COUNTRY DIRECTOR HAITI

Job Description

CARE is seeking a strategic, innovative Country Director (CD) to lead its work in Haiti, advancing CARE’s mission to save lives, defeat poverty, and promote social justice. The CD provides overall leadership for strategy, programs, operations, partnerships, and people, ensuring CARE Haiti remains a trusted, influential, and future‑ready actor in a highly complex environment. The CD reports directly to the Regional Director.

Role Overview

The Country Director sets the strategic direction for CARE Haiti and represents the organization at the highest levels. The role requires a leader who is:

• Innovative - drives digital transformation and new models of change.
• Network‑oriented - builds strong partnerships with government, civil society, communities, and the private sector.
• Skilled in complexity - leads diverse teams with emotional intelligence and clarity.
• Impact‑focused - delivers cost‑effective, scalable results.
• Agile - adapts to Haiti’s rapidly shifting political, economic, and security landscape.

Key Responsibilities Strategic Leadership

• Develop and execute a multi‑year strategy aligned with CARE’s global priorities and Haiti’s national context.
• Lead organizational transformation and innovation to keep CARE Haiti agile and competitive.
• Strengthen foresight, scenario planning, and evidence‑based decision‑making.

People & Culture

• Lead and inspire a diverse team, fostering inclusion, accountability, learning, and collaboration.
• Build leadership pipelines and ensure strong succession planning.
• Promote knowledge‑sharing and organizational resilience.

Partnerships & Resource Mobilization

• Secure diversified funding from institutional, multilateral, philanthropic, and private‑sector partners.
• Cultivate high‑level relationships with Haitian authorities, donors, civil society, and business leaders.
• Explore innovative financing models, including impact investment, CSR partnerships, and local resource generation.
• Position CARE Haiti as a credible, influential partner shaping policy and donor agendas.

Operational Excellence

• Ensure efficient, compliant, and cost‑effective operations aligned with CARE’s global standards.
• Lead safeguarding, security, and risk‑management efforts in Haiti’s fragile context.
• Maintain financial sustainability through strong budgeting, cost recovery, and prudent use of unrestricted resources.
• Adjust structures and systems to remain fit‑for‑purpose as the operating environment evolves.

Program Quality & Impact

• Ensure programs are evidence‑based, community‑led, and designed for scale.
• Advance localization and strengthen Haitian civil society partnerships.
• Leverage technology and entrepreneurial models to deepen impact for vulnerable populations, especially women and girls.

Candidate Profile

You bring senior leadership experience in complex or fragile contexts, excel at partnership‑building, and have a strong record of delivering transformative, scalable impact. You lead with curiosity, courage, and a commitment to gender equality and locally led development. This role requires experience in complex emergencies, strong financial oversight, full professional fluency in French and English.

About the Organization

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CARE is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, ancestry, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, or veteran status, or any other characteristics protected under applicable law.

Starting salaries are based on internal equity, candidate experience, and the cost of labor where the job is based. Salaries listed only apply to jobs based in the US.