CARE USA Operations Director - Scale Up Jobs in Uganda

CARE USA Operations Director - Scale Up Jobs in Uganda

CARE is seeking an energetic, proactive Operations Director (OPD) - Uganda who will provide operational leadership and direction to the Country Office (CO).

The person in this role will be responsible for Administration (Inventory and Assets Management, Transport and fleet management, Procurement, Logistics, ICT, Safety and Security, travel management, visitors' management, office management) and Finance (Grants and Contracts including the financial side of award and sub award management, Accounting and Financial System Operations Management and CO Data Processing) and Compliance and Risk management, including legal services.

The Operations Director will effectively lead the Administration and Finance Departments with the ultimate objective of maintaining and strengthening CARE Uganda’s operational capacity to support a major scale-up effort in response to the Refugee crisis.

In so doing, the Operations Director will ensure the program support services are provided in a manner that reflects CARE's Core Values, Mission and Vision and builds capacity of staff and partners with a focus on customer satisfaction and efficiency.

This position reports to the Country Director and will be a member of the Senior Management Team.

S/he will ensure stronger collaboration between Programs (both long term and humanitarian) and Program Support, with the aim of taking the Country Office forward on its transformational journey to provide humanitarian relief to communities.

Furthermore, the successful candidate must quickly acquire and demonstrate an understanding of CARE's programmatic needs and concerns for ensuring effective administrative and financial support, as well as strict commitment and adherence to CARE's Core Values, Mission and Vision, and promotion of Gender Equity and Diversity (GED).

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