CARE Canada is looking for an Emergency Response Specialist – Women Lead in Emergencies

ABOUT THE ROLE / WHAT THE ROLE OFFERS

CARE’s experience has shown that capacity is often stretched beyond its limits by humanitarian disasters and conflict, and that experienced surge staff are needed to provide program, operational and strategic support to ensure a timely, quality, and effective response. In support of CARE’s Humanitarian Impact Area Strategy, the organization has invested in a standing Rapid Response Team whose members spend around 50% of their time deployed overseas or remotely to support emergency response operations in Country Offices (COs). The Rapid Response Team (RRT) is a group of full-time deployable senior humanitarian response experts, able to deploy anywhere in the world to reinforce CARE offices and ensure a timely start up or scale-up of emergency operations in response to a variety of crises.

Women and Girls’ Voice and Leadership is at the centre of CARE International’s 2030 Global Strategy as part of our global Gender Equality Impact Area. By 2030, CARE aims to increase the voice and leadership of 11 million women and girls in decisions that affect their lives, through both standalone women’s voice and leadership programming and its integration in programming in all six of CARE’s Impact Areas: Climate Justice, Gender Equality, Humanitarian Action, Right to Health, Right to Food, Nutrition and Water, and Women’s Economic Justice.

Women Lead in Emergencies is a proven CARE gender-transformative programming model for working with women in crisis-affected communities to increase their meaningful participation in humanitarian action, including preparedness, response, and early recovery in acute, protracted, and cyclical crises. Women Lead in Emergencies addresses an important gap in the humanitarian sector. It provides frontline humanitarians with a practical and flexible programming model and toolkit for working with women’s community-based groups to overcome barriers to their voice, participation and leadership so that they can take the lead in addressing the problems that are most important to them and their communities. Following piloting of WLiE between 2018-2021 and an independent evaluation (Dietrich, 2022), CARE is now rolling out the WLiE approach with CARE members and country offices in our humanitarian and nexus programming.

The Women Lead in Emergencies (WLiE) Specialist on the Rapid Response Team (RRT) plays a crucial role in providing responsive and high-quality technical and programming services for CARE staff and partners. The role requires an experienced technical advisor with expertise in both gender equality and inclusive governance. They will have practical experience of working in humanitarian and crisis-affected settings, including programming with communities and women-led organisations. They will be committed to becoming a specialist in the WLiE model (if not already) and be able to work flexibly with project teams and community-based women’s groups in diverse contexts to adapt the approach to their needs.

WHAT YOU OFFER / ABOUT YOU

• More than 5 years practical experience of technical assistance to gender and governance programming in conflict and crisis-affected settings (e.g., women or youth participation/leadership programming, gender-responsive accountability to affected populations).
• At least 3 years hands-on experience working in the field with country teams in humanitarian contexts.
• Good understanding of international humanitarian aid and coordination systems, standards and policies.
• Good understanding of contemporary gender and governance frameworks and debates in humanitarian and nexus settings.
• Highly developed analytical and communication (oral and written) skills, including presentation and ability to summarise complex issues in plain English.
• Experience of working in partnership with women’s rights/led organisations/collectives.
• Excellent inter-personal and relationship building skills, including collaboration with people of different backgrounds and cultures, including the ability to network and establish collaboration with partners, local agencies, and international networks.
• A strong commitment to and understanding of CARE International’s mission and values, including women’s rights, gender equality and social justice.
• Demonstrated skills in feminist participatory techniques, community mobilization and facilitation, gender, and power analysis, planning and training.
• A strong commitment to and understanding of safeguarding and do-no-harm principles and standards in humanitarian programming.
• Ability to lead, motivate and influence people at all levels including senior management.
• Ability to build staff capacities, coach staff and facilitate workshops/training.
• Ability to work independently and to manage time and resources efficiency.
• Fluency in English (written and verbal).
• Ability and willingness to undertake frequent travel; ability to deploy at short notice for up to 12 weeks to high and extreme risk locations.
• Experience and capacity to work in harsh conditions and insecure environments.
• Master’s degree/or other post-graduate qualification in a relevant subject e.g. Gender, Humanitarian Action, Conflict Women, Peace and Security, , Human Rights, Politics, etc.

WHAT WOULD MAKE YOU EXTRAORDINARY

• Ability to work in one other of the CARE confederation working languages (Arabic, French, Spanish).
• Experience of using the WLiE methodology is not required but is considered an asset.
• Specialised training in humanitarian/emergency response.
• CARE training in WLiE

REQUIREMENTS

Promote and maintain an organizational culture that advances gender equality, reduces power abuse and inequalities, and fosters trust and safety.

Create an environment within CARE’s workplaces, programming, and communities where CARE works that is free from sexual harassment, sexual abuse and sexual exploitation and child abuse (SHEA-CA).

Ensure high standards of prevention and response measures for SHEA-CA are in place consistent with the CARE International (CI) Safeguarding Policy and Safeguarding Code of Conduct.

WHAT WE OFFER / ABOUT CARE

• Starting salary range between CAD$88,000 – $95,000.
• Comprehensive benefits package and confidential employee assistance program services available to you and your dependents from your first day of employment
• 3 weeks of annual leave (increases to 4 weeks from 2nd year of employment)
• In addition to annual leave, we offer a December 24-January 1 office closure so we can all recharge simultaneously
• Inclusive holiday policy
• Paid sick leave
• Parental leave top-up
• Employer contributions to group pension plan after first year of employment
• Optional participation in group RRSP (eligible from first day of employment)
• International and domestic travel opportunities
• Annual all-staff retreat in Ottawa
• Learning and development opportunities and specialized training
• Flexible work hours to support employee wellbeing and productivity
• A focus on wellness and work-life balance
• Amazing colleagues who are very committed to CARE’s mission

If you are someone who thrives on challenge, loves to be part of a dynamic team and you are passionate about making a difference, then this opportunity is for you! Don’t think you check all the boxes? Reach out anyway – we would love to hear how your experience translates to this role! Please apply directly at https://bit.ly/4cwsucO by September 2, 2024. Please note resumes will be reviewed on an ongoing basis and the advertisement will be removed once a candidate has been identified.