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Carvana

Senior Project Manager, Engineering

Tempe, AZ · On-site

Mentorship & Capacity Building: Act as a force multiplier. Contribute to our shared organizational knowledge base and provide informal mentorship to mid-level and associate Project Managers to ...

Carvana

Senior Project Manager, Engineering

Tempe, AZ · On-site

Mentorship & Capacity Building: Act as a force multiplier. Contribute to our shared organizational knowledge base and provide informal mentorship to mid-level and associate Project Managers to ...

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What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Capacity Building Manager, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Capacity Building Manager, you need expertise in program development, organizational assessment, and training facilitation, often supported by a degree in social sciences, education, or a related field. Familiarity with project management tools, learning management systems (LMS), and monitoring and evaluation frameworks is typically required. Outstanding interpersonal skills, cultural competence, and the ability to motivate and mentor others distinguish top performers in this role. These skills are crucial for effectively strengthening organizational capabilities and ensuring sustainable impact in diverse settings.

How does a Capacity Building Manager typically collaborate with different departments to identify organizational needs?

A Capacity Building Manager works closely with various departments to assess and address skill gaps, resource limitations, and process improvements. This usually involves conducting needs assessments, facilitating cross-functional workshops, and maintaining ongoing communication with team leads. By building strong relationships across the organization, the manager ensures that capacity-building initiatives are tailored to specific departmental goals and align with the overall strategic direction. Effective collaboration also helps in tracking progress and measuring the impact of these initiatives.

What does a Capacity Building Manager do?

A Capacity Building Manager is responsible for strengthening an organization's abilities and resources to achieve its goals effectively and sustainably. This often involves assessing needs, designing training programs, facilitating workshops, and providing ongoing support to staff or partner organizations. They work to improve skills, systems, and structures, ensuring that teams can deliver on projects and adapt to changing circumstances. Capacity Building Managers are commonly found in non-profits, NGOs, and international development organizations.

What is the difference between Capacity Building Manager vs Program Coordinator?

AspectCapacity Building ManagerProgram Coordinator
Primary FocusDeveloping organizational skills, training, and capacity enhancementManaging specific programs, logistics, and day-to-day activities
Required CredentialsBachelor's degree; often certifications in training or developmentBachelor's degree; experience in program management
Work EnvironmentStrategic planning, training sessions, organizational developmentOperational tasks, coordinating activities, reporting

The Capacity Building Manager primarily focuses on enhancing an organization's skills and capabilities through training and development initiatives. In contrast, the Program Coordinator handles the execution and management of specific programs or projects. While both roles require similar educational backgrounds, the Capacity Building Manager emphasizes strategic growth, whereas the Program Coordinator concentrates on operational execution.

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Physical and Mental Well-being Specialist

Physical and Mental Well-being Specialist

Food For The Hungry Inc

Phoenix, AZ • On-site

Full-time

Posted 28 days ago

Job description

Why we are different…

Talent. Faith. Thrive.


When you join Food for the Hungry (FH), you embrace God’s calling for your life and engage in work that combines your talents and faith. In the same way that FH is committed to unlocking resilience and flourishing in communities around the globe, we are dedicated to creating a workplace where our team members can thrive and grow. We believe every imaginable problem has a solution and that our contributions make a difference. FH continues to re-imagine impactful solutions to respond to the devastation of poverty globally. FH serves millions of the world’s most vulnerable people, helping them overcome poverty and injustice by collaborating with country offices to build resources, capacity, and resilience. Food for the Hungry turns adversity into impact. FH has harnessed the power of faith for more than 50 years. Our Heartbeat Christian values permeate throughout the organization.


Job Summary

Responsible for building knowledge assets in the area of Maternal, Child, Adolescent Health, and Nutrition (MCAHN). This role will work with Country Offices to design, develop and deliver solutions to improve health delivery systems and implement culturally appropriate solutions to improve maternal, child and adolescent health outcomes. The unit will ensure that mothers, children, and adolescents have quality access to healthcare, food, and nutrition through our programs.


