CARE
International Aid Agency
Closing date: 25 Jan 2010 -- (CLOSED)
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the) - London
Conflict Team Leader (maternity cover)
Ref: C352
Based in Southwark, London with some international travel
Salary: £36,000 per annum pro rata
35 Hours per week
Duration: 9 month maternity cover contract
CARE International is one of the three biggest aid agencies in the world. Reaching more than 59 million people in over 70 countries, our aim is to create long-lasting and sustainable change for the world’s most vulnerable people.
CARE International UK (CIUK) is recruiting a Conflict Team Leader to head a team which plays a leadership role for CARE International globally, providing technical support for improving the quality and impact of CARE's programmes. Conflict is a strategic priority area of work for CIUK.
CARE works in many countries affected by, or recently emerging from violent conflict. CIUK supports numerous country offices globally to ensure conflict sensitivity in their programmmes and organizational approaches. CIUK further supports CARE country offices to implement high quality peacebuilding programming and conducts advocacy to influence the policies and practices of other agencies and donors in support of peace.
We are looking for a highly competent and experienced people and process manager, with a strong understanding of conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding, to provide maternity cover.
You will manage a highly motivated team, ensuring the high quality implementation of the team’s portfolio, providing vision and leadership to the team. You will also be responsible for ensuring the effective stewardship of two significant consortium contracts which CIUK holds. You will provide technical expertise in conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding to support the team, and to lead in several key initiatives. You will hold responsibility for the evaluation of the conflict portfolio in 2010 and the drafting of the conflict component of the Programme Partnership Agreement Proposal, in line with the conflict strategy. You will provide leadership to the development of a conflict centre of expertise, and support a new team member in furthering this initiative and wider knowledge management work.
You will have a masters level of education (or equivalent) in development or a closely related subject, and experience in practical implementation of peacebuilding programmes, in capacity building for conflict sensitivity, and in policy analysis or advocacy. You will have excellent team management skills, demonstrable success in fundraising and donor liaison, and experience of project management.
Reference Code: RW_7ZEP75-78
