CHARITY JOBS IN AFRICA

Organization: Relief International
Country: Sudan
Closing date: 02 Jan 2015

Position:Country Director - Sudan
Location:Khartoum, Sudan, with frequent travel to North Darfur and other potential areas within Sudan, he/she will also regularly travel to the RI Africa Regional Office based in Nairobi.

About RI: Established in 1990, Relief International (RI) is a leading global humanitarian, nonprofit organization committed to transforming adversity into renewal for the world’s most vulnerable populations. By partnering with communities on the front-lines, RI innovatively bridges the gap between immediate relief and long- term community development, providing them the tools and support they need to gain self-reliance.

Position summary:

The Country Director will work closely with the Country National Director to provide guidance on the overall management and development of Relief International’s (RI) country program and ensuring that activities are in line with RI’s philosophy and strategy and meet the needs of beneficiaries. The CD will have the opportunity to work with committed, long term local and expatriate staff who have a strong understanding of the context in Darfur. The focus of the CD during the coming year will be integrating implementing departments, expanding the RI Sudan operations, strategically maintaining and diversifying our ongoing North Darfur operations but also exploring opportunities in other areas of Sudan. The CD will increase our projects portfolio, maintaining our good relations with OFDA while diversifying and expanding our grants and donors portfolio. Continuing to professionalize systems and build the capacity of local and expatriate staff. The CD will also develop RI’s networking capacity, engaging strategic partnership with INGOs and ensuring strong and key partnership with local organizations.

The CD is also directly responsible for:

• Providing the RI Sudan team and the region with a strategic vision for RI operations in Sudan, through developing and implementing, in cooperation with other staff, short, medium and long-range strategic plans
• Maintaining effective communications with existing donors, strategically exploring the donor environment, tracking trends and aggressively identifying and pursuing new opportunities for program growth and start-up
• Developing strategic partnerships with both INGOs and local partners, though active networking and also representing RI in various coordination forum or events.
• Representing RI in fora and meetings with partners, donors, and constituents
• In coordination with the Country National Director managing project implementation, including allocation of resources, work plans, and implementing targets
• Managing and leading expatriate staff
• Building the capacity of national and expatriate staff
• Providing guidance and support to the National Country Director
• Evaluating and monitoring country program implementation to ensure that it is meeting milestones, goals and objectives and, if not, determining action needed to improve achievements
• Ensuring that all program activities are completed within time, on budget and achieve their objectives
• Leading program development initiatives
• Effectively representing RI with stakeholders and donors
• Informing and liaising regularly with RI East Africa region and ensuring that the Regional Office is efficiently informed about ongoing activities and new developments
• Initiating RI's response to disasters and emergencies when appropriate
• Routine/frequent travel to field locations and possibly other countries in the region
• Supporting the Africa in various initiatives as part of the regional SMT

QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS:

• This position demands a dynamic individual with a demonstrated ability to achieve results in a demanding and fast paced environment.
• Strong verbal and written skills as well as ability to multi-task effectively
• Experience living overseas and ability to adapt and work comfortably in culturally unfamiliar environments
• Strong interest in working and living in Sudan
• Higher education degree from an accredited institution of higher education in a relevant field of study
• Minimum of 10 years of field program experience in international development including at least 5 years of senior management experience
• Very good professional knowledge of English, Arabic language abilities are a plus
• Outstanding interpersonal skills, particularly when dealing with national staff and multi-cultural teams
• Excellent programmatic, financial, and organizational planning skills
• Proven initiative and resourcefulness
• Excellent oral communication skills and writing ability
• Knowledge of USAID grantee regulations but also from other donors (DFID,EU…) strongly preferred
• Experience in managing multiple project portfolio in different regions and context
• Demonstrated experience of fund raising
• Demonstrated experience in strategic planning
• Experience in networking, partnership and consortium management
• Demonstrated record in collaborating with local governments, rural communities, other NGOs, and United Nations organizations
• Strong decision making skills, specifically ability to quickly weigh pros and cons of different paths, make an intelligent decision in a timely manner, and communicate the decision in the best manner possible.
• Experience in the region and particularly of Sudan a plus

For consideration please submit all of the following: a detailed CV, cover letter, salary history, and a list of 3 previous supervisors (including email address, Skype contact, and telephone number).

How to apply:

Please visit: http://ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH07/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=RI&cws=4&rid=586