Deputy Chief of Party
Ngo & Social Services Jobs
- CARE International in Zimbabwe
- Expires 23 Jan 2025
- Mutare
- Full Time
Job Description
CARE is a leading humanitarian organization dedicated to fighting poverty and social
injustice with a special emphasis on women and girls. CARE began working in Zimbabwe in 1992 in response to severe regional drought and has since expanded programming to address longer-term development issues. The organization seeks to recruit outstanding
candidates who are known for their excellence, professionalism, integrity and who are
committed to providing support to the country office. Interested candidates are
encouraged to apply for the position posted below:
Position: Deputy Chief of Party
Base Station Mutare
WHY CARE
Our mission revolves around building trust, fostering inclusion, and empowering communities worldwide. We are a vibrant, diverse team committed to learning, growing, and delivering results that matter!
POSITION SUMMARY
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Deputy Chief of Party to support our mission for a USAID funded project. The ideal candidate will be responsible for assisting in the overall
management of program operations, ensuring our initiatives are executed effectively to
achieve strategic goals. This role is critical in fostering collaboration, overseeing project
implementation, and driving impactful results.
Duties and Responsibilities
RESPONSIBILITIES
As the Deputy Chief of Party, you'll play a pivotal role in:
• Programme Quality: Ensuring Quality Program Implementation, sustainability and
effective Resource Planning and Oversight
• Leading with Vision: Drive strategic initiatives that align with our mission and values.
• Building Relationships: Build partnerships among international-, national- and
community-level stakeholders.
• Innovating Solutions: Bring fresh ideas to the table and challenge the status quo to
improve our programs.
• Reporting and Documentation: Lead in the drafting of key program reports and
documents and support generation of knowledge products to reflect high quality
program results and progress
• Work Environment: Create an enabling environment and oversee Field Level Program
Operations
• Empowering Teams: Inspire and mentor your colleagues to achieve exceptional
results.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education/Training: University degree required. Master’s degree or equivalent in agriculture,
economics, management or international development preferred.
Qualifications and Experience
Experience/Technical Skills: A minimum of 7 years of progressively increasing management responsibility in complex, multi-sector international humanitarian and development projects as Deputy Chief of Party, or senior management experience on projects of similar size and scope.
Skills:
• Demonstrated experience developing and ensuring quality control for technically
rigorous, food security integration and collaboration, particularly for sub-grantees
and implementation awards.
• Demonstrated ability to network, communicate, and build/maintain relationships
with a wide range of stakeholders, including experience managing USAID
cooperative agreements and/or contracts.
• Strong building of relationships with host governments, donors, other donor-
funded projects and stakeholders, local organizations, and partners in low
resource environments.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are tailored to diverse audience
types, audience sizes, and communication platforms.
• Experience recruiting, developing, and managing staff and teams in remote
contexts.
• Excellent, high-level, demonstrated written and oral communications skills in
English is required, including the writing of quality reports and detailed analysis of
strategic information.
How to Apply
