Solidarités International Country Director Jobs in South Sudan
General objective:
The Country Director is Solidarités International’s official representative in a country. He / She oversees the smooth running of the mission. He / She proposes mission strategy, according to the geopolitical and humanitarian context, and ensures its implementation once it has been validated. He / She monitors projects, ensuring that they are progressing in accordance with the Solidarités International charter and complying with internal and contractual procedures.
He / She mobilizes the material and financial resources necessary for the programs to run effectively and supervises the administration of these resources. He / She coordinates the teams in place and ensures their security on the mission. He / She is the direct liaison for Solidarités International’s HQ.
Main Responsibilities:
Security
Serve as main focal point for the mission for critical incidents.
Liaise with security national authorities and other stakeholders (INGOs, INSO, NGO Forum, UN).
Ensure security procedures and analysis are regularly updated.
Brief new staff on security context of the country and the mission.
Maintain overview of the security context by studying the daily, weekly, and quarterly security analysis from relevant organizations (INSO, NGO Forum).
External outreach
Serve as main point of contact for strategic decisions with donors, UN, NGO Forum or other NGOs.
Keep awareness of relevant donors and their funding priorities.
Maintain regular communication with the donors.
Represent SI in director level fora.
Annual strategy
Lead the exercise of defining the annual strategy.
Ensure the application of the strategy throughout the new proposals.
Review the fulfillment of strategic goals.
Strategic management
Lead the Coordination team.
Make strategic decisions influencing the direction of the mission.
Maintain overview of the security and funding context of the country as well as situation of the mission (financial, HR, logistics) to inform the strategic decisions.
Coordination within the mission.
Coordination with HQ.
Team management.
Priorities for the 2/3 first months:
Oversee the implementation of the annual strategy 2024.
Reinforce the security management / contingency planning of the mission
Dynamic analysis of the context to identify new potential needs / relevant areas of intervention
Consolidate the recent scale-up of the mission to ensure programmatic quality and process compliance
Sustain and further develop SI’s funding strategy in South Sudan and identify new donors to diversify the funding portfolio.
Support the Senior Management Team in their coordination roles.
Regularly represent SI with donors, local authorities, NGOs J17and Coordination forum.
Education / Academic Background:
Master Degree in humanitarian/development studies, social sciences, management or other related discipline.
Specific Skills and Experience:
At least 1 or 2 years working as Country Director, and 5 years in the humanitarian sector.
Excellent communication, organizational and prioritization skills and the ability to multi-task and support and/or fill multiple positions at one time.
High management abilities, and particularly team management skills and capacities to provide distance technical support.
Ability, acquired through experience, to represent the organization and negotiate and defend SI’s interests with a diverse range of government officials, departments and ministries, civil society organizations, and other international organizations professionally and appropriately.
Proven ability to deal with donors and operational partners.
Technical knowledge in SI sectors of expertise (WASH, FSL, Shelter) is an asset.
Demonstrated attention to detail and ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines and work both independently and cooperatively with team members.
Capacity to adapt and show organizational flexibility.
Good stress management.
Experience working with SI (or a similar organization) is an asset.
Prior experience in South Sudan would be considered as an asset.
Language: Fluent in English, written and spoken. Arabic is an asset.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; Solidarités International Country Director Jobs in South Sudan
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