Director, Digital Inclusion

Responsibilities

Strategy development and execution

• In collaboration with the Sr. Director for Digital Inclusion, the Director is responsible for shaping and stewarding CARE’s digital inclusion strategy to impact 10 million people by 2030.
• This work will include identifying and integrating emerging areas of opportunity and need and opportunity such as AI and emerging technologies.
• You will work across CARE US and CARE International business units to define priorities, develop shared commitments and action plans, drive resource mobilization, support cross-learning and set and manage progress against annual workplans.
• Success in this position hinges on establishing effective communication and coordination processes that ensure key internal partners and decision makers are appropriately engaged and positioned to champion the strategy and drive results.

Resource Mobilization

• The Director’s primary responsibility is ensuring CARE has the financial resources required to drive results. In this capacity, the Director will support fundraising and corporate partnership teams to cultivate high-potential donors; build high-caliber working relationships both directly and via direct reports with leaders in priority country offices and other CARE member institutions; lead and support the design of successful proposals; work with colleagues to devise budgets, staffing requirements and other inputs for proposals; inform and work with partners to negotiate terms of reference, MOUs or funding agreements; ensure strong working relationships with fundraising teams across the confederation and that fundraisers have the materials, priorities and access to experts they need to represent CARE’s work digital inclusion ambitions effectively.
• As the leading authority on their technical area within the organization, the Director’s role includes establishing and maintaining a presence externally and building a reputation with donors and thought leaders as an expert, trusted advisor and partner.

Team and Portfolio Management

• The Director will coordinate a sub-team of 5-6 people initially including 1 direct report. But, through a range of ongoing new business efforts, the Director is expected to increase this team to 4-5 direct reports and 10-15 overall direct and indirect reports within the next two years.
• Setting the team vision, defining the skills requirements, recruitment, development, advancement of staff and the evolution of the team supporting this work are the responsibilities of the Director.

Budgeting and Financial Management

• The Director will be responsible for setting, tracking, and adjusting budgetary requirements to achieve the 2030 scaling goals including the operating budget required for the digital inclusion team but also factoring in total cost of achieving the planned growth.

Skillset

• Advanced degree in relevant field preferred. Or university degree plus equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience in technology adoption in low-resource contexts or related experience at increasing levels of responsibility.
• Strong networks and connections to organizations, associations, and funders active in digital inclusion / ICT4D.
• Extensive experience working in one or more of the following areas in addition to digital inclusion / ICT4D – food security/agriculture, financial inclusion, entrepreneurship, education, health or climate change adaptation.
• Excellent inter-personal and cross-cultural relationship management skills.
• Direct management and senior leadership experience in developing and implementing digital inclusion programs and partnerships, optimally managing globally disbursed / remote teams.
• French, Spanish or other relevant language skills a plus.