Global Humanitarian Director
Listed on 2026-01-27
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Non-Profit & Social Impact
Community Health, Emergency Crisis Mgmt/ Disaster Relief -
Management
Emergency Crisis Mgmt/ Disaster Relief
Work Location:
US - Atlanta, GA
Type of Post:
Not Applicable
Funding: APPROVED
Expected Travel: up to 30%
Language Requirement:
English
Employee Duration:
Full-Time
Starting salaries are based on various factors, including candidate experience, education, knowledge, skills, and the cost of labor where the job is based. Salaries listed only apply to jobs based in the US.
Who We AreAs a global leader, CARE is shaping the future of the humanitarian and development sector. Each year, we deliver support and services to millions of people globally. We do this by focusing on our mission and vision
, and the values of equality and excellence that guide our organization. We seek dedicated individuals who align with our mission and are passionate about making it a reality by collaborating with others, embracing learning and innovation, and delivering results.
At CARE, we value diversely talented people who can bring different experiences and perspectives to our organization. We know that not all applicants will have every skill and qualification. We encourage everyone who meets the minimum required qualifications to apply. Having one or more of the preferred qualifications will strengthen an application. But, even if you are earlier in your career or followed a non-traditional educational or professional path, we hope you will consider a career at CARE.
JobTitle
GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN DIRECTOR
Job Location (s)US - Atlanta, GA
The successful candidate may reside in any country where CARE is registered to hire.
Job SummaryThe Global Humanitarian Director (GHD) will be responsible for setting a leadership culture of collaboration, transparency, and support. Together with key stakeholders, the GHD will seek to create appropriate enabling capacities to empower CARE’s partners, Country Offices, operational members, and affiliates to implement effective and impactful humanitarian programs. The GHD will ensure effective and efficient use of Confederation resources, timely decision-making, and good coordination across the Confederation in humanitarian response and outreach.
As Chair of the Humanitarian Working Group, the GHD will be expected to facilitate consensus and decision making between and amongst the members.
The GHD will be accountable to the Confederation’s Humanitarian Governance Group, with day-to-day line management provided by CARE USA. The GHD will ensure alignment with CARE International (CI) working in close coordination on crisis specific operations, information management, policy, fundraising, communications and media, thereby reflecting the collective voice and expertise of all members.
Responsibilities Strategic Leadership and Representation- Provide vision and direction in the design and implementation of CARE’s humanitarian work, ensuring achievement of CARE’s impact goal of reaching 10% of affected populations and commitments on gender and localization with quality humanitarian response. Link to CARE-vision-2030.
- Uphold the HGG Accountability Framework & Confederation Governance to ensure strategic engagement and relationship building with all parts of the CARE system to develop the enabling capacities needed for effective humanitarian response. This includes establishing a working culture in line with CARE’s values and principles.
- Create meaningful partnerships with CARE Member Partners so that CARE delivers high-quality, large-scale responses by deploying resources and working with leaders across the organization to ensure that CARE plays a full role as a leading humanitarian actor.
- Monitor and uphold humanitarian principles and program quality standards in CARE’s programmatic work and humanitarian advocacy.
- Ensure strategic linkages between CARE’s humanitarian programs and programs in other related impact areas, working closely with the CI Program Director and other impact area leads.
- Represent CARE at key international humanitarian working groups and fora, working closely with the CI Humanitarian Advocacy Coordinator to advance critical advocacy issues influencing key policy makers and officials on a global level.
- Lead CARE’s engagements with key humanitarian institutional and…
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