Skills & Competencies

  • Coaching and Mentorship skills - proven capacity to effectively manage and mentor staff with varying levels of experience.
  • Systemic thinking - mastery of Systems Practice, Human Centered Design, and research methodology.
  • Training and capacity building skills
  • Interpersonal and Communication skills
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • Proficiency in Google platforms, Microsoft Office products, and virtual technologies such as Skype and/or Zoom.


Responsibilities

Demand Driven Technical Leadership

  • Design and develop scope, standard, and strategy for programming in maternal, child and adolescent programming, in accordance with the global technical standards in MCAHN.
  • Lead the design and content development of technical materials, briefs, papers, and other knowledge management and visibility products related to MCAHN.
  • Support the design and planning of maternal, child and adolescent health technical programs and projects.

Support Program Delivery for Professional Excellence

  • Ensure that the project implementation teams in countries have a clear understanding of the project’s technical design, including its focus on strengthening health systems and improving access to and utilization of integrated, quality, respectful and responsive client centered MCAHN services at both the health facility and community levels.
  • Mentor and coach specialists in country programs to work with health care providers, local authorities, and community members to identify clinical and community health system issues that impede access to quality care and uptake of services.
  • Identify and implement appropriate facility and community-based strategies to address access barriers and service delivery gaps.
  • Backstop and provide technical support to the technical managers of the program to ensure planned activities are being implemented with the highest quality and on time.

Partnerships and Collaboration

  • Provide mentoring and capacity building at the individual, organizational, and programmatic levels in MCAHN.
  • Support design and development of any grant funding opportunities.
  • Explore opportunities for partnerships and support pre-positioning for any revenue growth opportunities.
  • Support country offices in designing and developing proposals to generate funding at the local levels.
  • Develop and maintain positive relationships with key thought leaders, and relevant local public and private stakeholders.
  • Promote FH’s influence in the measurement of progress and impact in relation to MCAHN programming by representing FH externally in universities, and to decision makers, policy forums, and working groups.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Create Evidence-Based Knowledge Assets

  • Contribute to research, innovation, and learning agendas with a focus on MCAHN outcomes.
  • Support development and implementation of monitoring frameworks and learning metrics for MCAHN.
  • Document promising practices, lessons learned, innovative and scalable programming models across Country Offices.
  • Develop knowledge products, tools, and learning briefs in MCAHN.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in public health or related field.
  • At least 7 years of experience working on USAID-funded MCAHN, FP, and RH programs preferred.
  • Demonstrated experience with progressively increasing responsibility for designing, managing, and implementing complex health activities, with a focus on MCAHN programming, involving multiple stakeholders and implementing partners. Direct experience with quality of care and respectful maternity care is a plus.
  • Demonstrated hands-on experience working with governments, professional associations, health care professionals, and communities to prioritize and address MCAHN issues.
  • Considerable experience with and capacity to collaborate with partners at multiple levels, including Ministry officials, NGOs, professional associations, civil society, private sector, and other partners working in the health arena.
  • Experience training and supporting leadership directly with improving programs related to MCAHN, FP, and RH.
  • Prior experience in a complex, matrixed organization, with the ability to scale processes in a global, professional, service organization.
  • Non-profit ministry experience is a plus.
  • Ability to travel up to 25% of time per year in developing areas and fragile contexts.
  • Vibrant personal relationship with Jesus Christ, a Christian commitment to serving the poor and in full agreement with FH’s Christian beliefs.

Safeguarding Policy

FH strives to provide an environment free from sexual exploitation and abuse and harassment in all places where relief and development programs are implemented. FH holds a zero-tolerance policy against sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment. FH expects its employees to maintain high ethical standards, protect organizational integrity and reputation, and ensure that FH work is carried out in honest and fair methods, in alignment with the Heartbeat Values, Safeguarding and associated policies. Violations to stated policies will be subject to corrective action up to and including termination of employment.


Note: The skills, responsibilities, and qualifications outlined above are not exhaustive and may be subject to change as per the organization's needs.