At CARE, we seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live with dignity and security.<\/p>\n
This has been our vision since 1945, when we were founded to send lifesaving CARE Packages\u00ae to survivors of World War II. Today, CARE is a global leader in the movement to eradicate poverty. In 2015, CARE worked in 95 countries and reached 65 million people with an incredible range of life-saving programs. We also put women and girls at the center of our work because we know that we cannot overcome poverty until all people have equal rights and opportunities. We seek dynamic, innovative thinkers to further our mission. If you share our core beliefs: poverty is an injustice; poverty is solvable; and together, we have the power to end it, join us.<\/p>\n
We are recruiting to fill the position below:<\/p>\n
Job Title:<\/strong> Country Director Description<\/strong> To achieve our goals, CARE is seeking a top performing Country Director who will lead the Nigeria Country Office and consistently demonstrate the characteristics and vision to work towards our critical priorities, drive change and catapult us to the next level. More specifically the Country Director-Nigeria will drive for impact that benefits women and girls, address injustice and discrimination, and enhance the lives of poor and vulnerable communities.<\/p>\n The CD will also coordinate the development of CARE Nigeria\u2019s Business plan aiming at developing milestones for the changes\/transformations that are planned to take place within the next 3-5 years and defining how the implementation of these changes\/transformations will be resourced.<\/p>\n S\/he will oversee CO programming to advance CARE\u2019s vision and mission, in line with CARE\u2019s Program Strategy and standards for program quality; CARE Nigeria program is currently 100% in response to humanitarian response in the North-East (NE) of the country.<\/p>\n The Country Director is also responsible for all aspects of CARE\u2019s work in Nigeria, including, among others, setting strategic direction and vision, ensuring program quality, efficient operational procedures and systems, grants and contracts management, financial management, staff management, CARE\u2019s representations with Government representatives, donors, partners and vendors.<\/p>\n In this role the Country Director will:<\/p>\n Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n Qualifications<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nLocation: <\/strong>Abuja, Nigeria, with 30% travel to the field
\nExpected Travel:<\/strong> Up to 30%
\nEmployee Duration:<\/strong> Active Full-Time
\nType of Post:<\/strong> Accompanied \u2013 Family
\nFunding:<\/strong> Approved<\/p>\n
\nWe seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live in dignity and security. CARE will be a global force and a partner of choice within a worldwide movement dedicated to ending poverty. We will be known everywhere for our unshakable commitment to the dignity of people.<\/p>\n\n
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