PROGRAM SUPPORT COORDINATOR

At CARE, we seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live with dignity and security.

This has been our vision since 1945, when we were founded to send lifesaving CARE Packages® to survivors of World War II. Today, CARE is a global leader in the movement to eradicate poverty. In 2016, CARE worked in 94 countries and reached 80 million people with an incredible range of life-saving programs. We also put women and girls at the center of our work because we know that we cannot overcome poverty until all people have equal rights and opportunities. We seek dynamic, innovative thinkers to further our mission. If you share our core beliefs: poverty is an injustice; poverty is solvable; and together, we have the power to end it, join us.

CARE seeks a Program Support Coordinator (PS Coordinator) driven by integrity and passion to provide leadership and direction for CARE DRC programme support functions in line with the strategy / vision. The PS Coordinator works closely with the Country Director to develop effective, efficient and results driven Programme Support team, including smooth functioning of Administration, IT, Procurement and Logistics functions in CARE DRC offices. CARE DRC views Programme Support as a foundation of its programming; the PS Coordinator is expected to strengthen the integration of Programme Support with programme by working closely with the programme team. The PS Coordinator fosters a values-based organizational culture, ensuring good internal controls and conscientious stewardship of organization resources. S/he will promote a performance-based culture ensuring performance management systems are in place and functional in the PS team. The position is based in Goma.

As a member of the Country Office (CO) Senior Management Team, s/he will participate in decision- and policy-making on strategic issues including programme quality, programme development, human resource management, and other organizational priorities and concerns. The position reports to the Country Director and s/he collaborates closely with the Programme Coordinators (Humanitarian and Development), the Safety and Security Manager and the Finance Manager as well as with relevant Sub Regional and Regional staff.

Reporting to the Country Director, The PS Coordinator will Ensure Programme Support strategies are integrated into the overall CO business plan and with the senior management team to ensure that CARE has the appropriate staffing structures, management systems, and support systems to implement high quality programming; work closely and manage the administration or logistics focal point person in designated field locations to ensure that support systems and structures are in place and compliant with relevant internal and external policies and procedures; provide programs support during emergency scale-up to ensure field office set up is done in an efficient and effective manner; coordination of functional units budgets in line with agreed plans; ensures CO compliance with donor rules and regulations in all PS functions; actively work with Finance Manager and Regional Audit and Compliance Coordinator in the preparedness for audits; supports in CO response to audit findings as well as planning and implementing audit recommendations; maintain regular contact with the appropriate units in CARE HQ in order to facilitate the process of obtaining appropriate assistance when local knowledge is insufficient to solve a problem

Responsibilities:
• Develop and organize activities of Programme Support Department to provide timely and effective support to CO programme to ensure objectives are met
• Lead business process improvements for the CO Programme Support department to bring efficiency and effectiveness to the CO
• Ensure that there is a coherence in the support provided between Goma, Kinshasa and Field Office locations
• Mange the Programme Support budget ensuring compliance with donor requirement thus totally responsible and accountable for that budget
• Work with Finance Manager to ensuring compliance of processes for projects under existing and new donors
• Initiate new, revise existing Programs Support policies, systems and procedures in line with the legal and donor requirements in DRC
• Ensure sound internal control systems are in place and functioning to ensure adherence to policies and procedures
• Approve and ensure spending of Programs Support budget is in line with donor requirement
• Actively participates in strategy formulation as a member of the SMT providing strategic business or management related advice to the team

Required:
• Bachelor’s degree in management, logistic or related field
• At least four (4) leadership and management work experience in a large and complex INGO or organization in emergency context
• Broad experience in all dimensions of Programs Support (Procurement and Logistics, Administration, IT)
• Demonstrated leadership ability to inspire and empower others
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies.
• Strong initiative and self-motivated, with a strong commitment to teamwork and humanitarian principles
• Fluency in French and English language and written communication;
• Excellent skills in the use of computers (MS Word, Excel, Power Point);
• Firm belief in teamwork, gender equality, transparent and participatory management.

To apply for this position, please visit our website at https://chp.tbe.taleo.net/chp02/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=CAREU...

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