Country Director-Sudan 74 views0 applications

current Sudan Oxfam Country Strategy comes to an end in 2019 and a new Country strategy is being developed for 2020-2024. The Oxfam International Country Director provides overall leadership and management to the country programme. Oxfam OUS is the Executive Affiliate (EA) and is the legally registered entity in the country, it employs in-country staff, is the asset holder, primary contract signatory with in-country donors and suppliers, manages finances and provides back office support and IT systems, and represents the Oxfam Confederation in country. Complementing the work of the Executing Affiliate are Partner Affiliates(PAs) that provide funding (restricted and unrestricted), thematic expertise and influencing capacity. The Country Governance Group Group(CGG), composed of the EA, PAs and the Oxfam International regional platform, provides overall oversight on the country programme.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

· Provides strategic leadership and management of Oxfam’s program in country including all development, resilience and humanitarian programming to maximise our influence and impact

· Accountable to the Horn East and Central Africa (HECA) Regional Director (RD) for the delivery, effective management and monitoring, evaluation and learning of the programme against the annual budget and plan. Accountable to the Country Governance Group (CGG) for strategic oversight, programme accountability and affiliation process where appropriate.

· Ensures overall leadership of disaster preparedness, mitigation and management including humanitarian response activities for Category 1 / 2 / 3 emergencies.

· Manages the Country Leadership Team and Line manages the work in the country: staff, budget, funding and program.

· Ensures that the HR Management in the Country is in line with Oxfam Human Resource Policies and procedures including but not limited to the Code of Conduct, Security, Safeguarding, Health and Safety and national labour laws.

· Creates and supports an environment which results in strong partnerships, government relations, knowledge sharing and innovation.

· Responsible for fostering communication, advocacy and coordination with key actors at the national, local and global levels involved into the Sudan businesses, to allow for more effective and efficient delivery of humanitarian assistance, recovery and development programming to meet basic needs in Sudan

· Takes the lead in representing Oxfam and the country program nationally and globally. Builds influential relationships and is committed to developing networks for impactful change.

· Works with the Country Governance Group to ensure that appropriate strategies (Program, Advocacy, Communications and funding) are created and operationalized to seek out and maintain new funding sources to support program implementation, guarantee quality. Accountable for all donor relations and contract management in country.

· Working closely with other affiliates with strong interest in the country in order to develop and deliver high quality programmes.

· Play an active role in drawing on learning from across Oxfam and external sources and sharing evidenced based learning with others.

· Accesses and uses shared services appropriately and responsibly where applicable.

· Successfully lead the design, communication and implementation of the One Oxfam Stakeholder Structure, in a participatory process with the support of the Change Management Task Force.

· Ensure compliance in reporting and INGOs operating requirements as per Sudan’s laws and guidelines.

· Ensure that stator laws and government requirements including renewal of Oxfam registration on annual basis and reporting are made on time

· Spend at least 50% of his/her time at field location to support program implementation, assess impact, capture lessons learnt and provide strategic directions to Oxfam and partner teams.

Technical Skills, Experience & Knowledge

Management and Leadership

· Proven track record of leading and motivating multi-disciplinary, geographically remote teams and operations across several locations, often in fragile and complex contexts.

· Significant senior leadership and management experience in the development and delivery of programs, external relations and humanitarian strategy, with and through partners or directly, in one or more challenging locations.

· Experience of managing complex change processes and relationships involving a wide range of both internal and external multi-cultural stakeholders across a variety of disciplines and geographical areas.

· A high degree of self-awareness and an understanding of how to drive and support excellent team performance and individual development in line with Oxfam’s values and policies.

· Demonstrable understanding of both long-term development, resilience and humanitarian contexts and application of humanitarian principles.

Representation and Communication

· Proven track record of success in representing an organization with partners, government agencies, private sector organizations, media and donors at senior level: nationally and globally.

· Proven track record of strong relationship building with government leaders and agencies.

· Proven track record of success in influencing and advocacy.

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills to motivate, influence and negotiate.

Finance and Funding

· Ability to maximise fundraising from diverse institutions, both local and international.

· High level financial and asset management skills to steer the operational budget across a number of locations.

Risk

· Experience of managing security, risk and legal compliance within an INGO context

· Proven track record of making sound judgements in uncertain and pressurised situations.

Strategic Analytics

· Ability to manage the development of, and contribute to, the high-level analysis of factors driving poverty, marginalization, conflict and vulnerability in developing country contexts. The ability to ‘think politically’ understanding motivations, pressures, power dynamics and challenges faced by colleagues, partners, decision makers and other actors; and the ability to generate effective strategies to influence them.

· Proven analytical skills, with the ability to be:

o Able to take and manage calculated risks based on evidence based assumptions.

o Able to think strategically, to maximise adaptability and agility

o encourage forward thinking, new ideas and learning from experience beyond the country program context while acting within a global framework

· Good level of IT literacy and an understanding of how new developments in technology can positively contribute to the aims of an INGO

Values

· Committed to a rights based approach including an active commitment to putting women’s rights at the heart of all we do as well as the rights of other marginalized people in all aspects of an organization’s work.

Travel

· Ability to travel often to remote programmatic sites within the country (up to 50%)

Languages

· Proficiency in English and Arabic