Country: South Sudan
Closing date: 30 Sep 2017
The Regional Program Development Officer - Northeast Africa (RPDO) plays a very crucial role at Samaritan’s Purse. The incumbent will take a lead role in the program/proposal development process so that Samaritan’s Purse can compete for government and other donor organization funding.
The RPDO will work primarily in Northeast Africa as a part of the Northeast Africa regional support team. The RPDO will provide technical assistance to Samaritan’s Purse (SP) field offices in Northeast Africa. You can have a career with impact!
Description of Job duties:
- Coordinate the development of programming and proposals for SP Northeast Africa field offices using current SP program models and best practices.
- Build capacity of SP Northeast Africa field offices in general program development skills, behavior change communication, and qualitative evaluation skills.
- Build relationships on behalf of SP Northeast Africa field offices with bilateral donors, International Non-governmental Organizations, and other agencies.
- Align with the various SP Country Directors regarding the rules and regulations of the field office and ensure that they are aware of all meetings, progress and ideas being formulated.
- Ensure that all proposals follow timetables that allow for the input/review by the technical advisors and the finance department and involve the Technical Advisory Unit in the concept development process of grant submissions.
- Attend daily morning devotions and participate in prayer support for the ministry, its donors and volunteers.
- Maintain a strong Christian witness to colleagues, vendors, charitable beneficiaries, and the general public.
- Assess, manage, and report critical physical, emotional, or spiritual concerns of supervised staff.
Job requirements:
- Master's degree (M. A.) or equivalent in international development preferred but not required, three years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Study in a related field &/or strong field based experience will be considered.
- Knowledge of Samaritan’s Purse methodology.
- Ability to travel between countries at a moment’s notice including the US, UK, South Sudan, Kenya, and Canada.
- Commitment to the Samaritan’s Purse statement of faith, and experience in working with cross-cultural and cross-denominational Christians
- Technical writing skills including developing proposals, training/instruction manuals, and reports.
- Knowledge of basic public health skills such as monitoring and evaluation; utilizing information, education, and communication; and program management
- Field experience in the implementation of relief and development programming
- Prior cross-cultural experience, this applicant must evidence the ability to live in a cross cultural setting as they may be repositioned with short notice to serve in other countries for an extended period of time.
- Working knowledge of the grant submission processes of major donors such as the UN, CIDA, DFID and USAID etc.
- Working knowledge of major bilateral donor funds for HIV/AIDS, such as PEPFAR, Global Fund
24-month contract with the potential for renewal.
Position requires extensive travel.
This is an unaccompanied position.
International Employee Benefits:
Employees who choose to work internationally get to take advantage of the following benefits:
- Medical, prescription, dental & vision coverage
- Disability insurance
- Term Life insurance
- Retirement savings plan
- Ten paid holidays (holiday observance will depend on the host country)
- Annual home leave
- Twelve vacation days per year
How to apply:
To apply for this position, visit our website here - https://sp.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/samaritanspursecareers/job/SSD-South-Sudan-Juba/Regional-Program-Development-Officer_8303-1