CARE International is a global leader within a worldwide movement dedicated to saving lives and ending poverty. We work in over 94 countries around the world to provide over 1000 poverty-fighting development and humanitarian aid projects.
We are recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: Regional Humanitarian Director – West Africa Region
Location: Abuja FCT
Employee Duration: Full-Time
Department: HUM
Position Description
- The Regional Humanitarian Director (RHD) plays a key role in CARE’s preparedness and response to humanitarian crises in the region.
- S/he reports to the Regional Director (RD) with a dotted line to the Humanitarian Affairs Sr Director for Emergency Response and Coordination. Based in Dakar, s/he represents CARE in regional humanitarian fora and to key humanitarian donors and manages the Regional Advocacy Advisor.
- The RHD provides coordination and support to Country Presences (CPs) responding to humanitarian crises, linking internal and external stakeholders to best support the response.
- S/he will be expected to be the first rapid response staff to deploy from outside the CP to support initial response start-up.
- S/he works to strengthen the capacity of CP’s and CARE’s partners to prepare for humanitarian responses in the region ensuring that program quality aspects of CARE’s locally-led, globally connected and gender-equal approach are integrated into our humanitarian programming.
Responsibilities
- Humanitarian Response – Support to Country Presences (CPs)
- Drive Humanitarian Program Quality
- Enable Country Presence Preparedness and Capacity
- Ensure Humanitarian Representation and Information Sharing
Qualifications
- Master’s Degree or relevant combination of qualifications and experience, in a relevant field
- Minimum of 10 years’ experience in humanitarian preparedness, risk reduction and response
- Proven experience and competencies in external representation to key external stakeholders such as Donors, UN Agencies, and I/INGOs
- Experience in program design, management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, including the CORE Humanitarian Standards, SPHERE standards, Grand Bargain, gender, donor relations, security and protection considerations
- Experience in scale-up emergency response, Gender in Emergencies; women’s empowerment programming and humanitarian accountability
- Excellent training, coaching and mentoring skills
- High level of writing and communication skills
Remuneration
Starting salary is based on internal equity, candidate experience, and the cost of labor where the job is based.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
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