Regional Innovation advisor - MENA

*This will be a local hire*

The Impact + Innovation Department’s overarching goal is to deliver greater impact at greater scale​. We drive strategies to massively scale gender-transformative, evidence-based solutions across CARE and beyond to reach all those in need​. We do this by:

• Identifying, nurturing, and validating solutions to maximize impact and minimize cost (external & internal)​

• Developing organizational systems to track program quality, cost-effectiveness, and progress to scale​

• Building staff capacity on pathways to scale (including market-based approaches and advocacy), and innovation tools

• Providing thought leadership to influence humanitarian and development sector policy and practices​

This position will sit under the Innovation Team within the Impact + Innovation Department (directly reporting to the Director - Innovation with a dotted reporting line to the Deputy Regional Director - PQ) and will support solutions in CARE’s stage-gated innovation pipeline. The Regional Advisor will work closely with in-country staff and the Impact + Innovation Team to identify internal and external solutions with potential to transform CARE and the sector, develop pathways to scale, and use rapid experimentation and iteration to refine and validate.

Key activities for this role include:

• Identifying promising internal and external innovations for the team to support 

• Coordinating with country office staff and technical experts to validate solutions

• Leading development and execution of experiments for proof of concept validation

• Coaching teams to understand and utilize Innovation Tools

• Building local and regional partnerships with a range of stakeholders from local organizations to social enterprises and governments  

• Document and disseminate learnings from validation of solutions in coordination with Regional staff and the Impact, Learning, Knowledge and Accountability team

Responsibilities:

Pipeline Sourcing and Partnership Development

Solution Validation - Leading Research & Development and Proof of Concept

Coaching CARE teams to utilize Innovation Tools and analyze data

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree

5-10 years’ experience with international development, social enterprise organizations, or social movement groups

Training and experience in human-centered design, co-design and/or lean startup methodologies

Experience structuring, managing, and executing design and experimentation engagements

Strong local ecosystem connections and networks

Experience in partnerships cultivation and management

Strong creative facilitation skills Strong written communication skills

Experience with monitoring and evaluation tools and methodologies

Strong facilitation and presentation skills

Strong organizational capabilities

Proficiency in regional written/spoken languages