This Program Manager position focuses on providing technical and strategic support to Issara’s Outreach and Empowerment teams as well as members of the Inclusive Labor Monitoring Action Network, especially sub-grantees, working to build cohesive approaches to jobseeker empowerment in both source and destination countries and ensuring worker voice is mainstreamed through all Issara approaches and actions.

The Program Manager will provide technical support on outputs, outcomes and impact monitoring and measurement, and provide technical support and facilitate discussions and reporting on insights and progress as well as strategic planning based on key metrics and programs insights. Issara takes an innovative approach to worker voice-driven ethical recruitment and ethical supply chains, through worker voice, partnership and innovation. And the Empowerment Program Manager will play a key role in working with Issara teams and the civil society partners globally to implement and verify empowerment approaches to create the expected impact.

The Program Manager will have a unique opportunity to work with global brands, suppliers, recruiters, civil society and workers in supply chains across numerous industries (such as seafood, apparel, agriculture, and electronics), helping them strengthen ethical sourcing, working conditions, and recruitment. We seek a candidate who is deeply analytical, organized, able to operate effectively in cross-cultural and inclusive environments, and passionate to operate at the nexus of the public and private sector to drive meaningful, tangible impact on the ground.