Christian Aid Head of Asia and Middle East

The Head of Asia and Middle East is in charge of shaping, leading, developing and promoting the programme, emergency, advocacy, policy and campaign work of Christian Aid in the Asia and Middle East regions and also of co-ordinating and overseeing strategic alliances of the programme to reinforce Christian Aid's reputation as a highly relevant and trusted church-based international development agency.

We are looking for experience of managing large teams involved in complex corporate functions including short and long term strategy, planning, budgeting and developing communications messaging to meet complex corporate goals; experience of leading and managing change and cross organisational working; and considerable experience in development and up-to-date knowledge of best practice and debates in development, including gender approaches, capacity building, humanitarian and policy debates.

You should demonstrate ability to build good contacts with senior government officials and with development organisations, including church-based organisations. You should be educated to degree level or equivalent in development or a relevant discipline with a good knowledge of development and poverty issues in relation to the Asia and/or Middle East regions.

Please show your suitability for this post by giving answers to the following questions: Using the guidance notes may help you formulate your answers.

Build partnership

Please give us an example of a time when you took an initiative to promote collaborative team working to break down barriers to effective cross-organisational collaboration.

Steward resources

Please tell us about a time when you had to coordinate work where there conflicting demands on both time and resources and where you had to negotiate and adapt resources requirements accordingly.

Realise potential

Please describe a situation where you acted as a role model for developing, managing and supporting other people.

We value the contribution each person makes to the success of our organisation. That’s why you can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, including a generous holiday allowance, a season ticket loan, and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance. If the post is based in one of our country offices, local terms and conditions will apply and the post may attract expatriate benefits if the criteria are met. Candidates interested in this position in a country office should enquire of details of salary and benefits.

Download the role profile (111 KB pdf)

To apply for this post, please download an application pack and email your completed UK & Ireland application form to: recruitment@christian-aid.org quoting the reference number

Please note that CVs will not be accepted.

Job reference: 318/OK

Closing date: 12 noon, Wednesday 22 August 2012

Interview date: Week commencing 3 September 2012

Christian Aid values diversity and aspires to reflect this in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.