Assistant Country Director – Programmes (ACD-P): CARE

Deadline: 1 April 2022

About

CARE is a leading humanitarian organization dedicated to fighting poverty and social injustice with a special emphasis on women and girls. CARE began working in Zimbabwe in 1992 in response to severe regional drought and has since expanded programming to address longer-term development issues. Currently, an estimated 5.8 million people are facing severe food insecurity in Zimbabwe as a result of the human-made climate crisis. The organization seeks to recruit outstanding candidates who are known for their excellence, professionalism, integrity and who are committed to providing support to the country office. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply for the positions posted below:

Duties

The Assistant Country Director – Programmes (ACD-P) is responsible for ensuring that CARE's programmes in Zimbabwe contribute to CARE's vision and mission. The ACD-P is expected to provide strategic leadership in the areas of programme design and proposal development at the same time as implementation, donor reporting, project budget management, monitoring and evaluation of ongoing activities; The ACD-P will work to ensure that projects support CARE Zimbabwe's programme approach framework and that project interventions make a significant contribution to the programme strategy to reduce vulnerability to drought / disaster and overcome poverty and social injustice; The ACD-P is responsible for overseeing the development of new business and funding which support programming in Zimbabwe; S/he manages a team of professionals focused on the design, funding, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of multi-donor, multi-sector programmes that include a broad range of livelihood provisioning, protection and promotion activities, along with emergency preparedness / disaster mitigation interventions; The combined impact of the programmes should effectively address the underlying causes of poverty in line with CARE's Programming Principles; S/he must also ensure that systems and people are in place to ensure the proper management of those projects and programmes; The ACD-P is responsible for overseeing the development, testing and implementation of new and innovative program approaches appropriate for the context of the Country Office; S/he works closely with and is supported by the programme units at CARE USA and colleagues in Southern Africa, as well as with other interested CARE International members; The ACD-P is a key member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and as such is responsible for leading and supporting Country Office initiatives; S/he is responsible for (along with the Country Director) maintaining good working relationships with host government officials, donors and other partners; S/he may be required to become Acting CD when the CD is out of the country.