Country Director

Country Director

Solidarites International

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Job description

GENERAL OBJECTIVES

The Country Director is the Solidarités International official representative in the Country. She/He is in charge of the development and smooth running of the mission. She/He proposes mission strategy, according to the geopolitical and humanitarian context, and ensures its implementation once it has been validated. With the Head of program, She/He monitors projects, ensuring that they are progressing in accordance with the Solidarités International charter and complying with internal and contractual procedures. She/He mobilizes the material and financial resources necessary for the programs to run effectively and with the Head of support services, supervises the administration of these resources. She/He coordinates the teams in place and is the final responsible for the security on the mission. She/He is the direct liaison for Solidarités International HQ.

ISSUES AND SPECIFIC CHALLENGES

• Coordination and strategic orientation
• Relevance and operational quality/operations monitoring
• Propose and organize the Human, financial and logistic layout of the mission, ensure the financial resources and means necessary for the completion of projects are mobilized. Guarantee that resources are used effectively
• Human Resource Management
• The CD is responsible for the security of all teams and property on the mission, under the supervision of the HQ Desk Officer, with the support of FCs. He
• Monitor and analyze the security situation and ensure that teams clearly understand it.
• Relationships with financial donors/fund-raising and Representation
• Internal and external communication/reporting

PRIORITIES ON THE 2-3 FIRST MONTHS

• Ensure the Kick off/launching of new project (CDCS) , follow up of the current GFFO / CDCS project implementation, develop new projects in hard to reach area
• Develop new project and ensure communication with donors and partners
• Coordinate, participate to the setting up/building up of the coordination team
• Oversee the switch to regular administrative processes in compliance with country regulations.

SECURITY CONSTRAINTS

• The security environment in the region can be tense, dynamic and volatile, especially at field level, Capital being usually more secure. This will require flexibility about SI program and development, monitoring & application of security rules.

Your profil

DIPLOMAS AND EXPERIENCE

• Experience in the humanitarian sector: +5 years
• Experience on a similar position: 3-4 years

SKILLS

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Experience of mission opening phase
• Experience working in contries with strong administrative regulations and in coordination with local authorities
• Strong knowledge of principled-based and experience of diplomatic approaches
• Good reporting and writing skills
• Previous experience and achievements in working in consortium and strong partnerships with NGOs locals and internationals (MoUs, negotiations, governance…)
• Proven ability to deal with donors and operational partners
• Knowledge/experience in SI sectors of expertise (WASH, FSL, Shelter) is an asset

TRANSVERSAL SKILLS

• Proven management ability, including ability to motivate and develop skills of team’s members. Must be able to make sound management decisions in difficult situations and also be able to work in a participatory manner with colleagues.
• Excellent communication, networking skills, organizational and prioritization skills, ability to multi-task
• Capacity to adapt and show organizational flexibility
• Cross cultural sensitivity and great team player
• Proven ability to develop adapted humanitarian vision and strategy
• Capacity to engage and manage technical staff and curiosity towards their expertise
• Experience working with SI (or a similar organization) is an asset
• Prior experience in East Africa would be considered as an asset

LANGUAGES

• English compulsory, knowledge of a local language would be an asset.

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