Program Officer

Location: Den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands

Hours a week: 38

The CARE Nederland is looking for an experienced Program Officer who can be a linchpin for our CASCADE consortium. You will ensure processes are in place to track progress, compliance and risk monitoring and will maintain productive relationships across international organizational teams.

Why CARE Nederland?

We are CARE Nederland, part of CARE, an international development organisation active in more than 100 countries worldwide. Originating from American food aid to Europe after the Second World War, we have been committed for 77 years to those who need it most.

CARE supports people in the most difficult places in the world in building a better life. We fight poverty by combating inequality. We do this by providing emergency aid, working on equal rights for women and making communities resilient to the effects of climate change and natural disasters by supporting them in building a sustainable livelihood. Our approach is characterised by customisation: in consultation with local partners and residents we determine what is needed and what works.

After all, it is only together that we can achieve sustainable results.

CASCADE AT A GLANCE

CATalYZing Strengthened policy aCtion for he Althy Diets and resilienc

E (CASCADE) is a consortium including CARE Netherlands, CARE USA, and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) with the goal to improve food security and reduce malnutrition of at least 5 million women of reproductive age and children in Benin, Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Mozambique. CASCADE does this through the lens of food systems with a focus on improving the implementation of nutrition-related policies by galvanizing government, businesses, and communities to increase access to and consumption of healthy diets and to increase households’ resilience to economic and climate change-related shocks.

The Program Officer supports the overall operations of the CASCADE consortium, including ensuring appropriate systems and processes for grants and contract management, compliance, risk monitoring and management appropriate for a large, complex, multi-country program. This position has a specific focus on Benin, Ethiopia, and Uganda.

Project and grant management

• Lead the Consortium Operations Working Group bringing together grants management and finance counterparts from partners CARE USA and GAIN;
• Lead the annual planning, reporting, and review processes across the 6 countries together with the CNL Program Officer and GAIN Program Lead, including revising and/or drafting components of reports;
• Keep an overview of the status of implementation and key processes and deliverables for assigned countries and support onboarding of new staff. Collaborate closely with other PMU members and technical advisors across functional areas (e.g. MEAL, advocacy, finance, etc.);
• Together with the GAIN Program Lead and CNL Program Officer, keep closely informed of internal and external developments in each country and identify any significant change, opportunity, or risk that may require action or affect CASCADE’s plans;
• Facilitate relationships with key external and internal stakeholders with regards to CASCADE, including the country-based CASCADE staff and the Netherlands Embassies.

Compliance and risk management

• Ensure consistent support for country office and partner contracting and provide clear guidance and communication on donor requirements and compliance, working closely with the CARE NL Program Officer, Financial Controller, and Consortium Coordinator;
• Lead on developing systems and mechanisms for documentation and monitoring of key operations indicators within CNL and within the CASCADE consortium to support compliance and risk management;
• Support country teams in the operational aspects of adaptive management and problem-solving. Engage the appropriate technical advisors, PMU members, and/or Consortium Coordinator to support where required.

CARE NL linking and learning

• Keep the relevant CARE NL portfolio manager regularly informed and coordinate around any issues relevant to the country office…