemen is seeking an innovative and visionary leader to serve as Sr. Advisor, Economic Empowerment and Resilience, managing the Building Resilience through Integrated community-based and Humanitarian systems Transformation and Leadership in Yemen (BRIGHTLY) Program.

BRIGHTLY is a 3.5-year FCDO-funded initiative designed to deliver lifesaving humanitarian assistance while strengthening Yemen’s social protection systems and enabling people to transition toward economic self-reliance. As the lead agency, CARE International heads a consortium of respected partners: the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Oxfam, Save the Children, and the Yemen Family Care Association, a Yemeni national NGO. Together, we are committed to expanding opportunities, strengthening local economies, reducing humanitarian needs, and investing in lasting solutions for the Yemeni people. About the Role

As Sr. Advisor, Economic Empowerment and Resilience, you will:

• Lead CARE’s role in the BRIGHTLY consortium, driving the program’s contribution to social safety nets and cash+ humanitarian responses in Yemen.
• Consolidate and elevate BRIGHTLY’s learning and impact internally across the consortium and externally with donors, government, and humanitarian stakeholders.
• Guide and strengthen BRIGHTLY’s economic empowerment and resilience approaches, ensuring coherence, innovation, and consistency across all partners.
• Advocate for a dignified humanitarian response that empowers people to achieve independence and resilience.
• Foster knowledge sharing, evidence generation, and advocacy, positioning BRIGHTLY as a model for effective humanitarian-to-development transition.
• You will work closely with the Program Management Unit (PMU) hosted by CARE in Yemen, consortium partners, other international and national organizations, and government actors engaged in social safety net programming and humanitarian response. This role is based in Yemen, with regular travel for partner and stakeholder engagement.

Key Responsibilities Program Quality, Strengthening, and Impact

• Establish mechanisms for program strengthening and innovation across the consortium.
• Consolidate core approaches and ensure best practices and consistency in BRIGHTLY implementation.
• Provide technical guidance on graduation-transition models, VSLA/VSLAiE, digital innovations, and crisis modifiers.
• Share global best practices and adapt lessons from other consortia and humanitarian programs to enhance BRIGHTLY’s impact.
• Leverage proven humanitarian approaches within Yemen to improve program outcomes.

Driving Learning and Evidence Generation

• Lead MEAL and program teams to implement the learning agenda, generating evidence on what works to support transition and graduation approaches in Yemen.
• Oversee production of learning, evidence, and policy products, tailored for external influence and advocacy.
• Guide operational research to ensure continuous improvement and innovation within the program.
• Develop and implement dissemination strategies for knowledge products, ensuring broad reach and impact.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing and collaboration with humanitarian actors and stakeholders to improve social safety net, cash+, and early recovery programming.

External Representation, Donor Relations, and Advocacy

• Represent BRIGHTLY with UN agencies, donors, government bodies, and humanitarian stakeholders.
• Lead collaboration with other consortia and government partners to strengthen social safety net systems and graduation models for Yemen.
• Build alliances and partnerships with existing and potential donors aligned with BRIGHTLY’s vision of long-term transition and resilience.
• Develop and deliver BRIGHTLY’s strategic communications and advocacy plan, showcasing the consortium’s added value.
• Engage regularly with donors, working with the Consortium Coordinator, lead agency, and Steering Committee to position BRIGHTLY as a pioneering model in Yemen’s humanitarian response.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in international relations, international development, political science, economic development, or relevant field; or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Minimum 10 years of humanitarian experience with a minimum 5 years of senior level leadership in humanitarian or international development programming.
• Global experience and technical background in resilience, early recovery, graduation models or HDP nexus programming in protracted crisis contexts.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to connect programming to policy and wider systems.
• Experience leading or working with consortia or multi-organization partnerships.
• Understanding of the humanitarian sector architecture and cluster systems.
• Proven success in fostering partnerships and relationships with humanitarian donors, INGOs, local organizations and other stakeholders.
• Excellent skills in facilitating collaboration and teamwork around a common vision.
• Strong ability to influence and communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Experience producing learning and policy products for strategic influencing.
• Highly fluent in oral and written English.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in relevant field.
• Experience working in Yemen, or a humanitarian response in other protracted conflict contexts.

About the Organization

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CARE is an Equal Opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, disability, marital status, or veteran status, or any other characteristics protected under applicable law.

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