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COUNTRY DIRECTOR, ETHIOPIA MARCH 2021
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ABOUT ACTION AGAINST HUNGER Action Against Hunger-USA is part of the Action Against Hunger International network, which provides humanitarian relief in over 40 countries worldwide in the sectors of nutrition, health, water/ sanitation, and food security. Action Against HungerUSA, an independent NGO, currently manages operations in 7 countries: Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Haiti, and Somalia. Action Against Hunger-USA has approximately 1,500 staff based in the various country offices, Head Quarter in New York City and Operational Centre in Nairobi. Additional growth is anticipated.
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THE ROLE TITLE:
Country Director, Ethiopia
REPORTING TO:
Regional Director, Horn and Eastern Africa Region
RESPONSIBLE FOR:
Director of Program, Deputy Country Director Support, Department Heads (Finance, Logistics & HR), Field Coordinators and other roles as per organigram.
LOCATION:
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
SALARY:
Market related
START DATE:
As soon as possible
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JOB PURPOSE The Country Director (CD) leads the continuous strategic development and ensures growth of the Country Program. The CD integrates program and operational structure into a coherent country office. The CD represents Action Against Hunger at country level and with donors and is responsible for building the Action Against Hunger brand and reputation at country level. The role of the Country Director is to lead development and emergency programs at national level in addition to plan the integration of sectoral initiatives into coherent programs for development consistent with the country office priorities and growth needs.
MAJOR FUNCTIONS ENGAGEMENT
Develop relationships with, consult and represent Action Against Hunger to donors, local and national government authorities, organizational partners, and collaborators, other INGOs and the local community with that aim of creating a positive profile for the organization within the country. The Country Director will liaise with the Action Against Hunger country, regional, HQ and network staff on strategy, programming opportunities partnerships in addition to compliance matters.
DELIVERY
Create an effective platform for delivery of development services by aligning internal capacities with national development priorities and Action Against Huger strategic plans, build effective networks of collaboration to position Action Against Hunger as a critical partner.
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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ESSENTIAL
• Provide vision and direction in the development of a country strategy that integrates programmatic and operational aspects of the country programs; ensure continued relevance with national context and alignment with and contribution to regional and global Action Against Hunger objectives. • Guide program strategic development to take advantage of emergent opportunities and areas of work and consolidate strategic insight from regional and country level expertise • Develop and establish policies and systems in collaboration with the Action Against Hunger Senior Leadership Team at country level that are fully compliant with Action Against Hunger USA policy as well as with national/local legislation • Expand program funding through engagement with donors ensuring continuous flow of resources to support country program growth • Facilitate the technical development and growth of programmatic and operational functions of the country program through championing programmatic and operational country needs to regional and global levels of Action Against Hunger USA • Represent Action Against Hunger USA to national governments, bilateral/multilateral institutions and in NGO networks to build and uphold the Action Against Hunger brand and reputation as a reliable partner in the delivery of programs and as a key voice in nutrition sensitive programming • Responsible for creating and maintaining a positive and conducive working environment amongst all staff at country level to ensure a healthy and effective organizational culture which: • Promotes the Action Against Hunger Charter of Principles, • Embeds the Action Against Hunger USA Core Values into the daily working context, • Encourages teamwork, cross departmental and cross functional collaboration • Ensures staff members are valued and staff engagement is maximized
GENDER EQUALITY COMMITMENTS
• Foster an environment that supports values of women and men, and equal access to information. • Provide a work environment where women and men must be evaluated and promoted based on their skills and performance. • Respect beneficiaries’ women, men, children (boys and girls) regardless of gender, sex orientation, disability, religion. race, color, ancestry, national origin, age, or marital status. • Value and respect all cultures.
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
• The position will be the overall budget holder for Ethiopia country office and will also be responsible for reporting to Action Against Hunger, the host government authorities on annual audits & other statutory obligations.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit for long periods and to concentrate on work, including typing, and turn out heavy volumes of work accurately, within short time frames under stressful situations in the context of a moderately noisy office with many interruptions. Must be able to proofread own work accurately so that only minor corrections are needed on an infrequent basis. • The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
WORKING CONDITIONS, TRAVEL AND ENVIRONMENT
• The duties of the job require regular job attendance at least five days per week. Must be available to work outside normal office hours or on the weekends as required. • Must be able to travel as required for standard domestic and international business purposes. While performing the duties of this job in the field, the employee may be exposed to precarious settings under high security risks and/or very basic living conditions and outside weather conditions, as well as to infectious diseases.
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PERSON SPECIFICATION REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• At least 8 years of senior program management experience • Minimum 10 years humanitarian work in emergency and/or development context • Effective negotiator, with the ability to influence cross departmental and cross sector working • Proven analytical skills and ability to think strategically, including the ability to think beyond the country program context • Excellent written and verbal communication skills to motivate and influence • Fluent in English (professional English needed) • Results driven and demonstrable ability to set and communicate goals and ensure effective and appropriate decision making and problem solving • Ability to organize, mentor, engage and motivate a multicultural team • Strong emotional intelligence • Disciplined and able to work and arrive at decisions autonomously with minimal guidance
REQUIRED SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
• Experience of fundraising from diverse donor institutions, especially USAID, DFID, EU. • Advanced knowledge of donor guidelines and procedures (USAID, ECHO, EU, UNICEF, BPRM, WFP, DFID, GAC, SIDA, GFFO etc.) • High level financial management skills to steer the operational budget • Sound understanding of strategic human resource management principles, strategies, and approaches • Understanding of managing security and risk within an INGO context • Good level of IT literacy and an understanding of how new developments in technology can positively contribute to the aims of an INGO • Ability to manage the development of, and contribute to, the high-level analysis of the underlining factors of chronic under nutrition including socio-cultural factors
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HOW TO APPLY Before applying, please check that you can answer yes to all the following questions: • Do you have large-scale multi-year programming fundraising and management of funds experience inclusive of USAID and other development donors? • Do you have experience in leading a team with over 500 employees? • Have you been in a country or regional leadership role for over 10 years? If you cannot answer yes to these questions, please do not apply, as we will be unable to progress your application. If you can answer yes to all the above questions, then please click here to apply. There you will need to complete a short application form and submit an up-to-date curriculum vitae (of no more than 2-3 pages), and a cover letter. Please prepare your CV and cover letter before applying as they will be requested at the end of the application form. The documents should be saved in MS Word in the following format: Your First Name-Your Last Name-Document Name-Date (mmyyyy) e.g., Malika Cook-CV-032021ActionAgainstHunger. The cover letter should be no more than 2 pages long – bullet points are acceptable. It should explain: • why you are interested in this role. • why you are interested in Action Against Hunger. • how your skills and experience make you a good fit.
TIMELINE
Closing date: Preliminary interviews: Final panel interviews:
Rolling basis TBC TBC
EQUALITY STATEMENT
Equality and diversity are at the core of Action Against Hunger’s values. Staff are expected to work collectively and individually to promote a constructive and sensitive approach to others from a variety of backgrounds, where the work of others is valued and respected.
SELECTION PROCESS
Applicants will receive an update regarding their application after the closing date. We advise applicants to add the role email to their safe senders list and regularly check their spam folder.
QUERIES
If you have any queries on any aspect of the appointment process, need additional information, or would like to have an informal discussion, please email aah-cd-ethiopia@ oxfordhr.co.ke in the first instance.
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