Country Manager - DRC International Alert

Country Manager - DRC

Salary: £41,945 per annum for local staff / £38,945 per annum for expatriate staff with benefits including accommodation, relocation package, annual flight back home and medical insurance cover.

Alert is recruiting for a new DRC Country Manager for the Africa Programme. The post will be based in Eastern DRC and will involve frequent travel within and outside the region.

We are looking for a dynamic leader with strong management skills, who has a proven ability to lead and mentor a team as well as complex partnership relationships, and who is a creative facilitator of sensitive multi-stakeholder processes.

With responsibility for all legal, reputational, relational, strategic, administrative and other aspectsof the programme, you will oversee the successful transition to a larger, more efficient and well managed DRC operation. This includes supervising the implementation of current activities, taking responsibility for sound operational management as well as monitoring and reporting on impact. You will ensure that the programme is appropriately resourced and that Alert’s contribution to peacebuilding in the DRC is maximised. You will achieve this through working closely with Alert’s wider Africa Programme, taking an active role in regional strategy and cross-programmatic developments.

Educated to post graduate degree level you will have significant experience of operational management in an NGO, including responsibility for programming, staffing, financial and administrative systems. You will be able to demonstrate success in designing, financing and delivering peacebuilding related programmes. Writing and speaking French and English fluently is also essential.

(For external ads only) Note: The above are some of the requirements for the job. For the full job requirements and an application pack (the person specification section of which will form the basis of short-listing), please visit

http://www.international-alert.org/about-us/recruitment/list and ‘How to Apply’.
In your application, please indicate the full job title of the role you are applying for.

To apply, please send a completed application form and equal opportunities form to Rebecca Shepherd at rshepherd@international-alert.org,

both of which can be found under ‘How to Apply’ which is part of the Jobs section of Alert’s website.

Please note we do not accept CVs

Closing date: Wednesday 9^th May 2012 at 5pm (UK time)

Initial interviews will take place via telephone/Skype on Wednesday 16^th and Thursday 17^th May and successful shortlisted candidates will be invited for a face to face interview on Monday 28^th May.

While International Alert will endeavour to contact all candidates within a reasonable time, this may not always be possible due to limited resources. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, you can assume that your application has, on this occasion, been unsuccessful. International Alert is an equal opportunities employer. All applicants will be judged strictly on the basis of merit.