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Regional Programme Manager - Africa


Salary: c £38k - £43k
Ref: C774
Location: Vauxhall, SE London
Why work for us?
The Regional Programme Manager (Africa) plays a major role in the newly-created Programme Management Team at CARE International UK (CIUK) and is responsible for building and maintaining a strategic portfolio of development programming in Africa from across our institutional donor base. The post holder will be expected to grow CIUK’s funding and enable us to play a key role in delivering on the CARE International Global Programme Strategy (2015-2020).
About you
We are looking for a dynamic professional who has an excellent understanding and strong track record of success in the UK and European institutional funding environments. The post holder will manage a team of fundraisers, programme and contract managers with a primary focus on sub-Saharan Africa. Direct experience of development work in Africa is a requirement for the role.
About CARE
CARE International UK’s Strategic Plan identifies our core areas of focus. Working with our Women’s Economic Empowerment, Inclusive Governance and Humanitarian teams, the Programme Management Team is responsible for aligning our funding with these focus areas as well as mobilising resources for other core strands of CARE International’s global priorities. Reinforcing our relations and increasing funding from key donors, particularly DFID, will be undertaken in association with our technical teams as well as the new Strategic Funding and Partnerships team.
CARE International is committed to fighting poverty and injustice in the world’s most vulnerable places and to saving lives in disasters and conflicts. In this we stand with women, girls and their communities to achieve lasting change for a better future. We are looking for an effective manager with good team building competence as well as a demonstrable passion for the values and the mission of the organisation.

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