Senior Management
At Medair, we are fundamentally about people. That’s why our Senior Management staff are first and foremost servant leaders committed to living out our core values and providing spiritual leadership to their teams. They are also experienced leaders with previous humanitarian and intercultural overseas work experience who are highly skilled at managing and motivating diverse teams under tight budgets to ensure the highest quality standards.
Our profile
What we are looking for
Leadership roles are available across our country programmes, affiliate offices, and at our Global Support Office. Day-to-day responsibilities vary, but most of our senior management staff have experience:
- Managing diverse teams
- Dealing with insecurity
- Coordinating with diverse stakeholders to get the job done well
- Designing, developing and driving key strategies
- Possess strong project management skills
- Can monitor and evaluate programme successes.
Current opportunities
Country Director
ROC Required
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.
Roving Country Director (CD) Remote
ROC Required
The Roving CD provides interim senior leadership cover in establishedprograms or new emergency responses. They lead in program and supportactivities, including donor relations, grant management, externalrepresentation, legal compliance, and project implementation. They work closelywith the senior management team in country and are part of the Global EmergencyResponse Team (G-ERT) and the International Department of GSO.
Deputy Country Director
ROC Required
Provide leadership and oversight of operational aspects, ensuring quality and timely programme delivery. Deputise for the Country Director, focusing on external representation, legal compliance, and team leadership
Project Coordinator
ROC Required
Working as a senior member of a diverse team who are committed to serve the world’s most vulnerable with practical and compassionate care, the Project Coordinator manages the implementation and coordination of the designated field projects. Providing leadership, strategic direction, management and evaluation of all aspects of the Medair projects, the Project Coordinator also plays a key role in liaison with local authorities and other relevant stakeholders, team leadership, security and access negotiations.
Deputy Country Director
ROC Required
The Deputy Country Director manages the development and oversees the implementation and development of the programme functions to facilitate the implementation of the country strategy. Providing leadership, strategic direction, management and evaluation of all aspects of the programme, the Deputy Country Director also plays a key role in external representation, legal compliance, grant management, programme coordination and team leadership.
Deputy Country Director
ROC Required
The Deputy Country Director manages the development and oversees the implementation and development of the programme and support functions to facilitate the implementation of the country strategy. Providing leadership, strategic direction, management and evaluation of all aspects of the programme, the Deputy Country Director also plays a key role in external representation, legal compliance, grant management, programme coordination and team leadership.
Don’t see the right fit?
Apply to our Relief & Recovery Orientation Course
Medair’s Relief & Recovery Orientation Course (ROC) is a one-week simulation course that will help determine if a humanitarian career with Medair is the right fit for you, and if you are a strong fit for Medair. After participating in the course, you will enter a “pool” of qualified candidates that are ready to be called upon to respond to humanitarian crises. When needs arise in our country programmes, we will offer you a position in line with your competencies and our needs. If you apply for an international position, the ROC will be mandatory for you to work in our country programmes.
