War Child Holland Country Director/Regional Representative Africa Jobs in Uganda
War Child Holland Country Director/Regional Representative Africa Jobs in Uganda
As Country Director Uganda/Regional Representative Africa you are based in the Uganda’s office of War Child in Uganda and you are responsible for both War Child’s programmes and team in Uganda and the regional programmes and teams as well as the other Country Directors in the region.
You ensure the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of War Child’s programmes in the country (partly implemented by War Child staff and partly by local partners). You lead the development of the regional and country strategy and ensure that the programmes/projects are consistent with it. You also work on the capacity building of national staff and local partners to establish sustainability of the programmes. You report to War Child’s Director of International Programmes.
Responsibilities
Realization of War Child’s country programme
Final and overall responsibility for the country programme
Final responsibility for the development and writing of programme and project proposals and ensure proposals correspond with Country Strategy
Ensure that appropriate local (implementing) partners are identified and capacity building of local partners takes place
Reports to Home Office on programme progress and context development, by compiling all different inputs from the relevant parties and share final reports
Lead the Country Management Team.
Management of staff
Manage and develop the key field management staff by guiding, coaching and motivating
Recruit key field management staff (recruited locally)
Manage well-being of the staff.
Maintain network of contacts/ representation
Ensure appropriate communications, information exchange and sharing
Develop and maintain productive relationships with local and national governments, other agencies, donors and media
Represent War Child in meetings or coordination platforms.
Fundraising
Final and direct responsibility for in-country fundraising by institutional donors
Develop and maintain donor relations
Ensure that proposals and reports for (institutional) donors are drawn up, according to requirements of the donor.
Security Management
Final and direct responsibility for security management throughout the programmes
Maintain internal and external contacts with relevant parties and authorities
Develop/ regularly update the country security plan and ensure implementation
Report to Home Office on security.
Human Resources Management
Final responsibility for ensuring that National Staff HRM policies are in line with local legislation,
Follow the War Child policies.
Finance and Logistics Management
Final financial responsibility, including reporting to Home Office
Maintain efficient financial control (of cash flows, local payment, etc), accountability standards, procedures and records
Final responsibility for logistics management; authorize investments and manage supplies.
Provide
Regional Leadership
Lead and facilitate the development (and updates) of the Regional Strategy (in close collaboration with other Country Directors in the region) and ensure its implementation
Act as main point of contact with Senior Management in the Home Office on issues related to the region
Support Country Directors and their teams (incl. fundraising activity).
Building up Regional Partnerships
Build up partnerships on regional level
Representation including representation of the perspectives and interests of War Child’s African country operations in relevant regional decision-making processes
Inform country offices about regional trends in humanitarian policy, emerging relationships/partnerships and relevant ideas, initiatives, funding possibilities, etc.
Requirements
University degree
At least 10 years relevant experience in an international, humanitarian and/or development context of which 4 years in a senior management position (e.g. as Representative or Country director)
Knowledge of Financial Management and Human Resource Management
Strong social and communicative skills for coaching and managing of staff
Excellent command of English (additional command of French is preferred)
Able to assess social/ political situations and able to act in a diplomatic way in delicate situations (cultural sensitivity)
Strong leadership & solid management skills; result- focused and persistent to achieve goals
Stress-resilient to be able to cope with deadlines and complex problems;
Affinity with War Childs mandate.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should apply online by 1st March, 2019
For more information and job application details, see; War Child Holland Country Director/Regional Representative Africa Jobs in Uganda
Disclaimer
Only applications received via our website are processed.
Assessment is part of our selection procedure.
If we appoint a suitable candidate before the given closing date, we reserve the right to remove the vacancy from our website before that date. In such a case, any responses received after that time are not processed.
It could be that during our selection process the closing date for the vacancy is extended. If so, and you have not yet heard from us, your application will remain live.
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