CARE - Chief of Party Introduction : - CARE is a not-for-profit organization working in India for over 68 years, focusing on alleviating poverty and social injustice. Their inception in India goes back to 1946 and formally arrived in the country in 1950. Their overall goal is the empowerment of women and girls from poor and marginalised communities leading to improvement in their lives and livelihoods. - They also focus on generating and sharing knowledge with diverse stakeholders to influence sustainable impact at scale. They are part of the CARE International Confederation working in over 90 countries for a world where all people live with dignity and security. They focus on the following thematic areas - health, education, livelihoods, disaster preparedness and response, gender transformative change, inclusive governance and building resilience. - For more information, please visit - https://www.careindia.org/ CARE's work in India : - During FY 2017-18, CARE India directly reached out to 24.1 million people directly through 38 projects across 14 states, covering more than 90 districts. Vision : - To seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live in dignity and security. Mission : - To help alleviate poverty and social exclusion by facilitating empowerment of women and girls from poor and marginalised communities Project Background : - The Gujarat Nutrition Programme is an ambitious project funded by The Power of Nutrition (TPON), an independent charitable foundation with matching funds from implementing partners - CARE and Action Against Hunger. The project aims to contribute to reductions in children's stunting and severe wasting by improving health, nutrition and hygiene among pregnant and lactating women and children under 6 years in Bhavnagar and Sabarkantha districts of Gujarat. - The programme will work with the GoI and the GoG over a five-year period to activate and strengthen its nutrition systems and services. The programme will work in depth in two high-burden districts of Gujarat - Bhavnagar and Sabarkantha. These districts have high stunting rates, low coverage of quality nutrition services, and limited knowledge of good nutrition behaviours within their communities. - The programme will sustain improvements in nutrition through strengthening the capacity of system and human resources of state and local level governments. In addition, the programme will work with Unilever to deliver hygiene and nutrition messages targeted at pregnant women and mothers of young children through its innovative mobile messaging programme; Mobile Doctarni. Reason for hire : - CARE is looking to recruit a dynamic individual as the Chief of Party for the Gujarat Nutrition Programme funded by The Power of Nutrition (TPON). This is a new position and the Chief of Party will lead the project and will be responsible for ensuring transparent relationship with the consortium members. - S/he will work under overall guidance of steering committee. S/he will be responsible for building and maintaining relationships with relevant stakeholders in Government of Gujarat. This is a full time position and will be based in Ahmadabad. Roles & Responsibilities : Governance and Project oversight : - To provide overall leadership and strategic direction to the Gujarat Nutrition Project. - S/he will be responsible for consortium management, governance and coordination with all stakeholders. - CoP will be responsible to manage the interventions and strategically map-out a program schedule and develop work systems and processes that effectively drive productivity - S/he would lead the process of finalization of project plan working closely/in consultation with the teams of CARE and AAH under guidance of Project steering committee - S/ he will be accountable for all aspects of planning, project design, and implementation, monitoring, budgeting, and reporting of the project. - S/he should conduct field visits to oversee project activities, provide supportive leadership to the staff and liaise with key counterparts. - Ensuring documentation of project activities and lessons learned timely submission of various progress reports and financial reports. Recruitment and Capacity Development : - S/he will be responsible for selecting suitable project staff at state and district level and building their capacities for achieving sustainable program impact - Ensure participatory analysis of capacity building needs of staff and provision of needed technical assistance, training activities and cross visits Monitoring and Evaluation : - Be responsible for ensuring baseline, midline and annual surveys and concurrent monitoring - Ensure that project related data are used by relevant internal and external stakeholders for assessing quality and project progress - Use data analysis to regularly monitor the program progress and facilitate action by systems. Liaison and Stakeholder management : - Be responsible to represent the consortium effectively and maintain productive, collaborative and collegial relationships with all stakeholders including donors and government. - Liaison with the state/ district level officials to facilitate engagement of ICDS/NRHM and other Governance systems to facilitate implementation of project interventions. - Facilitate planning and review processes through the ICDS and NHM system, analyze and use program data to guide implementation through the systems Competencies & soft skills : Skills & Competencies : - Excellent abilities to engage with multiple stakeholders, specifically government agencies, other non-profit organizations through leadership and innovation. - Excellent skills in building stakeholder relationships with the Government, donors, NGO's and private sector. - Excellent problem solving and analytical skills - Mature and diplomatic along with excellent representational skills in both national and international forums and demonstrated experience in navigating complex political and policy issues Leadership& People management : - An astute inspirational leader with high integrity and having strong project management and influencing skills and always places mission before self - Ability to handle uncertainty and ambiguity - High adaptability and learning agility with willingness to engage deeply in change processes - Excellent team-building skills and orientation to manage and develop high quality talent. - Should be able to guide the team members to effectively measure and manage project-based outcomes and milestones. Skills in Strategic Planning & Implementation : - The incumbent should be able to lead the continuous development of the program's strategies and policies, ensuring alignment with all stakeholders - A results-oriented person with the ability to manage and measure program outcomes and milestones - Have strong network and relationship in the development space with good knowledge of the issues, challenges and innovative approaches. Must Haves : - Post-graduation with minimum 15 years of post-qualification experience in areas of public health and nutrition, with at least 5 years of leadership experience. Preferable : - Has successfully managed and implemented very large multi-stakeholder, scalable programme/ business with proven measurable results. Experience of managing large consortium projects in the past will be an advantage. - Has substantial experience in large scale nutrition project

Ahmedabad

Gujarat

Chief Of Party - Gujarat Nutrition Programme - NGO 

Chief Of Party - Gujarat Nutrition Programme - NGO  ,Job Description for Chief Of Party - Gujarat Nutrition Programme - NGO  in Third Sector Partners in  Ahmedabad Gujarat for (15-25) years of experience. Apply Now!

Job Description for Chief Of Party - Gujarat Nutrition Programme - NGO  in Third Sector Partners in  Ahmedabad Gujarat for (15-25) years of experience. Apply Now!