Your Role:
As Country Director, you will play a pivotal role in
shaping the direction and impact of CARE’s work in Kenya. Your responsibilities
will include:
- Strategic Leadership: Designing and implementing
organizational change processes to align with the CARE 2030 vision and
global objectives. Developing and executing CARE Kenya’s country office
(CO) strategy, ensuring alignment with regional and country contexts, and
CARE’s global mission and impact drivers: gender equality, locally-led,
and globally scaled.
- Talent Management: Leading talent management and succession
planning initiatives to build a skilled, diverse, and high-performing
team. Providing mentorship and support to staff, fostering a culture of
growth, learning, and excellence.
- Compliance and Risk Management: Ensuring compliance with legal
requirements, safety protocols, and risk management practices. Advocating
for and upholding CARE’s safeguarding policy throughout the organization
and all programming.
- Advocacy and Partnership: Building and maintaining productive
relationships with stakeholders, donors, and partners to maximize CARE’s
impact and influence.
- Program Impact and Scale: Ensuring that programs are designed
and implemented based on sound analysis, address underlying causes of
poverty, and align with CARE’s Program Strategy and standards for quality.
- Resource Mobilization: Mobilizing resources and securing
funding to support ongoing and future program activities. Developing and
implementing an effective resource mobilization strategy, in line with the
CO program strategy, to ensure financial viability and promote growth.
Qualifications
- Education: A bachelor’s degree in a related field. Master’s
degree preferred.
- Experience: Minimum of 10 years of experience in international
development, humanitarian, and nexus spaces, preferably in complex
operating environments. 6-8 years in senior management within the
development field, demonstrating leadership in delivering high-quality
programs, influencing strategies, and development initiatives in Kenya.
- Leadership and Advocacy: Proven track record of strategic
leadership and operational management, influencing at national and
international levels, with a commitment to a rights-based approach,
especially in advocating for women’s rights. Passion for gender equality,
diversity, and social justice, with a track record of securing funding
from major donors and multilateral organizations.
- Change Management & Relationship Building: Strong
interpersonal skills, with the ability to lead diverse teams in
cross-cultural settings. Experience in managing complex change processes
and fostering relationships across diverse internal and external
stakeholders in multicultural settings.
- Team Leadership: Skilled in leading and motivating diverse
teams in remote locations, fostering excellent team performance aligned
with CARE’s core values and policies.
- Representation: Demonstrated success in representing an
organization with partners, government agencies, private sectors, media,
and donors at senior levels both nationally and globally.
- Financial Management and Fiscal Responsibility: Demonstrated
experience in responsible program design, financial management, audits and
donor compliance and reporting. Understand the basics of financial
oversight.
How To Apply
