Country: South Sudan
Closing date: 30 Sep 2017
World Concern is a Christian global relief and development agency that extends opportunity and hope to people facing the most profound human challenges of extreme poverty. We serve nearly 7 million people in 16 countries, focusing on food security, child protection, education, maternal and child health, microfinance, vocational training, clean water and sanitation and disaster response.
Position: Country Director (Pending Funding)
Location: South Sudan
Reports To: Area Director
Supervises: In-country Program Staff
Length of Contract: One year-renewable
Purpose: Provide strategic leadership and management to World Concern’s relief and holistic development work and South Sudan. Advocate on behalf of organization’s development goals, building institutional relationships and promoting cooperative program activities. Lead the country team in formulating and executing a country strategy in line with World Concerns global strategy. Develop new funding streams to ensure growth and financial stability.
Responsibilities:
Leadership
Infuse World Concern’s mission, vision and values into every aspect of WC Sudan operations.
Lead the country team in a way that builds trust, transparency and integrity while developing a culture of prayer, learning and good stewardship.
Develop and carry out the strategic plan for World Concern South Sudan that aligns with WC global strategies, incorporates humanitarian best practices and is feasible based on resource levels and context.
Serve as Head of Mission and legal representative for World Concern in South Sudan.
Lead the country team in developing new program and funding opportunities ensuring the financial health of the organization.
Network with and maintain good working relationships with key UN agencies, government authorities, churches, NGO’s, public & private entities, Integral Alliance members and others in the country including USAID/OFDA, where present, to capitalize on funding opportunities and ensure collaboration, acceptance and awareness of WC programs.
Represent WC in strategic meetings, conferences, forums and other public events that contribute towards raising the profile of WC.
Active member of the regional leadership team.
Management:
Provide strong operational management to all aspects of WC’s work in South Sudan ensuring programs are carried out in manner that meets WC’s commitments to beneficiaries, donors and other stakeholders.
Ensure sound financial management of programs and operations by hiring and developing key financial staff, monitoring and controlling program income and expenses in relation to program deliverables and ensuring appropriate financial systems and processes are in place and being followed.
Ensure WC South Sudan recruits and retains appropriate qualified staff to carry out high impact programs while maintaining cost efficiency.
Monitor the political, socio-economic and security situations in the country/region and ensure country security plans are well written, revised periodically to reflect the context and that staff are trained on essential protocols.
Provide direction to staff during periods of heightened security risk and implement security protocols to respond appropriately. Assemble and lead a crisis management team to respond to threats or incidents.
Quality Assurance:
Oversee program design, proposal development, program delivery and reporting cycles to ensure high quality, accurate outputs are delivered to the relevant stakeholder(s) in a timely manner.
Develop and monitor performance metrics to ensure accuracy, professionalism and timeliness of outputs.
Provide capacity building opportunities for staff to improve skills related to deficiencies in delivering quality outputs.
Accountability:
Make sure WC is compliant with local and national laws and regulations related to country registration, employment, taxation, banking, etc. and that systems are in place to monitor any changes to requirements.
Ensure compliance with internal policies and relevant external standards, laws, regulations and requirements.
Build a culture of transparency by soliciting feedback from staff, beneficiaries and other stakeholders and ensure that feedback mechanisms are available and functional.
Exemplify World Concern’s Code of Ethics and Conduct in all personal and professional dealings.
Identify emerging risks as well as mitigation strategies and inform supervisor as soon as possible.
Maintain open lines of communication with staff and supervisor.
Staff Development:
Assess staff capacity, identify those with management potential and actively work to develop their skills to create a strong management structure.
Provide opportunities for staff to grow spiritually and professionally building on their God given strengths and talents.
Promote an atmosphere of continuous shared learning.
Required Education, Skills & Experience:
- Spiritually mature follower of Jesus Christ and committed to World Concern’s values and mission
- Minimum 4-year University degree in related field
Demonstrated knowledge of Humanitarian principles and best practices
5 years’ experience managing multi-sector international relief and development programs with 2 years in a senior leadership role
Fluent in English (written and verbal)
Demonstrated ability to scale country profile based on funding opportunities/realities.
Organizational strategic planning experience
Demonstrated experience in managing a multi-cultural team to achieve success, develop positive, trusting intercultural relationships
Experience networking and building alliances with UN agencies, USAID/OFDA, ECHO, DFID, SIDA, other institutional donors and private partnerships
Experience managing USG funded programs
Proficiency in MS Office Suite
Ability to analyze budgets and financial reports for effective management decisions.
Strong public relations, diplomacy and negotiation skills
Preferred Education, Skills & Experience:
Master’s Degree in related field
Experience in transformational approaches to humanitarian and community development programming
Essential Competencies:
Commitment to the Organization– the attachment a person has to the organization when its values, vision and mission are aligned with his/her own
Communication– gives and receives information with clarity, attentiveness, understanding and perception
Conflict Resolution– ensures conflict is resolved with justice and fairness in order to restore healthy relationships.
Initiative– grasps opportunities and proactively ensures that neither issues nor people are forgotten or overlooked.
Results Orientation– structures and maintains an organization that meets client needs in the most effective and efficient way.
Logical Thinking– breaks issues down into their constituent parts and predicts cause and effect in a sequence of steps.
Concern for Excellence– sets and maintains the highest standards while achieving a balance between organizational productivity and staff fulfilment.
Leadership– inspires and energizes others to work together, sharing commitment and confidence in achieving success.
Stewardship– makes the best use of resources while striving for high standards and a balance between effectiveness and efficiency.
Team Orientation– committed to team activities and decisions, working effectively in partnership with others.
Endurance– draws on personal resources to cope with difficulties, demonstrating willingness and stamina to make repeated efforts to overcome obstacles and/or to complete tasks.
Personal Integrity– trustworthy and conscientious and can be relied on to act and speak with consistency and honesty.
Working Conditions:
Requires periodic travel to remote field locations where basic services may be limited
May involve traveling in small boats, planes or driving on rough roads that are not maintained over long distances
May encounter armed military or militia groups
Periodic interruptions of power or communications
May require working on weekends or holidays to meet critical deadlines
May require travel to the United States and other locations in the region
How to apply:
To apply, visit our World Concern Careers page: https://worldconcern.org/about/careers/