Country Director

Starting Date / Initial Contract Details

November 2024, full-time, 24 months

Role Summary

The Country Director (CD) leads a diverse team to serve the world’s most vulnerable, overseeing all in-country programme and support activities. The CD plays a key role in donor relations, grant management, external representation, and legal compliance. The CD manages the country strategy, project implementation, and evaluation with senior managers.

Project Overview

Medair’s multi-sector relief programme in South Sudan aims to save lives and alleviate human suffering by working in fixed and emergency locations. It provides essential health, nutrition, WASH, NFI/ES, and mental health services to vulnerable populations.

Workplace & Conditions

Juba, South Sudan with frequent travel to remote project locations

Responsibilities:  

• Programme Leadership/Management: Implement strategy, oversee programme and support functions and review their structures, maintain donor relations, ensure compliance, approve project budgets.

• Security Mangement: Overall responsibility for safety and security of staff/assets, oversee security plans and procedures, lead decision-making during security incidents. Chair Crisis Management Team when required.

• Staff management: Line manage staff, fostering a supportive and transparent team environment. Ensure effective HR functions, compliance, and safeguarding policies, while reflecting Medair’s vision and values

• Quality management: Develop and implement systems to enhance transparency and prevent fraud. Ensure project implementation and reporting meet donor expectations and international standards.

• Team spiritual life: Reflect Medair’s vision, contribute to and lead team spiritual life through devotions and prayers, and foster a faith-based environment.

Qualifications, Experience & Technical Competencies:  

• University degree in a relevant subject such as Management/Humanitarian & Development/BA  

• 5 years post-qualification experience in a management position  

• 3 years post-qualification experience in a complex humanitarian emergency

• Experience in dealing with donors and government officials

• Strong working knowledge of English (spoken and written)

Behavioural Skills  

• Advanced leadership and management skills; ability to build trust and enforce procedures

• Strategic thinker, change oriented  

• Committed to team-building and able to develop and support other team members

• Capacity to work under pressure and manage personal stress levels  

• Self-motivated, energetic, hard-working, servant-hearted  

Team Spiritual Life

Reflect the values of Medair with team members, local staff, people we serve, and external contacts. Work, live, and pray together in our Christian faith-based teams. Fully contribute to a rich spiritual team life, including team devotion, prayer, and words of encouragement.

Before you apply

Please ensure you are fully aware of the:

a. Medair organisational values.

b. Medair is committed to safeguarding the protection of beneficiaries, volunteers, staff and partners, and particularly children. Therefore, we do not employ staff whose background we understand to be unsuitable for working with children. Medair staff are required to give the utmost respect to, and comply with, Medair’s accountability policies and best practices.

c. Medair Relief & Recovery Orientation Course (ROC) (which forms part of the recruitment selection process for field positions).

Application Process

To apply, go to this vacancy on our Medair page. Please do not make multiple applications. We will not review email applications. Only English-language applications / CVs will be reviewed.

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