CARE USA South Sudan Careers

CARE USA Assistant Country Director South Sudan Careers

Assistant Country Director - South Sudan

At CARE, we seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live with dignity and security.

This has been our vision since 1945, when we were founded to send life-saving CARE Packages® to survivors of World War II. Today, CARE is a global leader in the movement to eradicate poverty. In 2015, CARE worked in 95 countries and reached 65 million people with an incredible range of life-saving programs.

We also put women and girls at the center of our work because we know that we cannot overcome poverty until all people have equal rights and opportunities. We seek dynamic, innovative thinkers to further our mission. If you share our core beliefs: poverty is an injustice; poverty is solvable; and together, we have the power to end it, join us.

CARE is seeking an Assistant Country Director - Program (ACD-P) who will be responsible for ensuring that CARE South Sudan's programs contribute to CARE's vision of "a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been eliminated and people live with dignity and security". The ACD-P is expected to provide strategic leadership in the areas of program quality, development, implementation and scaling up of CARE South Sudan's humanitarian interventions.

A major emphasis of this position is to play a strong Resource Mobilization and Technical Leadership role in ensuring that Country Office has a robust and diverse donor funding base and that programs are implemented fulfilling standards for quality and accountability along with delivering to the desired IMPACTS in making a significant contribution to reducing poverty and social injustice.

The ACD-P is responsible for overseeing the development of program strategies appropriate for the South Sudan context and environment which is associated with chronic poverty and emergency humanitarian needs due to the on going conflict and instability.

S/he manages a team of professionals focused on the design, funding, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programs and projects, with a

large focus on emergency programs, that effectively address the underlying causes of poverty and meeting immediate humanitarian needs in line with CARE's Programming Principles. S/he must also ensure that systems, policies, procedures, and people are in place to ensure the proper management and implementation of those projects and programs.

The ACD-P is responsible for overseeing the development, testing and implementation of new innovative program approaches appropriate for the context of South Sudan. S/he works closely with, and is supported by the program units at CI, regional and CARE USA HQ levels, as well as with other interested CARE International members.

The ACD-P is a key member of the Country Office leadership team and as such is responsible for leading and supporting the CO leadership and management initiatives. S/he is responsible for (along with the CD) maintaining good working relationships with host government officials, donors, peer agencies and other partners. S/he may be required to become Acting CD when the CD is out of the country.

Primary Responsibilities:

Program Quality

Staff Management

Program Management

Program Strategy

External Relations and Partnerships

Primary Skills:

Bachelor's Degree in related field

At least 5 years in senior management and leadership positions in humanitarian and development programs

Given the current context in South Sudan, the job requires a person with 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

How to apply:
To apply for this position, please visit our website at https://chp.tbe.taleo.net/chp02/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=CAREUSA&...

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