COUNTRY DIRECTOR - JORDAN

Job Description

CARE seeks a world of hope, inclusion, and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and all people live in dignity and security. CARE places a particular emphasis on women and girls, their dignity and empowerment to lead their communities out of poverty. For 78 years, CARE has led the way to a better life for the world’s most vulnerable people. This year, CARE and partners worked in 109 countries, reaching 167 million people through more than 1,600 projects.

CARE Jordan has begun a new chapter in development assistance. While we continue to provide services directly at a smaller scale, we’ll focus more on sharing knowledge of what works with local partners and guiding grassroots organizations on proven approaches to achieve gender equity, grow food, conserve water, and reduce poverty.

Opportunity

We’re looking for Country Director to create a new playbook for CARE in Jordan. Someone who can build a great team and manage a budget. Open doors to new partners and strengthen relationships with existing ones. Secure new funding to fuel our efforts.

The key responsibilities of the Country Director:

• Drive strategy. Develop the blueprint to guide CARE’s work in Jordan, largely through partners and with partners.
• Lead the team. Guide a staff of program managers, operations experts, and technical experts.
• Promote CARE. Maintain strong relationships with government, partners and donors, such as the USAID, OFDA, and private donors.
• Grow the portfolio. Work with business development staff to identify, track and coordinate responses to funding opportunities. Develop partnerships that lead to new funding.
• Make sure we play by the rules. Serve as our chief compliance officer in Jordan. Ensure that we are ethical and efficient, that we have the procedures in place to be strong stewards of donor funding.
• Lead with integrity. Create a positive and productive workplace. One that values hard work, feedback and continuous improvement, diversity, inclusion and a strong commitment to CARE.

You

· International development leader. You have at least 12 years’ experience leading humanitarian and/or development programs in global companies or international NGOs with offices in MENA. You have master’s degree International Development or other relevant post-graduate degree. You are fluent in English and preferably, proficient in Arabic.

· Commitment to gender equity - You are an advocate for women and girls. You’ve worked on education, humanitarian, or development programs that advance gender equity.

· Natural fundraiser. You have experience identifying business opportunities for health organizations or securing funds from foundations and institutional donors like USAID, OFDA, the EU, and The Gates Foundation

· Collaborative manager. You are able to inspire a shared vision and motivate a country-wide team. You’ve managed an annual budget of at least $5 million and regional or country-wide teams of 20.

· A natural connector. You are able to build and sustain relationships with government ministries and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). You are able to identify new donors and partners to work with us. You can spot trends and keep the CARE regional executive team informed about gender, development and health needs and opportunities in Jordan.

· A strategist. You are a quick thinker, laser focused and clear decision maker. You have a strong interest in private-sector approaches to development and a proven ability to produce results. You can apply what you learn in your country to other countries CARE works in.

About the Organization

CARE is an international NGO with local staff and community partners in more than 90 countries. We create local solutions to poverty and inequality and we seek dignity for everyone every day and during times of crisis. These solutions have a broad range, from clean water to access to education; from microfinance to ensuring that everyone has nutritious food; from agriculture and climate change to disaster response. CARE puts women and girls at the center of everything we do because they have proven to be the best hope for creating lasting change in the world. Our staff live where they work, which makes us effective at understanding the challenges they face. We’ve been doing this for over 70 years, since World War II. It started with the world’s first CARE Package® of food for the post-war hungry in Europe. Our work today is as important as ever, we believe that poverty and inequality are historic injustices that we can end within a generation, for good. If you share our core beliefs: poverty is an injustice; poverty is solvable; and together, we have the power to end it, join us, and fight with CARE.

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