Liaison Officer
The Liaison Officer (LO) will build and maintain strong working relationships with relevant State authorities such as all relevant Governor Offices, Deputy Governors, Coordinator Governors and all line Ministries representatives, Sub-Governorships, Municipalities, Universities when needed, Local NGOs and INGOs etc.) and other key stakeholders, such as mukhtars / community leaders in the location that CARE Turkey has permission to work such as Gaziantep and Kilis. The Liaison Officer, with the support of the External Affairs and Public Relations Director will act as the regular point of contact in CARE Turkey for these varied stakeholders in these locations.
Liaison Officer also will work very closely with CARE Turkey Program Team members to ensure that they receive productive and timely support. Liaison Officer is expected to be a key person in between CARE Turkey Team and other State representatives such as Governor Offices, Provincial Government bodies such as PDMMs, Provincial Line Ministries, District Governors, Municipalities.
Under the line management of the External Affairs and Public Relations Director, the Liaison Officer is expected to support reviewing and assessing multiple partners with a view to developing relationships with existing and potential partners if CARE Turkey decides to work with the Local Partners. The Liaison Officer will assist in assessing their suitability for a partnership by using institutional assessment tools available within CARE Turkey to determine partner strengths, weaknesses, capacity and capability to implement programs.