CARE aspire à un monde d’espoir, d’inclusion et de justice sociale, où la pauvreté a été vaincue et où toutes les personnes vivent dans la dignité et la sécurité. CARE accorde une importance particulière aux femmes et aux filles, à leur dignité et à leur autonomisation pour sortir leurs communautés de la pauvreté. En 2020, CARE a travaillé dans 104 pays, touchant 90 millions de personnes à travers plus de 1 300 programmes, avec un budget annuel de 650 millions de dollars. Chacune de ces 90 millions de personnes a une histoire de résilience, de communauté, de force et d’espoir – toutes les choses qui nous unissent, à travers chaque coin du globe.
The Country Director (CD) is responsible for fulfilling the CI approved “Performance Standards of Country Offices”. S/he oversees the development, funding and implementation of the Country Office (CO) program portfolio. S/he is responsible for adequate emergency preparedness and manages emergency programming and operations. S/he establishes and sustains productive relationships and political influence with government officials, donors and strategic partners. S/he leads the CO’s fundraising strategy and ensures the CO’s financial viability. An organizational citizen, s/he contributes to CI’s global strategy, shares knowledge and supports the generation of evidence to inform CARE’s global programming.
The CD is also accountable for competent operational and risk management, including the proper management, well being and safety of CARE staff and the proper stewardship of CARE’s resources. The CD models and ensures systematic practice of CARE core values – Respect, Integrity, Commitment and Excellence- S/he also promotes Gender Equality and Diversity among CO staff and in programming.
The CD models new ways of working and drives the teams toward the CARE 2030 Vision, fostering innovation, holistic planning and programming and helping to build effective teams, coalitions and networks. S/he encourages on-going staff development to motivate and strengthen the teams’ resilience in the face of change.
Responsibilities:
- Staff management
- Strategic planning
- Program impact and relevance
- Resource mobilization and operations viability
- Human Resources
- External relations, partnerships and advocacy
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in related field
- 6-8 years in senior management position in development field
- Strategic and operational Management
- Demonstrated experience in leading strategic and operational planning
- Extensive conceptual skills including strategic analysis
- Demonstrated management skills in a complex international setting
- People/Relationship Management
- Demonstrated self-awareness, leadership and interpersonal skills
- Strong human resource management skills including capacity building, coaching and conflict management;
- Experience supervising and developing a multi-disciplinary team in a cross-cultural setting;
- Demonstrated interest and ability to give feedback, develop, motivate and lead a diverse team to achieve results;
- Demonstrated use of positive coping strategies in stressful environments
- Financial Management
- Knowledge and experience with financial management as demonstrated by ability to:
- Manage a complex budget
- Effectively follow-up on internal and external audit recommendations
- Ensure donor compliance and reporting
- Knowledge and experience with financial management as demonstrated by ability to:
- Information/Knowledge Management
- Ability to establish a learning culture within the CO and to facilitate knowledge sharing across CARE
- French and English language skills
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