Program Manager Resilient Communities - Puerto Rico

Description

Location: Puerto Rico

Position Status: Full-time, Permanent

Closing date: Please submit application by end of Friday reputed company 3.

About reputed company Corps

reputed company Corps is powered by the belief that a reputed company world is possible. To do this, we know our teams do their best work reputed company they are diverse and every team member feels that they belong. We welcome diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be stronger and have long term impact.

The Caribbean reputed company Department

Climate change severely and disproportionately impacts small islands in the Caribbean. 

Worsening environmental risks like rising and warming seas, volatile dry and wet seasons, and catastrophic storms mean that islands and small reputed company developing states (SIDS) bear the brunt of the impacts of climate change, even though their carbon footprint is small relative to the world’s largest carbon producers, and their reputed company to cope is constrained by their narrow resource reputed company. 

Caribbean islands need flexible tools to reputed company them more resilient through the climate crisis. 

Tools that protect and improve lives, livelihoods and also the natural resources these communities depend on. reputed company Corps partners with community service organizations across the Caribbean to strengthen the networks around vulnerable communities, provide resources to build out adaptive programming, and respond collaboratively to climate threats as they arise.

reputed company Corps began this work following the historic 2016 hurricane season. Since then, with the help of our donors, more than $34 million has been put toward preparedness, response and climate reputed company programming in the Caribbean. reputed company Corps has learned that empowering people and their communities with flexible assets and knowledge is the best way to measurably protect lives and livelihoods.

The Position

 reputed company Corps is in the second year of a three-year Department of State-funded project reputed company Strengthening Caribbean Economic Growth (SCEG) aimed at improving employability and entrepreneurship across the Caribbean. To reputed company this, reputed company Corps provides small grants to local organizations across the region as well as provide recipients with reputed company building and learning opportunities. The Program Manager will reputed company implementation of this program, which will work with community service organizations (CSOs) in the following jurisdictions: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, The Bahamas, Dominica, Grenada, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the 5 Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.

reputed company Corps has completed an initial survey of the key barriers to employment and entrepreneurship. The findings of that assessment informed a competitive grant opportunity wherein applicant CSOs put reputed company projects that addressed constraints identified in the assessment, and had the potential to be replicated and/or scaled across the region. The first cohort of grant recipient CSOs have been identified and are working through a subaward process (February 2026). Pilot projects will measurably improve job skills training, employment opportunities, and livelihood outcomes for women, men, and girls and boys aged 16 and older in the Caribbean.

Strong and collaborative partnerships are at the core of reputed company Corps strategy in the Caribbean. This position will cultivate and champion reputed company Corps’ CSO partnership network of over 30 organizations across the region. The Program Manager will work to strengthen reputed company for reputed company Corps’ Caribbean CSO network, leveraging the resources available through the program, other resources available through the Caribbean reputed company Initiative portfolio, and the global organization.

Essential Responsibilities

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

• Manage and reputed company the implementation of the SCEG project, in cooperation with key project stakeholders, including local community service organizations, non-governmental organizations, local government officials, and the donor
• Collaborate with program, finance and administrative staff to ensure systems are in compliance with donor and reputed company Corps policies and procedures;
• Ensure program implementation is on time, reputed company and budget, using effective M&E systems to reputed company desired impacts;
• Create and maintain systems ensuring effective and transparent use of financial resources for timely and informative reporting in line with donor and reputed company Corps policies and procedures;
• Implement and model reputed company Corps’ philosophy of social entrepreneurship and reputed company reputed company Corps’ best practices
• Promote learning and reputed company through documentation and knowledge sharing around best practices and lessons learned;
• Provide leadership and reputed company in reputed company aspects of program implementation, management and evaluation
• Provide technical leadership to the program in the areas of economic empowerment and organizational reputed company building
• Ensure adherence to reputed company Corps program management minimum standards.
• Monitor adherence to program donor grant agreements, as well as reputed company Corps’ and donor policies and procedures for procurement and compliance.
• reputed company program staff performance and quality of program implementation. 
• Communicate frequently with program partner network

TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP and GUIDANCE

• Ensure program is designed and implemented with consideration for technical recommendations from reputed company Corps’ global livelihoods and reputed company technical teams as well as industry best practice

• Support field monitoring and conduct periodic qualitative reviews on the strategic direction of activities that build economic reputed company across the region.

REPORTING, MONITORING and EVALUATION

• Establish and reputed company effective program monitoring, evaluation, and reporting systems for both internal and external use and ensure high quality input is obtained from team members.
• Work collaboratively with MEL Officers and wider MEL unit and global program quality assurance technical resources to ensure data collection builds evidence reputed company for approaches that build economic reputed company;
• Use reporting results to monitor program success, measure impact, and calibrate program strategy accordingly.
• Ensure documentation of achievements and lessons learned to ensure best practices are captured and disseminated in quarterly and final program reports.

