CARE International works around the globe to save lives, defeat poverty, and achieve social justice. We seek a world of hope, tolerance, and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and all people live with dignity and security. We put women and girls at the center because we know that we cannot overcome poverty until all people have equal rights and opportunities.

CARE Zambia has been awarded funding by the European Union (EU) to implement the EU Equal Chances for Human Development Programme (EU EC4HD) alongside UNICEF and Marie Stopes Zambia. The component delivered by CARE focuses on education and alternative pathways for girls‘ empowerment and retention, and will be implemented in partnership with the Forum for African Women Educationalists in Zambia (FAWEZA) and the Children Sentinel Trust Zambia (CSTZ) in Luapula Province (Chiengi, Kawambwa, Mwansabombwe, Chifunabuli and Nchelenge districts) and North-Western Province (Zambezi, Mwinilunga, Mushindamo, Mufumbwe and Kabompo districts)

Project Summary

CARE Zambia’s component on the EU-EC4HD combines an intensive, high-quality school re-entry and life-skills program established for adolescent girls, including young mothers, through accelerated learning for integration into formal school, and promotion of vocational pathways for life-skills through TEVET institutions. This will be achieved by ensuring communities and adolescents are supported to create a safe and supportive environment for the development of adolescent girls and young mothers (through economic empowerment interventions, and addressing negative social norms), by enhancing delivery of social protection services for adolescent girls (through appropriate social accountability approaches) in coordination with ministries, education institutions, private sector and communities. The project is also seeking to facilitate institutionalization of project models within the Ministry of Education (MoE), and other relevant ministries and communities

CARE Zambia, an International Non-Governmental relief and development organization with various projects in Eastern, Muchinga, Luapula, Lusaka, Northern, and Southern provinces of Zambia, has the following two (2) vacancies in Mansa and Solwezi.

Job Title:                           Development Coordinator - Education & Livelihood (2 Positions)

Reports to:                        Program Manager – Education and Empowerment

Type of Contract:              Fixed Term

Direct Reports:                 Program Support Assistant-Administration &Driving

Job Summary:

This position is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the CARE component of the EU EC4HD program across the province, encompassing all five districts.

The incumbent will work closely with primary partners and provide coordination to staff and other stakeholders to ensure compliance with project goals and standards. A key part of the role involves building, strengthening, and maintaining strong partnerships and trust with stakeholders - implementing partners, local authorities, and communities within the designated districts.

They will also be responsible for monitoring and validating project activities, ensuring the delivery of effective and timely services to project participants. This includes offering responsive support to project implementation and providing regular feedback to relevant stakeholders.

The ideal candidates will possess strong skills in delivering results through high-quality programming, proactively identifying opportunities for synergy, and fostering strategic partnerships that yield mutual benefits

Key Responsibilities and Deliverables

Coordination and engagement (40%)

1.     Establishes and maintains constructive business relationships with stakeholders including cross-functional links in CARE Zambia, counterparts in other NGO’s and government, and with affected communities; sets up and manages the information channels and tools essential to keeping stakeholders “in the loop” in a timely, efficient and consequential way.

2.     Provide coordination of CARE’s implementing partners; providing a technical oversight on the partners implementation processes

3.     Coordinates the development of interim reports (project/donor/management reports) of high quality, ensuring that they are on time, written analytically, and use of credible data,

Planning and facilitation (30%

4.     Coordinate strategic field-level engagements for the EU EC4HD Program by applying best practices in methodologies, techniques, tools, and technologies.

5.     Plans, designs and implements project deliverables in accordance with CARE’s operational plans, as well as project approaches and standards.

6.     Collaborate with the Implementing Partner to develop and review costed work plans and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) frameworks

7.     Represent CARE in all stakeholder meetings at field office level

Program Quality and Compliance (20%)

8.     Work with the Program Quality unit (MEAL, Gender and Safeguarding) to oversee implementation of field level program quality processes and ensure timely data collection, data security, data analysis and data reporting at all levels.

9.     Ensure compliance of Implementing Partners and all stakeholders to CARE and donor policies, criteria and procedures with respect to project implementation.

10.  Document and share lessons learnt from activity implementation through human interest stories, CARE Facebook, Quarterly/Semi-Annual/Annual progress reports and through Project meetings in line with CARE Knowledge Management and learning guidelines.

11.  Conduct project site visits to provide relevant, clear, high-quality, and timely onsite technical support and mentoring.

12.  Implement CARE’s delegated activities on the work plan

Cross-cutting assignments (10%)

13.  Within the scope of the Strategic Program Area, participate in CARE’s Emergency Preparedness and Response activities to respond to humanitarian needs, and ensure enforcement of all CARE minimum standards, wherever and whenever applicable.

14.  Ensure compliance to CARE safety and security minimum standards at the field office and its affiliates.

15.  Any other tasks that may be assigned by the Supervisor Perform.

Qualifications and Experience

§  Degree in Education or any Social Science (Sociology, Development Studies, Social Work etc) or any other related studies

§  At least 3 years’ experience in project management work with an NGO or Government project/program

§  Ability to proactively manage relationships with government, implementing partners, local authorities (traditional, community, and administrative), adolescents, children, and target communities.

§  Self-directed and produces quality results with minimal supervision and/or support. Proactive and innovative.

§  Demonstrable experience in implementing key CARE approaches such as village savings and loan associations, social analysis and action, and community score cards in development settings.

§  Fluency in both oral and written communication skills in English is mandatory, with additional fluency in local languages of the target communities.

§  Demonstrates skills and experience in partnership development, private sector engagement TEVET systems, and general education pathways and systems

§  Is resilient and able to thrive in a matrix structure and handle ambiguity with positivity.

§  Invests in self-development, willing to learn, and continuously improves.

Contacts/Key Relationships 

§  This role is expected to establish and maintain open, professional, and cordial relations with the CARE Member Partners (CMPs), Country Office team, CARE Regional team, and external stakeholders. These include and not limited to.

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