Regional Director East and Southern Africa at Norwegian Refugee Council

What you will do

• People leadership responsibilities (performance management, workforce planning, recruitment, induction, duty of care, resource and budget management, etc.)
• Strategic direction priorities development.
• Country strategies and compliance approval against direction, policies, and standards.
• Duty of care. Promoting a safety, security, and risk management culture.
• Accountability, ethics, and humanitarian principles promotion.
• Advocacy and NRC representation nationally, regionally, and internationally.
• Fundraising for programme and business development. Maintenance and development of partner and donor relations. 
• Emergency assessment and response oversight.
• Contextual understanding, ideas, and actions contribution and engagement.
• We highly encourage you to learn more about the role, please review the full Job Description here.

What you will bring

• Senior leadership experience.
• Humanitarian/recovery/emergency response context experience.
• International humanitarian community connections.
• Representation track record across various levels.
• Change management experience.
• Start-up experience is an added advantage. 
• East and Southern Africa Region context exposure and knowledge.
• Complex and volatile context exposure.
• English fluency, both written and verbal.