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Source: CARE - USA
CARE
| Deadline: | 30 Jun 2008 |
| Organisation: | CARE - USA |
| Location: | Liberia |
| Type: | permanent |
| Salary: | TBA (000's USD) |
| Description: | CARE is one of the world's leading international humanitarian agencies and the people who work at CARE are among the tops in their fields. Our global presence and commitment to ending poverty make CARE an exciting and rewarding place to work. CARE's worldwide team of staff is using their power to help people achieve social and economic well being.
CARE is seeking a Country Director for its new office in Liberia. This is an extraordinary opportunity for an experienced and hands on self-starter to expand CARE 's network and mission in Africa.
The Country Director (CD) is CARE's senior representative in Liberia and is responsible for ensuring that CARE's work in the country 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 CD is expected to oversee the start up of the country office, provide strategic leadership and guidance to the country office team, ensure that CARE's role and mandate in the country are appropriate to the operating context, and position CARE as a partner of choice and a significant contributor to reducing poverty and social injustice.
The CD is responsible for overseeing the development, funding and implementation of the Country Office strategy and a program portfolio (including emergency programming) that effectively addresses the underlying causes of poverty in line with CARE's Programming Principles. S/he must also ensure that systems are established and properly implemented in order to ensure the proper management, well being and safety of CARE staff and the proper stewardhip of CARE resources. The CD is responsible for promoting Gender Equity and Diversity and ensuring an organizational culture where CARE's core values - Respect, Integrity, Commitment and Excellence - are practiced, team work is encouraged and all staff feel valued. S/he is responsible for establishing and maintaining good working relationships with host government officials, donors and other partners. Requirements include : - Bachelor's degree in related field (Master's degree preferred); - 8 years in senior management positions in the development field; - Strong Program Management skills : demonstrated experience in leading strategic and operational planning, demonstrated leadership and management skills in a very complex international setting, extensive conceptual skills including strategic analysis, demonstrated experience in program design, implementation and evaluation, experience in emergency related activities; - Strong People/Relationship Management skills : demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills, ability and interest to coach and develop staff, experience with performance management, strong representation and negotiation skills, demonstrated use of positive coping strategies in stressful environments, demonstrated cross cultural communication skills; - Knowledge and experience with Financial Management : ability to manage a complex budget, follow-up on internal and external audit recommendations, donor compliance and reporting; - Information/Knowledge Management skills : ability to establish a learning culture within the Country Office; - External Relationships/Fundraising skills : experience in successfully managing institutional partnerships with national and international NGOs, experience in establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships with donors and government counterparts; Highly qualified candidates will have experience and knowledge of operationalizing a rights-based approach, experience in development of program support systems and operational procedures, experience with management of a diverse workforce, demonstrated experience with proposal development with range of international donors (i.e USAID, EU, DFID,CIDA), experience and skills in organizational change processes; Please note that this position is based in Monrovia with 25% travel time in the country. As medical facilities are very poor and schooling is limited this is a non-family posting. The country Director can be accompanied by her/his spouse, but it is not an appropriate posting for children. Please visit CARE website to learn more about our organization and to apply for this position. www.care.org/careers |
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