CARE South Sudan PROJECT MANAGERS

CARE South Sudan is a subsidiary of CARE International, a leading humanitarian and development agency fighting global poverty around the world. CARE’s operations in South Sudan dates back to the early 1980s, focusing on emergency and disaster relief to the conflict affected populations in the South. Currently, CARE South Sudan works in three States, Unity, Jonglei and Upper Nile States, implementing programmes in two broad areas namely governance and recovery and sustainable livelihoods (Food security, health and WASH) focusing on women and youth, and addressing both humanitarian and development needs. The Peace Under Construction Project is a multi country project funded by the government of Netherlands, implemented in Burundi and South Sudan. The project focuses on good governance, civil society engagement and economic development activities, mainly around Village Savings Schemes CARE seeks a Project Manager who will lead the successful implementation of the South Sudan Peace Under Construction Project under the guidance of the Program Coordinator. He/She will be responsible for the day to day planning and management of project implementation, budget control, monitoring and evaluation, project staff recruitment and supervision, donor compliance and coordination with the relevant partners in the field, and will work closely with the respective local authorities and communities in the targeted Counties. The Project Manager will be expected to provide context specific and technical advice during implementation and evaluating the relevance and appropriateness of the project activities, proposing adjustments for cost effectiveness and sustainable impact. He/She will also monitor ongoing contextual analysis of the local social, economic and political factors affecting peace and livelihoods and ensuring learning from the project is shared. This will inform the wider livelihood programming in the area of operation.

How to apply: 

This position will be based one Malakal Upper Nile State, and one Panyagor, Jongeli state. This position is ONLY open to South Sudan Nationals.
Closing date for receiving application will be 12 November 2012 Applications and CVs should be sent by Email to: CARE South Sudan Tongping Area, Off US Residential Road Juba, South Sudan Email: hrjuba@ss.care.org Please indicate which location you need to be based to