Head of Country Engagement & Regional Coordination – Africa at Action Aid

The Role:

• The role exists to enhance organizational performance through provision of strategic leadership, coordination, and management to deepen the impact of our work at the country, regional and international level. The role facilitates external engagements with countries to develop clear policy influence targets with collective priorities the Federation is working on and policies that affect Africa. It also facilities AA members in the region to recruit, engage, organize, and activate campaign supporters to achieve short-term political change goals and develop a stronger popular base over the longer term.
• Towards campaign and policy influencing the role ensures that country, regional and international policy, and campaign engagements are informed with the organization rooted campaign vision and advance our local and national programme practice and are developed in close cooperation with key feminist and social movements and allies.
• The role ensures income growth through various fund-raising streams providing proactive leadership to achieve the set regional and country fund raising targets and cost recovery through the regional team and working in collaboration with countries and GS relevant programme and communication team.
• The role also facilitates organizational development that strengthen countries’ capacities and enables them to effectively plan and deliver their country strategies and contribute significantly to international programmes.
• The role has responsibility for the line management of Country Directors of Country Programmes, and established strategic coordination with other GS heads, particularly those who matrix manages the regional team. The role is a critical leadership position in supporting and coordinating organizational processes that require strong levels of interaction between countries and the Global Secretariat

Who we're looking for:

• You should also have a strong commitment to ActionAid’s values and ethos, including ActionAid’s feminist leadership principles.