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The position is to be filled as soon as possible, with an initial contract duration of two years. There are very good prospects for an extension. Employment location will be Bangui, Central African Republic.

As Country Director Central African Republic you are responsible for managing the impact oriented Welthungerhilfe country programme. In doing so, you take into consideration the overall Welthungerhilfe strategy and mandate and ensure adherence to Welthungerhilfe’s quality standards. You will be responsible for a sound financial management of the allocated funds as well as for the acquisition of additional funding through donor diversification. As teamleader of the national and expatriate staff members, you are expected to take over responsibility for security management to assure the safety and security of your employees.

Your responsibilities

  • Overall responsibility for the development and implementation of the multiannual country programme
  • Represent Welthungerhilfe and coordinate programme activities with local decision-makers, partner organizations and other aid agencies and development organizations operating in the country
  • Ensure efficient and reliable structures and processes that reflect decentralization and which allow to facilitate, coordinate and improve project implementation
  • Ensure the proper planning of financial, asset and human resources as well as regular reporting to the Regional Directorate and the cofinanciers
  • Acquisition of donor funds on location and international coordination with the Head Office
  • Maintenance and expansion of cooperation with national and international partners
  • Responsibility for expatriate and national project staff, and in particular responsibility for compliance with local security regulations
  • Elaborate and ensure a preparedness plan for disasters and potential crises on the basis of the country specific situation
  • Observe, analyze and report on relevant trends in the programme country and the neighboring areas
  • Regular exchange of information with the Head Office in Bonn and other Country Offices

Your profile

  • A university or polytechnic degree in a relevant field like international development, international management, rural development, agricultural sciences or a comparable level of qualification
  • At least 10 years of project management experience and relevant leadership experience in international humanitarian aid and development cooperation, preferably in the region
  • Sound experience in security/crisis management
  • Experience working with partner organizations
  • Relevant knowledge of the German, European and UN donor environment
  • Excellent HR management skills and ability to work in a multinational team
  • Excellent communication skills and intercultural sensibility
  • Coordination and organisational skills – even under a high workload
  • Excellent spoken and written English and French; proficiency in German language would be an advantage

Our offer

We offer you the opportunity to work in a responsible and interesting field as part of an extremely dedicated team. Welthungerhilfe attaches great importance to the personal and professional development of its employees and the balance of their work and private life. Remuneration is based on our gender-independent salary scale. In addition, Welthungerhilfe offers numerous other benefits, which are listed under “Our benefits”.

*Welthungerhilfe values diversity and ensures an inclusive, non-discriminatory working environment. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community.

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Deutsche Welthungerhilfe e. V. – or Welthungerhilfe (German for World Hunger Aid) for short – is a German non-denominational and politically independent, non-profit-making and non-governmental aid agency working in the field of development cooperation and emergency relief aid. Since it was founded in 1962, it has used about 2.84 billion euros to carry out more than 7733 aid projects in 70 countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia.

Welthungerhilfe holds the seal of approval of the Deutsches Zentralinstitut für soziale Fragen (DZI). In 2014, Welthungerhilfe and the aid organization World Vision International were announced the most transparent German organizations. In 2012, Welthungerhilfe celebrated its 50th anniversary.

Welthungerhilfe has set itself the goal of banishing famine and poverty from the world. Following the basic principle of help towards self-help, it works together with local partner organisations to support the efforts of people in developing countries to free themselves from hunger and poverty and to provide for themselves on a sustainable basis.

Welthungerhilfe was founded in 1962, as the German Committee of the Freedom from Hunger Campaign, on the initiative of the then Federal President of Germany, Heinrich Lübke. It formed the German section of the Freedom from Hunger Campaign, which was brought into being in 1961 by Binay Ranjan Sen, the Director-General of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). In 1967 the organisation's name was changed to Deutsche Welthungerhilfe e. V.

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The position is to be filled as soon as possible, with an initial contract duration of two years. There are very good prospects for an extension. Employment location will be Bangui, Central African Republic.

As Country Director Central African Republic you are responsible for managing the impact oriented Welthungerhilfe country programme. In doing so, you take into consideration the overall Welthungerhilfe strategy and mandate and ensure adherence to Welthungerhilfe's quality standards. You will be responsible for a sound financial management of the allocated funds as well as for the acquisition of additional funding through donor diversification. As teamleader of the national and expatriate staff members, you are expected to take over responsibility for security management to assure the safety and security of your employees.

Your responsibilities

  • Overall responsibility for the development and implementation of the multiannual country programme
  • Represent Welthungerhilfe and coordinate programme activities with local decision-makers, partner organizations and other aid agencies and development organizations operating in the country
  • Ensure efficient and reliable structures and processes that reflect decentralization and which allow to facilitate, coordinate and improve project implementation
  • Ensure the proper planning of financial, asset and human resources as well as regular reporting to the Regional Directorate and the cofinanciers
  • Acquisition of donor funds on location and international coordination with the Head Office
  • Maintenance and expansion of cooperation with national and international partners
  • Responsibility for expatriate and national project staff, and in particular responsibility for compliance with local security regulations
  • Elaborate and ensure a preparedness plan for disasters and potential crises on the basis of the country specific situation
  • Observe, analyze and report on relevant trends in the programme country and the neighboring areas
  • Regular exchange of information with the Head Office in Bonn and other Country Offices

Your profile

  • A university or polytechnic degree in a relevant field like international development, international management, rural development, agricultural sciences or a comparable level of qualification
  • At least 10 years of project management experience and relevant leadership experience in international humanitarian aid and development cooperation, preferably in the region
  • Sound experience in security/crisis management
  • Experience working with partner organizations
  • Relevant knowledge of the German, European and UN donor environment
  • Excellent HR management skills and ability to work in a multinational team
  • Excellent communication skills and intercultural sensibility
  • Coordination and organisational skills - even under a high workload
  • Excellent spoken and written English and French; proficiency in German language would be an advantage

Our offer

We offer you the opportunity to work in a responsible and interesting field as part of an extremely dedicated team. Welthungerhilfe attaches great importance to the personal and professional development of its employees and the balance of their work and private life. Remuneration is based on our gender-independent salary scale. In addition, Welthungerhilfe offers numerous other benefits, which are listed under "Our benefits".

*Welthungerhilfe values diversity and ensures an inclusive, non-discriminatory working environment. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community.

2020-12-14

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