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Interim Emergency Shelter Team Leader : Vauxhall, London

Salary: £38,164 per annum pro rata Duration: 4-6 months Location: Vauxhall, London (with international travel)

CARE International UK (CIUK) is currently recruiting an Interim Emergency Shelter Team Leader for a period of 4 - 6 months whilst CIUK recruits a permanent post holder. It is envisaged the post holder will start by mid August 2012.

CARE International’s (CI) revised Humanitarian and Emergency Strategy was approved by the CARE International Board in May 2012. This revised strategy refocuses CARE Internationals humanitarian work to ensure that the specific needs of women and girls are identified and met. CARE International’s emergency sectors (Shelter, WASH, Food Security, Sexual and Reproductive Health) are vehicles for achieving positive impact on the lives of women and girls during humanitarian crises. In line with this CARE International UK (CIUK) is revising its current shelter strategy to ensure alignment with the revised CI strategy.

CIUK is seeking a dynamic and highly motivated individual to provide interim leadership to the Emergency Shelter Team based in London. This position provides opportunity for the post holder to truly ensure that CARE International continues to develop its existing emergency shelter work, and builds the reputation of CARE International as a key actor in the emergency shelter sector.

Key focus of the position is: • Conduct a review of CARE International’s emergency shelter strategy, ensuring the specific needs of women and girls are a key focus in the review. • Ensuring CARE International Country Offices receive appropriate technical advice and support (both remotely and through deployment of CIUKs shelter team). • Represent CARE International in relevant emergency shelter forums and meetings including with UN agencies, other NGOs, partners, donors and inter-agency working groups. • Manage the CIUK emergency shelter team composed of 3 staff. • Manage the emergency shelter component of the CARE International Roster for Emergency Deployments in collaboration with human resource colleagues.

Key Skills required include: • A relevant combination of experience and qualifications (preferably at Postgraduate level) in the Built Environment field, • Proven ability to provide high quality technical advice to humanitarian shelter programmes and preparedness activities in a number of overseas emergency operations. • Demonstrated experience of gender sensitive programming, and of ensuring the needs of women and girls are effectively addressed in humanitarian programmes. • Significant experience of building and leading teams • Demonstrated skills in developing external relationships with donors, UN and others including developing partnerships, fundraising, negotiation and liaison.

How to apply:

For further information about this role including full job description and details about how to apply please refer to the jobs page of our website: www.careinternational.org.uk/jobs

Closing date: Sunday 29 July 2012