CARE USA
CARE USA is seeking a talented, proactive and motiviated individual to assume the role of Senior Manager – Emergency Preparedness and Operations Support. The Sr. Manager will play a critical role in managing strategic humanitarian operations and initiatives, coordinating and implementing CARE’s work in Emergency Preparedness and Planning (EPP) and in advancing strategic humanitarian programming priorities. This includes, (but is not limited to), the gender equality & localization agenda, incorporating minimum technical sectors standards and risk analysis into the EPP process as well as strengthening program support capacity and systems needed for an effective and efficient humanitarian response.
This position will also provide oversight and management of a significant multi-year project supporting emergency preparedness efforts across the federation and country offices to strengthen CARE’s emergency prepparedness planning capacity. The Sr. Manager will work closely with the CARE Emergency Group (CEG), Regional Humanitarian Coordinators (RHCs), Country Offices (COs), Human Resources (HR) and other relevant departments to support capacity building efforts of CARE’s and partners staff on systems, policies and processes that improve CARE’s and partners readiness to respond to crisis and promote CARE’s gender equality and localization initiatives.
The person in this role will also coordinate closely with the Humanitarian Affairs Fundraising team to ensure that Operations capacity and activities are considered during various fundraising initiatives and coordinate provision of information required to support such fundraising. The Sr. Manager-Emergency Prepradeness an Operations Support is a strategic leader in thier area who is expected to lead/support the strategic initiatives and linkages of the Operations sub-team with other Humanitarian Affairs sub-teams and provides technical guidance on EPP sector across CARE International.
This position will work closely with the Senior Director of Operations to plan, coordinate, and execute work related to Emergency Preparedness, operations, and other humanitarian priorities. The incumbent will contribute to the development and implementation of program operations standards by providing input and knowledge and developing CARE’s capacity to support humanitarian responses. This will include, but will not be limited to, the coordination and leadership of internal processes and working groups; external influencing of donors, peers, and others; articulation of thought leadership positions; ensuring alignment and coherence across programming and program support endeavors; provide support to resource mobilization as and when necessary; and supporting emergency responses as needed. S/he backstops and cover for the Senior Director of Operations and acts on his behalf if/as needed.
The Sr. Manager, Emergency Preparedness and Operations Support will report directly to the Sr. Director – Humanitarian Operations and liaises closely with other C/USA technical teams, CEG, CARE Member Partners (CMP), Regional and COs’ teams and external partners to ensure alignment of the emergency preparedness efforts with the confederations’ humanitarian and program strategies. The position can be US or field based, with over 30% travel time to cover CARE’s work across CARE operational areas.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Technical leadership, strategic guidance, management, and coordination of EPP activities
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Oversight, management, monitoring and delivering on CARE’s commitment on EPP Projects
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Engagement, liaison, coordination, and Operations/relationships building support
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Coordinate and support strengthening and improvement of CARE’s program support system & response capacity
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Other Responsibilities as assigned.
- Ensure backup/coverage for the Sr. Director of Operations core responsibilities in his absence and during his deployments.
- Convene and/or participate in relevant working groups as required.
How to apply
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