Country Director

Description

Job Objectives:

General objective:
To define and manage a timely, pertinent, effective and efficient response to the humanitarian needs of the Sudanese population within ACF’s core values, competencies and capacity.
o Implement the country strategy in view of new developments in the north, taking into account the (security) context, new needs, new government, donor environment, and ACF’s core competencies.
o Adapt the program approach and funding to the redefined country strategy.
o Adapt infrastructure of the mission to the redefined country strategy.
o Explore opportunities for geographical expansion if clear that the needs within current areas are covered.
Objective 1 :
To ascertain the respect of the Charter and the ethics of the teams, to represent ACF and its mandate in SSD
Activities :
- To stress the mandate and Charter of ACF internally and externally
- To defend humanitarian principles towards partners (Gov, UN, NGOs)
- To maintain the public relations networking
- To participate in communication activities with HQ
Objective 2 :
Analyze of the political, economic, humanitarian and social context of the country.
Activities :
- Data collection and research, analyze
- Develop of an information network
- Support the Heads of Base in their analysis
- Issue regular sitreps
Objective 3 :
To insure the security of people and assets (in collaboration with the log coordo).
Activities :
- Identify, quantify and assess the risks
- Update security plans with HQ approval
- Stress the security rules to the teams.
- Incident reports and crisis management
Objective 4 :
Technical and financial strategy. Follow up of the mission
Activities :
- To maintain regular relations with donors
- To participate in proposal writing in collaboration with the coordination team;
- Proposals and reports approval;
- To define the yearly operational and technical strategy with the teams
- To follow up the implementation of the programmes;
- To visit regularly programs and bases;
- To ensure proper using of the funds with the administrator;
- To ascertain the programs coherence.
- Information sharing in coordination meetings;
Objective 5 :
Management of human resources management
Activities :
- Job desc writing supervision and approval;
- Briefing and debriefing of expatriates;
- Supervision of regular evaluations
- Undertake final evaluations;
- Stress management;
- Conflicts resolution;
- To maintain the team spirit and communication between the teams;
- Monthly expat points to HQ
- Help the administrator in the management of national human resources;
- Validate the human resources policy within the mission;
- To ensure a fair and efficient national staff management policy;
- To ascertain the expats are managing appropriately their teams.
Objective 6:
Advocacy
• Yearly elaborate the advocacy strategy and plan in collaboration with ACF expat team
• Ensure the follow through of the advocacy plan
• Present the situation to relevant UN agencies, other NGO, diplomats or other partners
• Work on specific issues with interested expatriates and develop the analysis on these issues
• Identify as necessary particular events or information on which active advocacy should be done
• Maintain and expand the network of contacts in the country and outside to effectively advocate change to benefit our target populations.
• Exchange information and perform coordination and sometimes collective action with other agencies on this issue
• Collect human rights and other context information as presented during field visits, transmitting this information to the HQ

Qualifications:

Education / specific degree / special skills:
MA in development, international relations, politics or related field; good communication skills (written, oral, cross-cultural) and strong methodological background; excellent organization and coordination skills; proven reporting and grant writing skills; team management experience required. Strong staff, operational and security management skills required.
At least 5 years of experience in humanitarian work, of which 3 in Coordination positions
Excellent communication skills, Excellent writing and analytical skills.
Good management and representation competencies.
Excellent influencing and negotiation skills, Experience in developing world context.
Familiarity with ACF and acceptance of ACF’s principles.
Familiarity with donors and donor procedures helpful.
Humanitarian field experience requested: Compulsory

To apply

Applications and updated CV should be submitted to hrinternactionagainsthunger.org