Country Director

Job Description

The Nation Director performs a robust management function in DRC’s complete and solutions-based method to displacement via a excessive stage of strategic management, innovation and efficient advocacy. The Nation Director is in the end accountable in nation for all facets of DRC’s work, main the consolidation and on the similar time improvement of the programme, persevering with the method of creating stable affect measurement mechanisms, strengthening accountability initiatives and making certain that the monetary administration and organizational setup is tailored to the operational context. The Nation Director units path, leads, maintains crew morale, security and welfare, and manages sources. The Nation Director delegates particular duties as crucial, whereas sustaining oversight and accountability.

The function may have the next key tasks:

Illustration:

Signify the programme to authorities, donors, companions, and in varied co-ordination fora;
Strengthen DRC’s place nationally and regionally;
Be certain that DRC maintains glorious and productive relations with all key stakeholders, particularly beneficiaries, native authorities, the humanitarian neighborhood and donors.

Direct managerial oversight and help:

Be certain that the senior administration crew members have clear and sensible efficiency based mostly administration objectives;
Total administration of the operation and direct supervisor for senior workers members;
Be certain that the senior administration crew is efficient, mutually supporting and sufficiently concerned in resolution making.

Fundraising and Advocacy:

Make sure the nation operation has an actionable and dwelling fundraising technique that leverages DRC’s technique and strengths to play an significant function in Somalia that’s grounded in actuality of the funding atmosphere;
Along with the Head of Programme, lead the crew in writing idea papers, challenge proposals and budgets in step with the authorised nation technique;
Lead on advocacy for all DRC key messages.

Security:

Accountable for making certain that the programme is delivered in a protected and safe method;
Present total accountability for safety, together with improvement of and making certain adherence to safety procedures, monitoring of the safety scenario, analysing and provision of suggestions.

Assist Providers:

Along with the Head of Assist Providers, present total price range monitoring, monetary administration and bills management together with compliance with minimal DRC and donor necessities and making certain that crucial techniques are in place;
Handle the sources allotted successfully and transparently by respecting and assembly all authorized necessities in nation;
Present management help to workers and promote greatest practices in human sources administration;
Guarantee teaching and counselling recommendation to workers when crucial and lead initiatives to develop workers capability.

Programme improvement:

Along with the Head of Programme, lead the event and replace of the programme technique, inside DRC’s total regional and world strategic frameworks.

Accountability and High quality:

Be certain that DRC customary laws and operational procedures (Code of Conduct, DRC Administration handbooks, CHS requirements, and so forth.) are adopted;
Repeatedly monitor and develop related accountability initiatives within the discipline in addition to strengthening the trouble to doc the affect of actions and our presence

About you:
On this place, you’re anticipated to display DRC’s 5 core competencies:

Striving for excellence: You concentrate on reaching outcomes whereas making certain an environment friendly course of.
Collaborating: You contain related events and encourage suggestions.
Taking the lead: You’re taking possession and initiative whereas aiming for innovation.
Speaking: You pay attention and converse successfully and truthfully.
Demonstrating integrity: You act in step with our imaginative and prescient and values.

Expertise and Technical comptencies (included years of expertise)
To achieve success on this function we count on you possess the next:

Minimal seven years’ administration expertise in emergency/improvement contexts as nation director/senior supervisor of a humanitarian or improvement group or comparable
Expertise representing a big and main group to donors, exterior companions and authorities;
Bachelor’s diploma in political science, worldwide improvement, economics or different related discipline;
Expertise with networking, advocacy and coordination;
Expertise in managing workers in insecure/aggravating places;
Expertise with battle associated displacement points;
Expertise of managing budgets and a number of donor contracts;
Expertise in donor contact, fundraising and networking;
Expertise working within the East Africa and/or Horn of Africa (most well-liked);
Expertise and confirmed management abilities and a competence in folks administration;
Confirmed communicator with all kinds of stakeholders; and
Confirmed dedication to accountable practices and data of high quality assurance techniques.
Proficiency in English required; whereas different regional languages are useful.

Supply: https://job.drc.ngo/jobs/job?id=170459

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