Employment Vacancy

CARE International in Yemen

CARE Yemen is seeking a Head of Programs to lead our program portfolio wherever CARE Yemen implements. As a vital member of the Country Leadership Team, you will be accountable for portfolio results, implementation, program quality, grant oversight, partnerships, and resource mobilization. Your primary objective is to turn the Country Strategy into a deliverable and affordable portfolio that effectively meets community priorities, donor commitments, and CARE standards. This role brings these critical functions together within a unified operating model, where you will lead and develop the capacity of five direct reports.

Position : Head of Programs

Location: Aden

Deadline : 17 Oct 2026

Key Responsibilities

JOB RESPONSIBILITY 1: Portfolio leadership, implementation and grant oversight

• Translate the Country Strategy into one IRG portfolio plan. Set priorities across grants, sectors and locations, and agree measurable results and resource needs with the Country Director.
• Hold field management accountable for implementation and the grant-management function accountable for award performance. Keep day-to-day delivery with the Field Manager and Deputy Field Manager; require the Program Coordinator to track delivery, budgets, risks and donor commitments in depth.
• Chair monthly portfolio reviews using implementation progress, expenditure, forecasts, procurement dependencies, staffing, partner performance and risk data. Assign corrective actions, owners and deadlines; verify closure and escalate unresolved risks to the Country Director.
• Oversee grant start-up, implementation, amendments and close-out. Review narrative reports against verified results and Finance-approved figures; secure required internal and donor approvals before changing scope, budgets or commitments.

JOB RESPONSIBILITY 2: Program quality, evidence and accountability

• Hold the program-quality function accountable for common technical standards, MEAL, information management, accountability and learning across the portfolio. Require practical quality plans, resourced monitoring and timely technical support.
• Ensure needs analysis, gender and power analysis, conflict sensitivity, inclusion and protection inform design and delivery. Check that women, girls and marginalized groups can safely participate and influence program decisions.
• Use monitoring, evaluations and community feedback to assess outcomes and change delivery where results or quality fall short. Track agreed improvements and carry lessons into new proposals.
• Ensure community feedback and response mechanisms are accessible, confidential and responsive. Require safe referral of safeguarding concerns through designated channels and timely follow-up of program complaints.
• Ensure reliable indicator and reach reporting, data-quality checks and secure handling of participant information. Review evidence with technical and MEAL leads before approving.

JOB RESPONSIBILITY 3: Program development and resource mobilization

• Lead resource mobilization with the Country Director and hold the program-development function accountable for a current, prioritized funding pipeline. Match opportunities to strategy, partner strengths, delivery capacity and portfolio sustainability.
• Lead program positioning with CARE Member Partners and donors. Present credible results and funding priorities, develop new opportunities and agree clear follow-up on donor and CARE network engagement.
• Direct concept and proposal development, contributing hands-on to design, results frameworks and major narratives. Bring field, quality, partnerships and support functions into design early.
• Ensure Go/No-Go decisions, proposal reviews and CARE internal agreements are completed. With Finance, test full costs, staffing, shared costs, match requirements and funding risks before submission.
• Negotiate program roles and delivery arrangements with prospective partners and consortia.

JOB RESPONSIBILITY 4: Partnerships and program representation

• Hold the partnership function accountable for equitable partner selection, due diligence, agreements, capacity strengthening and performance follow-up, working with Finance and other responsible functions.
• Involve local partners in design, decisions and learning. Agree clear roles, budgets, reporting and risk-sharing arrangements; address delivery or compliance concerns jointly and escalate serious issues.
• Represent CARE on program and donor matters when delegated. Ensure relevant teams participate in technical and coordination forums and use these relationships to improve coverage, quality and collaboration.
• Provide program information for engagement with authorities. Formal government liaison, official correspondence, permissions, regulatory approvals and access negotiations remain with Access and Liaison under the Program Support Director.

JOB RESPONSIBILITY 5: Team leadership and management

• Line-manage the Field Manager, Program Quality Manager, Program Coordinator, Senior Partnership Officer and Program Development Coordinator. Set clear objectives and decision rights for each function.
• Run an integrated program management team with joint priorities and shared review of results. Resolve competing demands between delivery, quality, grants and funding without recreating separate hub management layers.
• Apply CARE performance management: agree annual objectives, give regular feedback, address underperformance and complete reviews. Coach direct reports and establish practical development and succession plans.
• Review workloads, skills and staffing against confirmed grants and the funding outlook. Propose affordable changes with People and Culture and Finance for Country Director approval; protect essential delivery and control capacity.
• Model CARE values, respectful conduct and accountable leadership. Promote staff wellbeing and an inclusive workplace and ensure staff understand safeguarding obligations and reporting.

Safeguarding

• CARE has a zero-tolerance approach to all forms of abuse. All reports of safeguarding, physical and emotional abuse, neglect, and child abuse, as well as any other type of abuse or misconduct within CARE, are taken seriously. CARE will only hire and retain Employees and Related Personnel who align with our vision, mission, and values. Prior to any employment offer, we shall undertake reference checks with former employers regarding misconduct that applied to this policy.
• CARE undertakes comprehensive measures to ensure the well-being and dignity of everyone we work with, including our employees, partners, and the community we serve.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• A Bachelor's degree in development studies, social sciences, management, or a related field (or equivalent education and relevant work experience).
• At least eight years of progressively responsible humanitarian or development experience.
• Five years of experience managing multi-sector programs and teams in a complex operating context.
• Proven experience managing institutional donor grants, covering implementation, budgets, forecasts, risk, compliance, and reporting.
• Demonstrated success in resource mobilization, donor engagement, proposal development, program design, and costing.
• Sound judgment in program quality, MEAL, gender equality, safeguarding, community accountability, and evidence-based decision-making.
• Experience in equitable local partnerships, joint planning, capacity strengthening, and due diligence.
• The ability to solve complex, non-recurring problems across a multi-grant portfolio where technical quality, funding, partner capacity, and security may pull in different directions.

Desired Qualifications

• A relevant master's degree.
• Experience in Yemen, working with consortia, humanitarian and resilience programming, and organizational change.

• Comply with all relevant CARE policies and procedures with respect to child protection, workplace environment, employee code of conduct and all other related subjects.

Important Note:

Please do not apply unless you meet minimum application requirements, otherwise, you will not be considered. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. The only way to apply for a position with CARE is through the application system link that starts with careyemis.org/Apply that is shared in the advert of YemenHR.com or the formal newspaper. Furthermore, any recruitment or hiring correspondences would be through CARE official email addresses as in this example: firstname.lastname@care.org

No Fee:

CARE DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING).

Application Procedure: Interested applicants should apply through below link by Oct 17^th , 2026

Please do not apply unless you meet minimum application requirements, otherwise you will not be considered. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.