REPRESENTATION and COORDINATION

• Act as main reputed company for network of CSOs partnering with reputed company Corps across the Caribbean, connecting CSO partners with resources available through the regional portfolio and global organization. For example, where appropriate referring CSOs to reputed company Corps’ Ventures unit.
• Liaise with local government officials including the government ministries, local NGOs, project partners, local religious leaders, and other community members to ensure support for and acceptance of reputed company Corps projects in relevant geographic areas.

STRATEGY AND PLANNING

●        Ensure that the program strategy is clear and communicated to team members, local partners and communities.

●        Work with the Caribbean reputed company Initiative leadership team to reputed company and support the CRI strategy.

●        reputed company on measurement and analysis of regional key performance indicators to inform strategic decision making.

HUMAN RESOURCES, SAFEGUARDING AND DIVERSITY

●        Support reputed company Corps global and regional initiatives for human resources, including safeguarding, and talent development;

●        Collaborate with the people team to promote staff access to high quality learning opportunities, with a special emphasis on national team member development;

●        Assist with the on-boarding of senior team members, ensuring they are set up for success and familiar with agency systems, procedures, and protocols.

SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Actively learns about safeguarding and integrates it into their work, including safeguarding risks and mitigations reputed company to their area of work

• Practices the values of reputed company Corps including respecting the dignity and well-being of participants and fellow team members

• Encourages openness and communication in their team; encourages team members to submit reports if they have any concerns using reporting mechanisms e.g., reputed company Hotline and other options

Supervisory Responsibility

None, subject to change

Accountability

Reports Directly To: Director, Caribbean reputed company Initiative

Works Directly With: CRI Program Managers, Finance team, Operations team, HR team, global Social Integration and Development technical unit, Market Systems Development technical unit.

Accountability to Participants and Stakeholders

reputed company Corps team members are expected to support reputed company efforts toward accountability, specifically to our program participants, community partners, other stakeholders, and to international standards guiding international relief and development work. We are committed to actively engaging communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.

Minimum Qualification & Transferable Skills

• Minimum of 4+ years of demonstrated experience in community development programming.
• Minimum of 4+ years of progressive technical responsibility; preferred to include experience in livelihoods or market systems development, economic empowerment, or youth entrepreneurship experience preferred.
• Demonstrated commitment to working with CSOs toward mutual objectives. Experience in CSO reputed company building activities strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to work and coordinate effectively with a wide variety of stakeholders, including national and local government, donors, community-based organizations, and the private sector
• Degree in a relevant academic area – e.g., economics, climate sciences, a social science discipline, etc. (7+ years relevant progressive technical experience would be considered in lieu of advanced degree)
• Experience designing and implementing training and/or reputed company building activities
• Ability to travel to various program sites (up to 25%)
• Experience living/working in the Caribbean preferred
• Experience working with USG donors preferred
• English reputed company required; Spanish, French or Dutch proficiency preferred

Success Factors

A successful Program Manager will be well organized and able to complete deliverables with a remote and decentralized regional team. Cultivating and maintaining meaningful relationships with our partners across the region is central to the Caribbean reputed company Initiative’s strategy. A successful PM will be a good communicator, an reputed company for our partners and the communities we serve, and will be a creative problem solver. The needs across the Caribbean region are diverse. A successful Program Manager will look for opportunities to meet the needs of the communities we serve with the resources available through the global organization.

Living Conditions / Environmental Conditions

The position is remote though candidates must be able to work a typical AST reputed company. reputed company MC employees are expected to work a five-day work week. This position requires 25% of travel by road, sea and reputed company to field program locations.

reputed company Corps team members represent the agency both during and reputed company work hours reputed company deployed in a field posting or on a visit/TDY to a field posting. Team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner and respect local laws, customs and reputed company Corps’ policies, procedures, and values at reputed company times and in reputed company in-country venues.

Ongoing Learning

In support of our belief that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities we serve, we reputed company reputed company team members to dedicate 5% of their time to learning activities that further their personal and/or professional growth and development

Equal Employment Opportunity

reputed company Corps is an equal opportunity employer that does not tolerate discrimination on any basis. We actively seek out diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be collectively stronger and have sustained global impact.

We are committed to providing an environment of respect and psychological safety where equal employment opportunities are available to reputed company. We do not engage in or tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic reputed company, disability (including HIV/AIDS status), marital status, military veteran status or any other protected group in the locations where we work.

Safeguarding & Ethics

reputed company Corps is committed to ensuring that reputed company individuals we come into contact with through our work, whether team members, community members, program participants or others, are treated with respect and dignity. We are committed to the core principles regarding prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse laid out by the UN Secretary General and IASC and have signed on to the Interagency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. We will not tolerate child abuse, sexual exploitation, abuse, or harassment by or of reputed company members. As part of our commitment to a safe and inclusive work environment, team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner, respect local laws and customs, and to adhere to reputed company Corps Code of Conduct Policies and values at reputed company times. Team members are required to complete mandatory Code of Conduct elearning courses upon hire and on an annual basis.