Overview
The Consortium Manager provides day-to-day operational and programmatic leadership for the SECURE/REACH program in CAR, ensuring effective implementation, alignment with strategies, and strong collaboration among stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the operationalisation of the Country Consortia Coordination Team (CCCT).
- Ensure technical alignment, implementation and operationalisation of the SECURE/REACH strategy and program outcomes.
- Ensure the conduction of programme planning, adaptive management, and cross-sectoral integration.
- Represent the SECURE program and the Consortium in external relationships.
- Convene and facilitate multi-stakeholder coordination platforms.
- Ensure inclusive participation of youth, women, and marginalized groups in governance and decision-making processes.
- Provide technical support in Project Cycle Meetings.
- Provide technical guidance to the Consortium for timely and high-quality implementation of programs.
- Ensure program implementation in compliance with agreements.
- Support the development and use of monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEAL) systems.
- Ensure integration and mainstreaming of Protection, Gender, and Inclusion (PGI) and Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA).
- Undertake regular field visits to project sites.
- Ensure production of clear and quality reports, both narrative and financial.
- Support institutional strengthening of the CRCA and other national partners.
- Support the identification and mitigation of programmatic, fiduciary, and operational risks.
- Ensure compliance with IFRC, donor, and national policies, including safeguarding and financial accountability.
- Support crisis response coordination in case of access disruptions or emergencies.
Required Experience
- Minimum 7 years of experience with progressive responsibility in multi-stakeholder program coordination, preferably in fragile, conflict-affected, or low-resource settings.
- Extended experience working with government institutions, donors, and civil society.
- Proven experience in leading large-scale, multi-sectoral development/humanitarian programs, ideally in health workforce development, livelihoods, or entrepreneurship.
- Experience in mentoring local teams, institutional capacity building / platforms for dialogue and peer-to-peer learning particularly with national stakeholders (governments, NGOs /National Societies/ community-based organizations).
- Proven work experience in the local/regional context.
- Demonstrated success in consortium leadership, including managing relationships with government ministries, donors, civil society, and private sector actors.
- Strong background in adaptive management, results-based planning, and monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEAL) frameworks.
- Familiarity with youth employment strategies, gender-transformative programming, and inclusive development approaches.
- Experience working with or within the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
- Experience with Mastercard Foundation-funded or similar large-scale development programs.
Qualifications
- Relevant first-level university degree in Public Health, Programme Management, International Development, Health Economics, Social Sciences, Business Administration
- Advanced university degree (master’s or equivalent) in Public Health, International Development, Health Economics, Social Sciences, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Certifications in Project Management, Humanitarian Leadership, or Health Systems Strengthening are an asset.
- IMPACT or equivalent training/knowledge.
