Avis de recrutement : CONCERN recrute un(e) Directeur(trice) de pays basé au Royaume-Uni.

 

 

 

 

Job Purpose : 

To be responsible for the development and effective management and oversight of Concern Worldwide country programmes in line with Concern’s organisational and country specific strategies, policies and procedures. This could be in a new country of operation where emergency assessments will be part of the role, or in an established country programme. To represent Concern to the government, donors, and other appropriate bodies – including clusters and the HCT, agencies and the media.

To fill appropriate staffing gaps in non-emergency programmes and existing chronic emergencies. This may require deployments in a specialist advisory as well as managerial capacity, both CD roles and in roles that could report to CD level – Programme Director, Systems Director, Area Coordinator, Programme Coordinator etc.

Key Responsibilities:

Emergency Response

  • Lead in undertaking emergency assessments.
  • Lead in the design, delivery and management and oversight of emergency response programmes.

Programmes

  • Manage country programmes in line with organisational policies and procedures, and with external standards such as the Red Cross/Red Crescent Code of Conduct, Sphere, and the CHS standard.
  • Overall responsibility for strategic management of the programme, in particular preparing for and effectively responding to humanitarian situations. In some instances, leading a team to be deployed to a new emergency.
  • On-going development and management of the funding strategy for the country programme.
  • Maintaining an awareness of the current and potential future economic, political and social situation within the country and region. 

Security and Representation

  • Overall responsibility for security management: ensuring that the security situation is reviewed constantly, a Security Management Plan (SMP) is developed and updated as necessary, and that staff are aware of security procedures and comply with them.
  • Representation of Concern nationally, maintaining coordination and networking relationships with the government, donors and other actors in the country, especially the clusters and the HCT.

Staff Management, Administration, Finance, Logistics

  • Staff management and development, including in areas such as project design, proposal and report writing, monitoring and evaluation and other key areas. Provide general management support to direct reports.
  • Ensuring that support systems (IT, Finance, HR/Administration, Logistics and Transport) are in place and functioning in accordance with good practice and organisational policy and procedures.
  • Overseeing the finance function within the country programme with overall responsibility for budgeting, reporting and monitoring of all income and expenditure.
  • Overseeing the HR function within the country programme and ensuring that policies and procedures reflect global policies.
  • Ensuring all internal and external reports are sent to Regional Desk at HQ in a timely fashion and adhering to high standards of quality.

Communication

  • Maintaining good, regular and open communication with the Regional Director and Desk Officer for the region.
  • Contributing to organisational learning through liaison with other organisations and Concern fields and sharing lessons to be learned.
  • Engaging with the media as required.
  • Performing any other related duties as assigned by the Regional Director. 

Skills and Experience Required:

Essential:

  • Third level degree in a relevant discipline.
  • 5 years’ experience working in a senior manager position within an international NGO.
  • Proven experience of managing diverse and multi-sectoral programmes such as WASH, shelter, food aid, camp management, NFI distributions, cash transfers and early recovery, etc.
  • Emergency assessment and response experience.
  • Experience of security management in insecure contexts.
  • Experience in management of financial resources and overseeing human resources, administration and logistics functions.
  • Experience in building relations with donors and securing external donor funding.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, including fluency in written and spoken English and a working command of French.
  • Willingness to travel frequently to rural field locations.

Concern Worldwide’s Core Competencies

This is a key leadership position; potential candidates are expected to demonstrate significant ability in the following areas:

  • Leadership;
  • Communicating and working with others;
  • Delivering results;
  • Planning and decision-making;
  • Managing yourself;
  • Creativity and innovation;
  • Influence, advocacy and networking;
  • Change management. 

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Closing Date : 22 March 2023