Country Director at Concern Worldwide

You will be responsible for:

Leadership & Strategic Direction:

• Leading the Country Management Team and ensuring a participative decision making process for the Country Strategic Plan
• Leading by example and supporting the Concern team to achieve organisational outcomes
• Ensuring staff capacity, organisational structures and programme approaches are fit for purpose and able to effectively deliver strategic organisational goals
• Engaging with major organisational advocacy issues, providing support and leadership for key strategic campaigns.

Risk Management & Accountability:

• Ensuring optimal use of financial resources; managed in a transparent and accountable manner, consistent with Concern’s and donors’ policies, systems and procedures, delivering quality results and demonstrating value for money.
• Responding robustly to any suspicions or reports of fraud, Code of Conduct abuses or other misdemeanours, and adhering to Concern’s policy and procedures on investigations
• Ensuring Concern complies with all relevant national legal and administrative requirements
• Identifying all risks and implementing mitigating measures in conjunction with the Country Management Team.
• Ensuring that the Complaints and Response Mechanism (CRM) is functional and accessible, that feedback and complaints are welcomed and addressed; that information about CRM, safeguarding and expected staff behaviour is disseminated among programme participants and communities.

Security Management

• Establish and maintain an effective safety and security management system to meet agreed standards.
• Ensure all staff are aware of and adhere to the Security Management Plan.

Programme Development & Implementation:

• Ensuring adequate financial resources for continual programming in country.
• Supporting the Programme Director to ensure programmes are designed, implemented, monitored and evaluated in line with Concern Worldwide policies, incorporating a results-based management approach
• Enabling an organisational culture that supports effective learning, sharing and continual improvement of programme quality.

Support Systems & People Management:

• Supporting and guiding the Systems and Finance functions to ensure effective and efficient administrative, logistical and financial support is provided to staff of Concern Worldwide.
• Supporting the CFC in budget preparation, revision and monitoring; ensuring that budget holders actively manage their cost centres and prepare accurate budgets in line with the annual plan.
• Ensure that Concern’s IT systems provide efficient and effective communication and data management for the organisation, linking with Concern Worldwide systems.
• Supporting and guiding the HR Manager to ensure there are competent and empowered human resources, in a fair, diverse and efficient workplace
• Ensuring the National HR Manual and HR policies are in line with organisational and national legal requirements and all staff are aware of and comply with these.
• Undertaking initiatives to ensure a good working environment and team spirit so Concern is perceived as an employer of choice for national and international staff.
• Ensuring staff Performance and Development Review’s (PDR) are undertaken for all staff with appropriate training, development and career opportunities identified.

Representation & Networking:

• Creating a strong and visible profile for the organisation, as a leading actor in the fight against poverty and the implementation of resilience programming.
• Communicating information regarding Concern and its programme at national level to Government, Donors, INGOs, alliances and networks across a range of fora.
• Engaging appropriately with the media to ensure that Concern's values, vision and programmes are highlighted.
• Representing Concern Worldwide in strategic national and international meetings;
• Ensuring relationships and formal agreements with the government are maintained and updated.

Your skills and experience will include:

• Relevant post graduate qualification
• Three to five years’ international experience in senior position with an international NGO
• Management of diverse and multi-sectoral programmes
• Previous work in a similar context
• Management of a diverse team of senior staff
• Management of systems and finance functions, including knowledge of donor compliance
• Working with major international donors and securing external donor funding.
• Knowledge and experience of incorporating key approaches across programmes
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and confidence to engage and represent Concern at public fora, media and donors.
• Delegation, time management and prioritizing skills
• Computer literate and good knowledge of Word and Excel.
• Excellent English
• Empathy with Concern’s mission, vision, goals and our target group

We would also like:

• You to be flexible and reliable
• You to be culturally sensitive and empathic to others
• You to be able to work under pressure and to strict deadlines;
• You to have some sense of humour