TITLE: Programme Manager
LOCATION: Harare, Zimbabwe
CONTRACT: 24-month fixed-term contract
SALARY: GBP 34,263 (plus a benefits package that includes per diem and accommodation).
The British Red Cross helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are. We are part of a global voluntary network, responding to conflicts, natural disasters and individual emergencies. We enable vulnerable people in the UK and abroad to prepare for and with stand emergencies in their own communities. And when the crisis is over, we help them to recover and move on with their lives.
We are part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (RCRCM),the world’s largest independent humanitarian network and are committed to, and bound by, its fundamental principles: humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity and universality.
Within the International Division, the Programmes and Partnerships Department provides oversight of our partnerships with Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies and provides support for the development, implementation and review of organisational capacity buildi ng, disaster management and longer-term community resilience programming. The department works in partnership externally with National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the International Federation of the Red Cross and International Committee of the Red Cross, and internally within a matrix relationship of technical advisers and policy professionals.
The Programme Manager will play a key role in achieving the vision of BRC’s regional strategy for Southern Africa: that National Societies have the knowledge, skills and experience as well as the institutional capability to be able to deliver humanitarian assistance and strengthen resilience through a range of flexible delivery mechanisms as part of National Social Protection Systems.
The Programme Manager will ensure effective, efficient and appropriate use of BRC resources in supporting National Societies in Southern Africa to respond to emergencies, build resilience in vulnerable communities, and strengthen o rganisational capacity in relation to cash transfer programming.
The position will be based in Harare, Zimbabwe, with some travel to other Southern African National Societies as required.
For further detail on the main responsibilities and duties please click here to see the Staff Role Profile.
Please apply online via our websitewww.redcross.org.uk/Jobs. For further information about this role or if you are unable to apply online please contact International HR dept on quoting ref number REQ0000025YV.
Closing date for applications is: Sunday 30th of June 2019 (midnight UK time)
Interviews provisionally scheduled for second/third week of July.
Internal applicants: Please note you will need to use your ID number as your username and your SAVI self-service password as your password in order for the system to recognise you as an internal candidate.
We are committed to welcoming people from the widest possible diversity of background, culture and experience. The British Red Cross, incorporated by Royal Charter 1908, is a charity registered in England and Wales (220949) and Scotland (SC037738).
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