Job Description

Since 1945, CARE has delivered innovative, people-centered solutions in response to the world's crises. After World War II, excess food for troops became the original CARE Package®-- an outpouring of American generosity for war-torn Europe. Out of that grew a global movement, and today, CARE's work fills critical gaps for families living in or on the cusp of poverty in the U.S and 120 countries.

CARE has been a global humanitarian leader for 80 years, responding to every major emergency—including those in the United States since 2020. As domestic needs grow, CARE is expanding its U.S. Programs to support low-income women and families during times of crisis. The Director of Emergencies, U.S. Programs, reporting to the AVP of U.S. Programs, will be instrumental in driving this expansion. This strategic leader will bring deep technical expertise, shape innovative partnerships, and lead program strategy and fundraising efforts. They will champion a bold and holistic approach to emergency response, while advancing CARE's learning agenda and thought leadership across the U.S. humanitarian landscape.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Emergency Program Strategy and Design

• Building on expert knowledge of U.S. Emergency systems and CARE's global areas of expertise, define CARE's U.S. Emergency Program strategy, niche, and gaps that CARE can fill to meet the needs of low-income women and families, and establish ambitious yet achievable impact and growth performance indicators.
• Serve as a technical leader in collaboratively designing programs and implementation models in the areas of disaster preparedness, response, and recovery, particularly as it relates to protection, cash assistance, supply distribution, and community resilience.
• Lead the development of emergency program implementation and training materials, resources, and communications materials.
• In close collaboration with the Humanitarian team, lead the U.S. Emergency Surge team and operations to ensure fast and effective response to U.S. emergencies.
• Partner with monitoring and evaluation teams to strengthen the results framework and learning agenda that can ensure quality implementation.

Partnership Development

• Lead development of strategic partnerships with national and state emergency stakeholders, which may include governments, NGOs, universities, and research firms. This may include organizing and leading national coalitions or working groups.
• Identify and build relationships with potential partners for emergency program implementation to help fill service gaps and scale interventions. This will include managing the partner agreement and management processes for these partners.
• Help identify potential community organizations to include in CARE's Partner Network.
• Maintain close relationships with local practitioners and program participants that will inform program design, learning, and adaptation.

Fundraising

• Growing and diversifying financial resources for the U.S. emergency portfolio is imperative to the incumbent's success. Partner with the AVP, US Programs, and fundraising teams to lead prospecting and proposal development for U.S. emergency-related projects and initiatives. Join donor calls to support donor relationships managers as needed.
• Identify potential private and public donors and award opportunities, including new types of funding models.
• Keep fundraising teams up to date about program priorities, products, and progress.

Communications and Thought Leadership

• Develop and execute an internal and external communications plan for CARE's US Health Programs.
• In partnership with communications and fundraising teams, develop communications collateral (e.g., fact sheets, presentations, blogs, case studies) that can be used across CARE's audience and build understanding of and investment in the work.

• Represent CARE at industry events and sector platforms to establish and grow CARE's thought leadership in the domestic space.

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