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CARE is a leading international humanitarian aid organisation fighting global poverty, with a special focus on working with women and girls to bring lasting change to their communities.

About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity to join our CARE International in Myanmar team as the Assistant Country Director - Programs (ACD-P). Under the direction of the Country Director (CD) and as part of the Country Office Senior Management Team (SMT), the ACD-P plays a key role in advancing the strategic direction of the Country Office (CO). The ACD-P oversees both programmes and all projects and is responsible for management of processes to support high quality development and implementation. The ACD-P leads senior managers ensuring best practice in both people and program management. In collaboration with the CD, the ACD-P performs representational and fundraising duties and ensures that the vision, mission and core values of CARE International are promoted.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Direction Setting
• Fundraising and Representation
• Project Cycle Management
• Information sharing, learning, collaboration
• Administration and Human Resources Management
• Safety and Security

Ideally you will have:

• Extensive strategic and operational experience, preferably with an international NGO, and demonstrated experience in the management of large and complex multi-sector programs
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience of current best practice development approaches, tools and methodologies and extensive experience in project design, proposal development and project management including in developing and applying sound evidence to substantiate results.
• Demonstrated extensive experience in fund raising and developing winning proposals
• Demonstrated ability to build and manage complex and diverse stakeholder relationships.
• Demonstrated skills in leadership and management in a complex international setting, excellent people management skills and interpersonal skills including the ability to develop harmonious teams in a cross cultural context.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Ability to produce high quality work and balance competing priorities within demanding timeframes.
• Minimum Bachelor's degree in relevant subject
• Experience in leading both humanitarian and development programmes, ensuring coherent approaches across the humanitarian-development spectrum
• A demonstrated commitment to capacity building of national staff
• A demonstrated commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment

CARE Australia reserves the right to seek information from job applicants’ previous employers about incidents of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment, and/or child abuse the applicant may have been found guilty to have committed or about which an investigation was in the process of being carried out at the time of the termination of the applicant’s employment with that employer. By submitting the application, the job applicant confirms that s/he has no objection to CARE Australia requesting the information specified above.

CARE Australia is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from people living with a disability and/or have lived experience of disability. As this position is based in Myanmar, we particularly welcome applications from Myanmar citizens. We also encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to apply.