Country Director, Kenya-Tanzania
The starting salary package for this position is £54,324 GBP / approx. $72,700 USD including all allowances.
About MAG
MAG (Mines Advisory Group) is an international humanitarian organisation based in Manchester, UK, and working in 32 countries. We remove landmines and unexploded ordnance to release safe and productive land for communities, and work to reduce the threat of armed violence by supporting governments to safely manage weapons and ammunition. In 1997, MAG was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for our work campaigning for the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention.
About the role
MAG is hiring for a Country Director to provide strategic leadership and representation for MAG in Kenya and Tanzania, maintaining robust oversight of the programme to ensure quality delivery of MAG activities. Reporting to the Regional Director, you will be responsible for the effective integration of strategic, programmatic and operational management, ensuring compliance with contractual obligations and MAG’s mission and mandate in order to maintain the quality, relevance, and consistency of all programme activities. You will have a wide variety of strategic responsibilities including contract management, donor liaison, people management, security management, capacity building and risk management. You will be responsible and accountable for the delivery, effective management, monitoring and evaluation and development of the programme.
About you
You will be an experienced senior manager with significant experience of strategic management and direction of humanitarian projects. You will be a proven leader, with experience managing administrative, financial, and people management systems to ensure project efficiency. Experience of programme start-up in particular would be highly advantageous. You will have experience in successful relationship development and negotiation with a range of stakeholders including local partners, government bodies, donors, and other NGOs. You will be an excellent communicator, capable of representing MAG internally and externally, with the ability to manage complex stakeholder relationships with diplomacy. You will be solution-focused, with the creativity and aptitude to respond to pressure with limited supervision, and overall commitment to MAG’s core values and strategic direction.
About the Kenya-Tanzania programme
MAG is in the process of establishing country offices and operations in Kenya and Tanzania, which will be managed as a joint programme from a main office in Nairobi. Operations will be focused on weapons and ammunition management activities, and will work in partnership with state security actors in each location assisted by a small programme support team.
Further information and how to apply
For the further information on the role, the application pack and details of how to apply, please visit the MAG website by the closing date of 20th October 2024.
MAG will support the successful applicant with any visa or work permit required, including application, administration and costs, however applicants will need to be able to obtain these within a reasonable time period to be considered for the role, due to programme needs.
Please note that as part of MAG’s commitment to safeguarding, this post is subject to background checks before an offer of employment is confirmed. For more information on MAG’s approach to safeguarding and background checks. You can also find more information in the candidate information pack, available on our website.
MAG is committed to the principles of diversity, equality and inclusion. If you think you would be suited to one of our roles we would welcome your application regardless of your background. We strive to provide an inclusive and supportive working environment where all employees feel respected and supported in fulfilling their potential.
