Pacific COVID-19 Project and Programme Quality Coordinator

Timeframe : April 19th to December 31st 2021
Location : Pacific region, home-based

CARE is a leading international humanitarian aid organization fighting global poverty, with a special focus on working with women and girls to bring lasting change to their communities.

Key Responsibilities

Oversee coordination of the COVID-19 grants in the Pacific in Tuvalu, Kiribati, Tonga and Samoa;

• Lead partner engagement for the COVID-19 projects supporting partners to implement activities in accordance with agreed work-plans;
• Oversee project close-up and exit of the COVID-19 projects, working with CitP and partners to ensure that project requirements are understood and met;
• Provide operational support to partners as needed to ensure that COVID-19 work-plans are implemented as agreed;
• Support admin and reporting related to COVID-19 projects in Fiji and the Solomon Islands as needed.

Oversee programme quality and MEAL of the COVID-19 grants in the Pacific in Tuvalu, Kiribati, Tonga and Samoa;

• Work with partners to ensure that project MEL frameworks are understood and data is being collected and shared each month;

• Oversee and coordinate an evaluation of COVID-19 projects, including working with the consultant/s, CitP staff and partners to meaningfully engage with the evaluation;

• upport information management across the grants, including sharing resources and other information with partners and CitP regarding COVID-19 in the Pacific region; and

• Support programme quality and M&E requirements of COVID-19 projects in Fiji and the Solomon Islands as needed.

Ideally you will have:

• At least 8 years’ experience working in the humanitarian sector and/or international development in the Pacific region;
• Demonstrated experience supporting coordination or management of humanitarian grants from major donors, experience with OFDA/BHA and DFAT preferable;
• Demonstrated experience supporting programme quality and monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning of humanitarian or development programming, experience supporting project evaluations and reviews preferable;
• Demonstrated experience working alongside local civil-society organisations in the Pacific to support humanitarian and development programming and programme quality or MEAL;
• Very strong communication skills in cross-cultural environments, including the ability to speak and write effectively in English, with demonstrated experience preparing high quality reports for donors;
• Strong time management skills with the ability to work with limited supervision and remotely, and a consultative approach that is open to feedback;
• A Bachelor’s Degree in international development, social science or a related field, or equivalent experience; and
• An understanding of CARE’s vision, mission and values, and a commitment to uphold the CARE Australia Child Protection Code of Conduct and Preventing Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Abuse policy for the duration of the assignment.