CARE is seeking a talented Regional Strategic Partnership Director who is primarily responsible for leading a strategic approach to building and strengthening CARE’s relationship with the key donors in West Africa which are aligned with Regional, sub regional and country offices program focus and strategy. The position allows CARE to play an active role in a variety of important Regional -based arenas, building and managing stronger relations and partnerships with key Donors and regional and national representations with primary focus on United States Agency for International Development (USAID) , Department for International Development (DFID), European Union (EU), and other relevant international development community. The Regional Strategic Partnership Director will report to the West Africa Regional Director and collaborate closely with Country office Leadership, Regional Management Team, CARE Member Partners’ technical teams, Fund raising Teams, Policy and Advocacy, communication in identifying, developing, coordinating, and maintaining CARE’s relationships and partnerships with Key Donors Representations at sub/regional and country level. The incumbent role will help support and strengthen CARE West Africa regional strategy to grow its donor resource base.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Business intelligence gathering and planning
- Strategic relationship management
- Networking, communication and outreach
- Capacity building
- Perform other duties as assigned
Primary Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Social Sciences, International Development or equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience
- No less than 8-10 years senior management experience in either/or both the non-profit and for-profit context;
- Experience working with and through Key Donors context and entities – with a strong and demonstrable working knowledge, connections and networks with USAID, DFID, EU, Danish International Dev't Agency (DANIDA), Norweigan Agency for Dev't (NORAD) etc.
- Experience in international development;
- Proven experience in results orientated relationship management, networking, marketing and intelligence gathering;
- Knowledge of DONOR rules and regulations.
- Experience with the wider Private Voluntary Ogranizations (PVO) community
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Solid understanding of the competititve bids process and recruitment function
- Ability to think strategically
- Ability to work in a fast -paced and extremely time-sensitive environment (handle pressure)
- Strong oral & written skills
- Excellent organization skills
- Computer literacy (Microsoft)
- Self-starter
- Ability to collaborate with a variety of people (team player)
- Ability to make decisions
- Ability and desire to network, both within and outside of CARE
- Flexibility
- Sensitivity to deadlines
- Intellectually curious
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of international development issues and significant knowledge of key bureaus and offices in Donors regional representations
- Excellent representational skills and ability to develop and provide well informed presentations about CARE for high-level audiences
- Familiarity and ease with political environment of key Donors
- Adaptability to a variety of contexts and situations
- Ability to adapt and operate in range of contexts
Our diversity is our strength; we encourage people from all backgrounds and experiences, particularly women, to apply.CARE USA is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
The closing date for this posting, if listed, is approximate. Job postings may be removed from CARE's career website at any time.
