Country: Mozambique
Closing date: 30 Jan 2017
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 lifesaving 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.
The Assistant Country Director - Program (ACD-P) position is based in Maputo and reports to the Country Director (CD). The ACD-P is responsible for ensuring the CARE's long term development and emergency programs in Mozambique contribute to CARE Internationals' 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 resource mobilization, program strategy development and implementation, monitoring and evaluation, program quality, advocacy, institutional development and organizational strengthening of partners. The ACD-P will lead CARE Mozambique's transformation process from an "implementer of projects" focused on service delivery to a "facilitator of social change" using rights based and gender transformative approaches, in close collaboration with civil society partners. The PD is responsible for creating a culture of learning and reflection so that organizational knowledge is used to develop innovations and continuously improve program strategies, quality and impact.
S/he manages a team of (currently 8) professionals based in different locations and works in close collaboration with the Assistant Country Director, Program Support to ensure proper operational and financial management and that all program staff are working closely and interdependently with colleagues from program support, including Finance, Administration and Human Resources.
S/he works closely with, and is supported by the program units at regional and CARE International HQ levels.
The ACD-P is a key member of the Country Office Senior Management Team and as such is responsible for leading and supporting a range of Country Office (CO) initiatives. S/he is responsible for, along with the Country Director (CD), maintaining good working relationships with host government officials, donors and other partners. S/he leading in the development and management of relationships with Civil Society partners. S/he may be required to become Acting CD when the CD is out of the country.
Primary Responsibilities:
Staff management
Program strategy and development
Program management, operations and implementation
Reflective practice and learning
External relations and partnerships
Perform other duties as assigned
Primary Skills:
Seven (7) years in a senior management position in the development field
At least three (3) years experience managing USAID and EU supported projects
Excellent understanding of socio-economic development and poverty eradication strategies
Demonstrable experience of at least three years managing multi-million dollar portfolios
Proficiency in written and oral Portuguese (or Spanish and willingness to learn Portuguese) and English
Program Development and Management
Demonstrated capability in raising funds from bilateral and multilateral donors
Demonstrated proposal writing and report writing skills
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, implementation and evaluation
Experience in rights based approaches to development
Experience in Institutional Development and Organizational Strengthening of CSOs
People/Relationship Management
Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills
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
Financial Management
- Knowledge and experience with financial management as demonstrated by
Ability to manage a complex budget
Donor compliance and reporting
Information/Knowledge Management
- Ability to establish a learning culture within the CO
External Relationships/Fundraising
Experience in successfully managing institutional partnerships with national and international NGO
Experience in establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships with donors and government counterparts.
This is a 5 – 6 month assignment beginning in March.
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How to apply:
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