DIRECTOR, ECONOMIC MOBILITY, US PROGRAMS

CARE USA•Atlanta, GA

20d

About The Position

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. As domestic needs grow, CARE is expanding its U.S. Programs to support the financial growth and stability of low-income women and families every day and during times of crisis. The Director of Economic Mobility, 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 in financial inclusion, savings and workforce development, shape innovative partnerships, and lead program strategy and fundraising efforts. They will champion a bold and holistic approach to economic mobility, while advancing CARE's learning agenda and thought leadership across the U.S. economic mobility landscape.

Responsibilities

Building from expert knowledge of U.S. economic landscape and CARE's global areas of expertise, define CARE's U.S. Economic Mobility strategy, niche and gaps CARE can fill in meeting the needs of low-income women and families, establishing ambitious, but achievable impact and growth performance indicators.
Serve as a technical leader in collaboratively designing programs and implementation models in the areas of financial literacy and inclusion, savings programs, and workforce development.
Lead the development of economic mobility program implementation and training materials, resource and communications materials.
Partner with monitoring and evaluation teams to strengthen results framework and learning agenda that can ensure quality implementation.
Lead development of strategic partnerships with national, state and local economic mobility stakeholders which may include governments, NGOs, colleges, community development financial institutions (CDFI), fin-tech partners and research firms. This may include organizing and leading national coalitions or working groups.
Identify and build relationships with potential economic mobility program implementation partners that can help fill service gaps and bring interventions to scale. This will include managing the partner agreement and management processes for these partners.
Help identify potential community organizations that should be part of CARE's Partner Network
Maintain close relationships with local practitioners gather insights from program participants that will inform program design, learning and adaptation.
Growing and diversifying financial resources for the U.S. economic mobility portfolio is imperative to incumbent's success. Partner with the AVP, U.S. Programs and fundraising teams to lead prospecting and proposal development for U.S. economic mobility 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.
Develop and execute an internal and external communications plan for CARE's U.S. Economic Mobility 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.