Country: South Sudan
Closing date: 24 Feb 2016
The Assistant Country Director - Program (ACD-P) is 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 in this position is to play a strong RESOURCE MOBILZATION 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 ACCOUNTIBILITY 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 ongoing conflict and instability. S/he manages a team of professionals focused on the design, funding, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programs and projects, with 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
Perform other duties as assigned
Primary Skills:
Bachelor's degree in related field
At least five (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
Demonstrated experience in leading strategic and operational planning
Demonstrated leadership and management skills in a very complex international setting
Extensive conceptual skills including development of program strategy
Demonstrated experience in program design (including proposal development), implementation and evaluation
Experience in emergency related activities
Demonstrated leadership skills
Demonstrated inter-personal skills and strong emotional intelligence
Ability and interest to coach and develop staff
Experience with performance management
Experience with the management of a diverse workforce
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 as demonstrated by:
Ability to manage a complex budget
Donor compliance and reporting
Ability to establish a learning culture within the CO
Experience in successfully managing institutional partnerships with national and international NGOs
Experience in establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships with donors and government counterparts
Our diversity is our strength; we encourage people from all backgrounds and experiences, particularly women, to apply.
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How to apply:
To apply for this position, please visit our website here:http://chc.tbe.taleo.net/chc02/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=CAREUSA&cws=1&rid=3030