Central and Eastern Africa Regional Manager for ICCO COOPERATION

Zeist, February 2013                                                

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THE ORGANIZATION

ICCO Cooperation is a global cooperation with roots that go back to 1964.

The mission of the organization is to work towards a sustainable society in which poverty, inequality and injustice have been eradicated, and men, women and children can live in dignity and security.

The members of the ICCO Cooperation are Edukans, the Protestant Church of the Netherlands (Kerk in Actie) and the association co-Prisma. With approximately 300 employees (60% non-Dutch) and a budget of some 100 million euros, ICCO Cooperation offers worldwide financial support, lobby and brokerage services within a coherent, joint programmatic framework. ICCO Cooperation works with local non-governmental organizations, the private sector, churches and networks that work towards creating sustainable economic development, democracy and peace, access to basic services, food & nutrition security and climate mitigation.

ICCO’s operations consist of a Global Office in The Netherlands (Utrecht) and 7 Regional Offices around the globe, the largest of which is the Regional Office for Central and Eastern Africa in Kampala, Uganda. We are looking for a Regional Manager (M/F 100%) for this Regional Office.

The Regional Office covers Uganda, DR Congo (with an office in Bukavu), South Sudan (with an office in Juba), Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia (with a start-up office in Addis Ababa), Rwanda and Burundi. The Regional Office employs some 50 FTE’s in the region. Each of the offices except Addis Ababa, are headed by Country Programme Managers, who report to the Regional Manager in Kampala, Uganda.

The Kampala office currently has a total of 20 staff members (including, under the management of the Regional Manager, a Country Program Manager, a Regional Finance/Admin Manager, a Regional Fundraiser, a Regional Communication Manager and a Regional HR Advisor).

Since 2010, like every region within the ICCO Cooperation, the Central and Eastern Africa region has a Regional Council consisting of regional leaders in civil society, which advises the Regional Office on strategic policy issues.

THE ROLE OF REGIONAL MANAGER

As the Regional Manager, you report directly to the Executive Board in The Netherlands. Your role is to initiate innovation, show leadership and promote entrepreneurial behaviour in the region. You develop, implement and consolidate ICCO Cooperation programs and ensure and maximize the resources available for these programs in the region.

Also, you are responsible for regional strategy development, as well as for program development, implementation and evaluation in the region.

You represent the ICCO Cooperation in the Central and Eastern Africa region towards governmental officials, embassies/consulates, international and national organizations, donor representatives as well as the national and international media.

You develop and implement strategies for targeting and obtaining funding and other resources, to ensure the continuation of existing programs for the mid and longer term, and the implementation of new programs in the region. You ensure that budgets are spent in accordance with donor proposals and regulations and within the appropriate timeframe.

You report to the ICCO Cooperation members and their constituencies on several occasions.

You maintain constructive and effective relations with the Regional Council, which includes the facilitation of the biannual 3-day meeting, and good and timely communication with the Council.

Close cooperation with the Global Office in The Netherlands with regard to policy and thematic issues, as well as with ICCO’s relations in The Netherlands and the EU, is mandatory for your success as Regional Manager.

As a member of the ICCO Cooperation Management Team, you will meet twice a year with the rest of the Management Team during a week’s conference in The Netherlands with the Executive Board, the Regional Managers of the other Regional Offices and the Heads of Department in the Global Office.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

With your inquisitive mind you create new working approaches, new forms of cooperation and new networks and projects in the region.

Because you are familiar with the region and have worked there during a considerable time, you are aware of the social, economic and political situation and the important role of religion and churches in Central and Eastern Africa.

As a seasoned people manager, you easily establish and maintain effective working relations with staff, partners, coalitions, networks and sister agencies.

Your empathy and social flexibility ensures access to and progress in the different program countries in the region, and the right tone of voice towards the complex set of stakeholders. You lead by example and people are happy to work with you; therefore you bind people to the cause and to the ICCO Cooperation. Your approach is transparent and open-minded with an eye for people, while at the same time you have a business-like approach in achieving the goals of the programs. You strongly promote the concept of entrepreneurial innovation towards your staff and partners and towards the region as a whole.

Paying close attention to safety and security of staff is important to you, and your management style encourages true empowerment of your co-workers.

You are familiar and at ease with financial management and fundraising, which are important parts of your role as Regional Manager.

Given the vast territory of the region, you are able to manage “at arm’s length” without losing touch with individuals or your connection with the various program countries.

You work and think at an academic level, and you have excellent language skills in English and Dutch. Active knowledge of French is an advantage. You are willing and able to move to Kampala before the summer of 2013.

REMUNERATION

The remuneration is in accordance with the ICCO International Terms of Employment (salary scale 13).

Leaders Trust, (Executive Search and Leadership Consulting, Boulevard 17, 3707BK Zeist), in the Netherlands, is coordinating the search for the new Regional Manager.

For more information, you can call Leaders Trust.

Leaders Trust: Emmy Raaff, raaff@leaderstrust.nl or call direct on +31-652734934

                        Albert Froom, froom@leaderstrust.nl or call direct on +31-654945194