Senior Local Leadership Advisor

Post Title: Senior Local Leadership Advisor

Salary: Grade 5

Hours: 35 hours

Contract Type: 2 year fixed term contract

Base Location: Vauxhall, London. Flexible working options will be available

Job Purpose and Key Responsibilities:

This is an excellent opportunity to take on an exciting role within the Programme & Policy Department/Programme Management Team

We are looking for a talented individual to lead the change process following the launch on the new CARE International UK strategy and its focus on enabling local leadership in humanitarian and development action.

The Senior Local Leadership Advisor will work with the Head of Programme Management and the Senior Management Team to implement the required changes to CIUK’s ways of working, roles and responsibilities to achieve our ambitions to become an organisation that prioritises local leadership. This includes supporting the roll-out of new business models, monitoring and learning from these pilots and using learnings to analyse and propose how roles and responsibilities at CIUK should change.

In addition, the role holder will be an effective team member and committed to tackling discrimination and structural inequality and promoting CARE International’s Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) and Child Protection policy with team members and in day-to-day practice.

Why work for us?

At CARE International UK we affirm the dignity, potential and contribution of participants, donors, partners and staff. Our actions are consistent with our mission. We are honest and transparent in what we do and say and accept responsibility for our collective and individual actions. We work together effectively to serve the larger community. We constantly challenge ourselves to the highest levels of learning and performance to achieve greater impact.

About you:

We are looking for disruptor who will challenge the way CIUK and CARE have worked in the past. You will be an experienced individual, able to analyse how CIUK and CARE are currently delivering their programmes and, suggest changes that will support local leadership and work with the Programme Department teams to implement them.

You will be comfortable establishing constructive relationships with a range of colleagues in CIUK and CARE from practitioners to leadership. You will also be an excellent communicator sharing the new CIUK approaches with the rest of the CARE Confederation and with the wider sector.

About CARE:

CARE International is one of the world’s leading humanitarian and development charities. We fight poverty and injustice in the world’s most vulnerable places. We save lives in disasters and conflicts. We stand with women, girls and their communities to achieve lasting change for a better future.

Diversity and Inclusion Statement:

CARE International UK is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. We are committed to dismantling harmful and oppressive structures of power and accordingly centre gender equity in our work to save lives, fight poverty and achieve social justice. The post holder agrees to promote and uphold these principles.

CARE International UK operates fair, transparent and non-discriminatory recruitment practices and actively encourages applications from candidates from a variety of backgrounds, and with a range of skills and experiences. We are particularly interested to hear from candidates from Black and minoritised communities, LGBT+ candidates and disabled candidates.

CARE International UK is a disability confident employer. As part of our commitment to disability inclusion we guarantee interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria for the role. To be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme please complete the relevant section in the online application form. If at any stage of the recruitment process you require reasonable adjustments, including a copy of the recruitment pack in large print or an alternative format, please contact [email protected].

Safeguarding:

CARE International UK has a zero-tolerance approach to any harm to, or exploitation of, a vulnerable adult or a child by any of our staff, representatives or partners. Recruitment to all jobs in CARE International UK includes, in particular, criminal record checks and the collection of relevant references. Safeguarding our beneficiaries is our top priority in everything we do.

To Apply:

To apply, please visit our website, download and read the Senior Local Leadership Advisor Recruitment Pack, including the Job Description and Person Specification. Applications are completed online. If you require a copy of the recruitment pack in large print or an alternative format, please contact [email protected]. Please note, Curriculum Vitae’s (CVs) will not be accepted.

Closing date for applications: 26th November 2023

Interview date: w/c 4th December 2023