CARE USA Jobs in South Sudan
CARE USA Assistant Country Director Jobs in South Sudan
Responsibilities:Lead the country office program development, develop new development and humanitarian response programs, and ensure they are well aligned with CARE’s global program strategy.
Ensure that CARE programs address the underlying causes of poverty and ensure alignment with the key strategic roles; incorporate gender, risk reduction, and environmental considerations
Lead and oversee CARE’s proposal development and resource mobilization activities - starting with a sound go, no-go process, and duly consider appropriate partnerships.
Coordinate program development activities closely with Program Support, Finance, and HR, ensuring CARE South Sudan has the capacity to deliver its program designs and have included an adequate budget to cover implementation, monitoring and evaluation costs.
Oversee program implementation through regular field visits, supervision, and close coordination among program team members, participation in planning and monitoring activities.
Working closely with the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Unit to ensure that proper monitoring and evaluation systems are in place in all programs and that program lessons are being used to promote improved programming and learning
Ensure that monitoring and evaluation systems enhance accountability of COs with whom we work as well as other stakeholders (civil society, donors and government counterparts).
Ensure donor and government reporting (narrative and financial) is done according to high-quality standards and in a timely manner
Working closely with the Program Quality and Learning Unit pro-actively use organizational M&E systems and processes (e.g. PIIRS, UBORA),
emphasizing learning and knowledge sharing
Monitor projects deliverables and the changing humanitarian context in the country to ensure effective, quality projects deliverables and early response/advocacy to any changes in context. Oversee the regular revision and improvement of the Emergency Preparedness plan and ensure that disaster risk reduction/management is included in all programs
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in International Development or related field. Master’s degree preferred
At least 5 years in senior management and leadership positions in humanitarian and development programs
8 years of progressive overseas experience in humanitarian and development programs
Must possess a strong background and extensive experience in emergency humanitarian programming in order to lead a possible scale-up of CARE South Sudan’s emergency humanitarian programs as required
Substantial experience leading large and complex humanitarian and development programs
Demonstrated experience in emergency response management
Demonstrated experience in leading strategic and operational planning
Knowledge and experience of humanitarian and development policy and advocacy in complex settings
Track record of successful new business development
Extensive conceptual skills including development of program strategy
Demonstrated skills in program design (including proposal development), implementation and evaluation
Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills
Strong representation and negotiation skills
Demonstrated cross-cultural communication skills
Excellent skills in written and spoken English
Proficiency in the Arabic language will be an advantage in South Sudan
Closing date:
23 Feb 2018
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