Director, Gender Justice and Impact

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CARE Canada

Remote (local)
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Remote (local)
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: CAD 140,000 CAD-CAD 150,000 CAD / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 08/06/2026
  • Location: Canada 
Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI) Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role

Founded in 1945 with the creation of the CARE Package®, CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. CARE places special focus on working alongside women and girls. Equipped with the proper resources women and girls have the power to lift whole families and entire communities out of poverty.

ABOUT THE ROLE
The Director, Gender Justice and Impact plays an integral role in CARE Canada’s Global Programs Department, providing leadership, vision and strategic direction for CARE Canada’s Gender Justice and Impact and within that, the Gender Equality and Inclusion program portfolio and strategy as aligned with Vision 2030 and the CI Gender Equality Impact Area. With gender at the center of all of CARE Canada’s work, this role plays a critical role in Global Programs (GP), providing strategic direction to CARE Canada’s programming while also supporting the organization to ensure that gender equality and inclusion are at the heart of the organization. Additionally, this role plays a key role in CARE Canada’s new business development and philanthropic activities, advancing the development of new opportunities with institutional and private sector donors. This role will guide CARE Canada’s partnership with the private sector, furthering the development of opportunities to integrate gender equality and inclusion considerations and solutions into their work. In addition, with the support of the gender equality and inclusion team, this role also leads on behalf of the CARE International Confederation, the Women’s Voice and Leadership sub-impact area.

WHAT YOU BRING
  • Minimum of 7-10 years experience in designing and implementing GEI programming, organizational leadership and strategy
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience cultivating and advancing partnership with the private sector in areas related to gender equality, inclusion, and/or climate change with some experience in gender lens investing
  • Master’s degree in International Development, Gender Studies, or in a related field, or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
  • Significant senior advisory experience in designing and implementing gender equality and inclusion specific and integrated programming in various thematic areas and locations
  • Significant senior advisory experience in reporting for results related to gender transformative programming across thematic areas and locations
  • Deep knowledge of programming designed to address social norms change, injustice and inequality with the goal of reaching gender transformative objectives
  • Deep knowledge of feminist partnership programming and the ability to advance feminist partnership approaches as part of a locally-led strategy
  • A talent for people management of large teams, excellent team building skills and an aptitude for getting high performance from staff and building effective cross team working relationships,

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