Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten? Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?
If you answered ‘yes’, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you.
At this pivotal moment in time, we are rapidly expanding and growing our team to meet the increasing needs of our world. We are looking for people who want to use their gifts and talents to make a real and tangible difference in our world and the lives of the suffering.
If you’re looking for a purpose-driven career in which you can grow your talents, while also standing up for the rights of the vulnerable, we want you to join us today.
ORGANIZATION SUMMARY
World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the world’s greatest crises in partnership with the church. The organization was founded in the aftermath of World War II to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of war-torn Europe. Since then, for 80 years, across 100 countries, World Relief has partnered with local churches and communities to build a world where families thrive and communities flourish.
Today, organizational programming focuses on humanitarian and disaster response, community strengthening and resilience, and refugee & immigrant services and advocacy.
POSITION SUMMARY:
World Relief is seeking a Program Director for its operation in the eastern region of Sudan. The Program Director for the eastern region will be based in Port Sudan with regular travel to all field offices in the eastern region of Sudan, including Blue Nile, South Kordofan, and expansion / return areas such as Khartoum and Jazirah. The program director will oversee all programmatic, operational and donor compliance for WRS projects, ensure effective and efficient management of organizational resources, and lead fund raising initiatives. Non-accompanied position.
ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- This role is responsible for supervising others and includes responsibilities consistent with supervising employees, including but not limited to monitoring daily work activities, tracking and approving timesheets including approving time off, monitoring performance including entering goals, progress check-ins, and weekly or bi-weekly check-ins, documenting performance concerns, entering staff promotions, transitions, and separations in HRIS within required time frame. Managers at World Relief are also considered spiritual leaders and are expected to lead staff in a manner consistent with our Christian values, including but not limited to praying with staff, leading devotionals, and fostering a Christian environment in interactions with staff throughout World Relief.
- Responsible for supervision of the field offices.
- Manages program development and operations for World Relief Sudan office’s and ensure quality implementation the organization projects.
- Monitor and analyze the potential impact or opportunities of humanitarian need and develop a transition to recovery and early-stage development strategy for locations where WR is working.
- Advises the Country Director on the evolution of local security, political, legal, and economic situations and how to adapt the program accordingly.
- Oversee identification of local partners, community leaders, and other local stakeholders and develop collaborative and working relationships and partnerships.
- Develop a capacity-building strategy for and with the local government line ministries, HAC and other INGOs and sustainable local entities.
- Supervises Program Department’s accurate financial, procurement, and general operational protocols and reporting.
- Ensures the Program Department maintains compliance with donor rules, regulations and reporting guidelines and deadlines.
- Maintains open channels of communication between Program staff with other field-based WR Sudan functional departments and staff to ensure program harmony and cohesiveness.
- Develops programmatic content, provides due diligence and finalization of the Program budget for proposed activities in order to improve the objectives, focus, efficiency and feasibility of grants to be approved.
- Ensures that written program personnel evaluations are completed by and returned to the HR Admin department.
- Mainly responsible for providing monthly, quarterly, annual and any other periodic or special projects and country office reports as needed by the HQ or donors.
- Travels extensively to the field sites as security situation allows (50% time);
- Closely work with finance director and Program development and quality assurance director in program planning, budget review, field monitoring and evaluation and annual reviews.
- Perform other duties and tasks as assigned by the Sudan Response Director.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
- Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
- Master’s Degree and at least 6-years’ experience at the level of a program manager responsible for multi-sector integrated relief and development program is desired.
- Minimum qualification: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field with 10 years’ Program Manager or related senior level filed management
- Experiences in a multi-sector, multi-funded relief and development programs; including experience with international NGO.
- Familiarity and experience working with USAID, EU, FCDO, UNDP, SHF, ECHO, UN agencies and other donor programs.
- Previous experience working in conflict/transition and/or humanitarian crisis environments, preferably Sudan, and proven experience in supervising complex, high-speed, and challenging field operations in developing countries.
- Demonstrated experience and knowledge in establishing systems and overseeing project start-up and expansions, manages growth under limited time constraints as well as has been involved in program close-out.
- Strong skills in managing a diverse team, including hiring, supervising, and training expatriate, third-country nationals, and host-country local personnel.
- Experience with program development, implementation, and comprehensive monitoring and evaluation.
- Financial management experience, including budgeting, financial management (tracking, reporting, and accounting), and procurement.
- Strong analytical capacity.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Successful track record of leading USAID or other US Government-funded projects preferred
- Experience overseeing and preparing project start-ups, particularly in complex environments
- Extensive experience and/or technical knowledge in designing, managing projects and activities, particularly related to agriculture, cash program, health, nutrition, WASH or protection sectors.
- Proven experience managing teams in complex environments, with experience managing teams remotely.
- Excellent management and leadership skills: experience working in a supervisory position with a team structure in a multi-national, multi-disciplined, multi-cultural environment and building good and healthy working relations and environment/s.
- Excellent interpersonal and written and oral presentation skills.
- Demonstrated experience adapting project implementation and activities to achieve objectives and targets as needed.
- Fluency in written and spoken English is mandatory; knowledge of Arabic is desirable but not required.
- Excellent organization, communication, public relations, and interpersonal skills.
World Relief offers a competitive benefits package and employee discount program for full-time and part-time employees.
World Relief is honored to be recognized with the Gold-level Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation for exceeding the core components of our well-being program including leadership and culture, program foundations and execution, and whole person health.
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Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.
For World Relief staff, strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief is essential, and Christian faith is a prerequisite for employment, based upon United States federal guidelines provided in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
