As a global leader, CARE is shaping the future of the humanitarian and development sector. Each year, we deliver support and services to millions of people in over a hundred countries. We do this by focusing on our mission and living the values that drive our organization. A career at CARE is an opportunity to be part of a movement that brings communities together to solve complex problems and foster lasting change throughout the world. We seek individuals who are passionate about humanitarian and development work, collaborate well with others, embrace learning and innovation, and deliver results.

This position is being advertised for an anticipated project and hiring is subject to the project being awarded to CARE.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

1- Set-up and Planning:

 - Open and hire staff of a district office in each district within 30 days of commencement.

- Lead the inception report, work plan, operations manual and communication strategy.

- Set up monthly work plans across the CO and district offices.

2- Livelihood and Value-chain Work:

- Lead the district market studies: map each main product chain, find where value is lost, identify buyers and suppliers, and set the district baseline.

- Oversee awareness sessions in Urdu and local languages through chambers, trade associations, local media and the district administration, with deliberate outreach to women- and youth-led businesses.

- Oversee identification and screening of candidates against the eligibility criteria, and keep the live candidate register updated.

- Quality-assure every project case file: business plan, financial model, BOQ’s, equipment list, layout and commissioning checks.

- Lead due diligence and in-kind valuation, and prepare candidates for pitch sessions before the panel.

3- Running Units and Markets:

- Lead technical backstopping from construction and trial run to the end of the contract including training owners, managers and workers in operations, record-keeping and quality.

- Build written supply and buyer arrangements linking units to raw material, input, spares and service suppliers, and to traders, wholesalers and export markets.

- Oversee the business support services menu and the pre-qualified roster of service providers (quality and certification, book-keeping, digital tools, packaging and branding, productivity).

- Lead access-to-finance work which includes finance readiness, working capital plans and introductions to banks and microfinance lenders.

4- Oversight, Safeguards and Reporting:

- Sign off milestone certification with the Site Engineer; ensure appraisal, verification and fund-release certification are done only by staff on the bidder's own payroll.

- Apply environmental and social safeguards to every unit, and report all results separately for women and men.

- Ensure the digital platform tracks every project from enquiry to verified jobs, and submit monthly, quarterly and final reports.

- Lead training of project staff, and hand over the platform, databases, templates and records to the relevant government Department.

A) Qualifications (Know How)

- Master's degree in a relevant field, such as economics, business administration, development studies, agricultural economics, rural development or a related discipline.

B) Experience/ Technical Skills 

- 15 years. Most of the experience should be in livelihood, enterprise development, value chains or private-sector development programs.

- Experience leading multi-district programs for government or donors, preferably in Balochistan.

- Track record with enterprise appraisal, business plans and financial models, and with linking small businesses to markets and finance.

- Working knowledge of environmental and social safeguards.

Skills

•         Team leadership across scattered district offices.

•       Clear written English for reports; fluent spoken Urdu; one or more languages spoken in the package districts (such as Balochi, Brahvi or Pashto) is a strong advantage.