This role may be performed in Canberra or Melbourne.

The Senior Program Advisor provides extensive in-country support to CI Country Offices managed by CARE Australia in the South-east Asia and the Pacific (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, Vanuatu and Vietnam) to implement the CI 2020 Program Strategy and subsequent strategy post 2020, develop and review long-term programs, strengthen monitoring and evaluation, enhance program quality and learning, support alignment with organisational priorities, develop the skills and capacities of local staff, design new projects and prepare project proposals.

The role is also responsible for developing the skills and capacity of national and expatriate staff in various elements of program quality. This includes design, monitoring and evaluation and supporting the practical application of the CARE International and CARE Australia program policies and program priorities in CI Country Offices managed by CARE Australia in the South-East Asia and the Pacific.

The Senior Program Advisor exemplifies our commitment to the prevention of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, and the protection of children in our work. The Advisor is a role model for the Country Office teams they work with, and consistently demonstrate our values of Courage, Ambition, Respect and Equality.