United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Senior Advisor - Resilience

Senior Advisor – Resilience

Salary: £35,603

Duration: Two year fixed term contract, with possibility of extension

Start Date: Immediate

Location: Vauxhall, London

Ref: 717

CARE International UK (CIUK) is looking for an exceptional candidate to join our Climate Change and Resilience Team, as we seek to grow our expertise and provide quality support to programmes through our country offices.

We are looking for a highly experienced technical expert to advise on resilience and climate change adaptation across CIUK’s programmes, and to support the development of policy, research and funding proposals using our programmatic experience as a foundation. The post holder will be responsible for developing strong relations with institutional donors, research institutes, peer agencies and our country offices.

You will play a key role in raising the profile of CARE International’s resilience and adaptation work in the UK and amongst our partners internationally. In addition you will be the technical lead for a DFID-funded project implemented by CIUK under their Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters. You will work closely with our fundraising teams to secure funds for our climate change and resilience work.

Our ideal candidate will have experience of implementing resilience and adaptation programmes at field level, together with previous experience in high level representation. You will be a proactive team player with strong communication skills and the ability to turn conceptual ideas in to programmes. You will also have experience of working in both humanitarian and development issues. Written and verbal fluency in French and English is a requirement for this post.

CARE International is one of the world’s leading humanitarian and development charities. We fight poverty and injustice in the world’s most vulnerable places. We save lives in disasters and conflicts. We stand with women, girls and their communities to achieve lasting change for a better future.

Closing date: midnight 25^th October 2015

1^st Interviews: week commencing 1^st November 2015 (by skype/telephone)

2^nd Interviews: week commencing 9^th November 2015 (in person, in London)