Country: Central African Republic
Closing date: 02 Dec 2018
War Child UK has worked in Central African Republic since 2011, supporting children and communities who have lived through the recent years of violent conflict.
Our programme focuses on child protection, access to quality education and supporting livelihoods recovery. We have a particular interest in the effective reintegration of children formerly associated with armed groups, and with the psycho social dimensions of the humanitarian response.
We work with a range of local civil society partners, as well as implementing some of our own work directly. Plans for 2019 and beyond are very exciting for the CAR team with a number of new grant funded programmes starting up, our donors including DFID, UNICEF and the UN Peace Building Fund.
We are recruiting a new Country Director for our CAR programme. We need an experienced NGO leader who is familiar with the particular challenges of operating in a setting such as CAR.
Our CD will ensure that the War Child team remains safe, and that our security protocols are well maintained. We want to continue to build the programme, and central to this role will be the ability to build networks and alliances with local and international partners and to represent effectively with a wide range of donors.
We place a very strong emphasis on national and global advocacy as part of our theory of change, and the Country Director will need the representational and relationship skills to ensure that War Child is connected to the appropriate national and local authorities across our areas of operation. Our CAR programme places a strong emphasis on youth and child participation in advocacy.
War Child has developed a clear vision and approach to programme quality, and our Country Director will have a track record in ensuring effective monitoring, accountability and learning.
Leadership and team building skills are paramount. Working with a cross cultural and dispersed team the Country Director will inspire results and performance across the team.
The post also forms part of War Child’s dynamic and experienced Country Director Group, with the ability to share experience across our country programmes.
How to apply:
For a full JD and an application form, please go to our website:
https://www.warchild.org.uk/www.warchild.org.uk/who-we-are/jobs/country-director-CAR