Appel à candidature pour le recrutement d’un Area Manager (Appel ouvert pour plusieurs postes) au Soudan.

 

 

 

 

 

Main duties and responsibilities include: 

Management and Coordination:

  • Overall responsibility for the recruitment and daily management of the area-based program and support teams, including ensuring positive and collaborative working relationships in line with DRC’s Code of Conduct and assessing staff capacity to provide or recommend relevant training or coaching as needed.
  • Daily management of the area office, including ensuring compliant financial operations and budgeting, administration, human resources, logistics, procurement and security in line with DRC and donor regulations.
  • Represent DRC publicly at state level, including in coordination fora with other agencies

Programming and Technical Support:

  • Provide oversight of all programming in area offices, in compliance with core protection principles and best practices, and DRC and donor regulations, while upholding rigorous project cycle management standards.
  • Design and support in conducting needs assessments to inform program design as well as identify risks and vulnerabilities, including those related to gender, age and diversity.
  • Contribute to the strategic direction of area office programming through active and ongoing participation in and contribution to strategic planning meetings
  • Work with the Head of Programmes and finance team to contribute to new project development, including both narratives and budgets.
  • Ensure the timely and quality delivery of all organizational and project reports and staff contributions to organizational monitoring and evaluation requirements to ensure project quality, relevance, and accountability to DRC’s beneficiary populations.

Support Services

  • Manage the area-office based support services teams and support respectful and positive working relationships which allow for the effective implementation of all activities.
  • Oversee and regularly update a comprehensive master budget of DRC’s operations in their area of responsibility.
  • Collaborate regularly with the country-office based finance team to monitor spending and ensure the timely utilization of all grants.
  • Ensure full compliance with DRC and donor financial guidelines and policies.
  • Lead state-level recruitment processes and ensure that relevant staffing structures are in place and are reflective of appropriate gender balance.
  • Promote professional development by identifying training and capacity building opportunities and ensure staff are well versed in core protection concepts, DRC’s code of conduct, accountability, respectful dialogue with the refugee population, and prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse.
  • Collaborate with the Supply Team to develop and maintain procurement plans.
  • Ensure logistics and procurement processes are in place and regularly review procurement plans with procurement and logistics, and finance teams to adjust spending as required in advance of project closure.

Safety and Security:

  • Assume responsibility for staff safety in the area of operation.
  • Ensure all relevant information regarding safety, security and the context is collected, updated, and shared in a regular and timely manner.
  • Collaborate with the Security Coordinator and Senior Management Team to make decisions and manage security incidents at a local level.

Experience and technical competencies

  • Master’s degree in law, social sciences, International development, or another relevant field.
  • Minimum of 7 years of work experience within the field of humanitarian response and refugee protection in at least two different international crises contexts, with experience working for an international NGO, UN agency or relevant ministry or local authority.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in a senior project management position.
  • Excellent analytical and writing skills.

Languages: 

  • Excellent written and spoken English.
  • Knowledge of Arabic is an added advantage.

Please submit your application and CV in English via our online-application form on www.drc.ngo under Vacancies by 31 October 2023.

Application process