Job Title:Country Director, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Closing Date: Friday, 03 August 2012
Overall objective
The Country Director (CD) for DRC Ethiopia is responsible for managing all activities within the DRC Ethiopia country programme, which currently includes the country office in Addis Ababa and three field operations: Jijiga; Dolo Ado and Gambella. The CD provides strategic guidance and management to all sectors, and is responsible for high quality and accountable programme design and delivery. In DRC, the CD retains a high degree of management autonomy, within a clearly defined regional strategic framework.
DRC's Ethiopia programme focuses on Integrated Emergency Response (Shelter; NFI; WASH); Livelihood Programming and Community Driven Development (CDD) for refugees, IDPs and refugee hosting areas. The current annual portfolio is approximately 4 million USD, but set to grow over the coming years.
The Ethiopia Country Director will supervise 7 expatriate staff, as well as the team of senior national staff. A close working relationship will be maintained with the regional senior management team; the regional support teams and DRC Country Directors in Yemen; Somalia and Kenya.
Background
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) has been providing relief and development services in the Horn of Africa since 1997. Using a protection of human rights framework, DRC has mainly focused on Somalis who are displaced by conflict. Programmes include protection, livelihoods, food and NFI distribution, water and sanitation, and advocacy amongst others. There are four main programme offices in Somali region, one in Yemen, one in Kenya and one regional office in Nairobi. There are also non operational region wide initiatives, focusing on advocacy and capacity building, which are supported from the Nairobi regional office (RO). Currently there is over 450 DRC staff in the region. The last two years have seen some growth in programme size, but primarily there has been a growth in the number of support and management functions demanded and required by the programme offices, in order to maintain quality and accountability.
Key Responsibilities
Programme Strategy: To develop and update the Ethiopia programme strategy, within DRC's overall regional and global strategic frameworks. Tasks include: a) ensuring staff understand the regional and global frameworks, b) leading a consultative process for local strategy development, c) leading annual programme portfolio analyses and reviews.
Programme Delivery: To be responsible for all aspects of delivering a high quality and accountable programme, including developing detailed programming into overall programme direction and vice versa. Tasks include: a) ensuring a local quality assurance system is developed and followed, b) providing staff with direction and input at all major stages of programme cycle, c) ensuring timely implementation and reporting, d) ensuring all staff have work plans which are in line with strategic priorities, e) apply performance management systems, f) ensure full implementation of strong monitoring, evaluation and documentation processes.
Fundraising: To provide strong fundraising abilities and play key role in fundraising and donor contract management, including a) identification of funding opportunities, b) leading concept and proposal development with support from technical and management staff at country, regional and HQ levels.
Quality and Accountability: To be responsible for ensuring programme compliance with the organisational quality and accountability commitments. Tasks include: a) With RO, ensure that Programme Handbook is known throughout DRCs field offices, b) lead process of developing and updating local Humanitarian Accountability Framework and Quality Management System, c) enabling staff to reach compliance with HAF and follow QMS, d) ensure complaints handling mechanisms are in place for all programmes, e) preparing the quarterly report and including section on compliance, f) promote accountability concepts and practices amongst humanitarian community.
Safety and Security: To be overall responsible for ensuring that DRCs Ethiopia programme is delivered in a safe and secure manner. Tasks include: a) working with DRC's RSA (Regional Security Advisor) to ensure that all DRC HoA security management protocols and procedures are updated, made locally relevant and applied consistently, b) to be overall responsible for ensuring security analyses is being done collectively and regularly, c) ensuring that good security management becomes a cultural and procedural norm for staff.
Representation Coordination and Stakeholder management: To ensure that DRC maintains excellent and productive relations with all key stakeholders, especially beneficiaries, local authorities, the humanitarian community and donors. Tasks include: a) high levels of representation with Government and UN agencies at national and regional level, with ability to work with high level officials to negotiate DRC programme priorities in Ethiopia, b) representing DRC at relevant and senior forums/ meetings, c) ensuring other staff are appropriately representing DRC at relevant forums/ meetings, d) maintaining agreed profile of DRC at country level, e) conducting regular stakeholder analyses to ensure that DRC has good understanding of dynamics/ relationships, f) ensuring that all staff maintain beneficiaries and communities at the centre of DRC's stakeholder list, g) engaging in, and where effective, leading coordination processes amongst key stakeholders.
Communication and Networks: To lead the Ethiopia team's communication and networking in all DRC's key areas. Tasks include: a) with RO, preparing a programme communication strategy including identifying key networks, b) guiding staff to communicate and network clearly, appropriately and strategically.
Accounts and budget accountability: To be overall responsible for ensuring financial accountability. Tasks include: a) responsible for all aspects of budget management, b) managing the finance team, c) ensuring that all financial systems are followed and that financial reports submitted are accurate, d) ensuring the finance and programme teams have a productive relationship.
Support services: To ensure that HR/ Administration and Logistics teams are effectively supporting programme needs. Tasks include: a) ensuring that HR/ Administration and logistics protocols and procedures are being followed, b) ensuring that Support services are adapting and responding to programmatic needs, c) play a very active oversight role in sensitive areas, such as recruitment, discipline and complaints handling.
Capacity building and staff development: Ensure that staffs in Ethiopia are continuously developing their ability to fulfil their job descriptions as well as the organisational requirements. Tasks include: a) with RO, preparing a capacity building strategy and action plan, b) securing resources to enable capacity building, c) implementing a variety of capacity building techniques and initiatives.
Reporting Arrangements: The position is supervised by the DRC's Regional Director for DRC Horn of Africa & Yemen operation. The Country Director supervises the following senior positions:
Three Area Managers (Jijiga; Dolo Ado and Gambella)
Head of Finance and Administration (HoFA)
Operation Support Officer
Grant Manager
Selected national staff
Qualifications & Experience
Essential:
Proven ability with respect to the design, management, monitoring and evaluation of programmes, preferably with a focus on protection and durable solutions for refugees and displaced people;
Proven management experience at senior level including capacity building, training and mentoring, especially in complex humanitarian environments;
Proven skills of negotiation and diplomacy with governments, UN and donors;
Experience with humanitarian accountability;
Strong experience of fundraising, networking, advocacy and coordination;
Financial management skills and experience;
Experience in security management;
Strong analytical skills.
Excellent writing and editing skills in English for external audiences (including governments and donors);
Cultural sensitivity and adaptability.
Preferable:
Work related experience from the Horn of Africa region.
We encourage all qualified candidates to apply, irrespective of age, nationality, race, gender or age.
Conditions
Availability: ASAP
Duty station: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with frequent travel to DRC Field Offices in Ethiopia. Contract: 1 year renewable contract. Salary and conditions in accordance with the Danish Refugee Council's Terms of Employment for Global Expatriates (available at www.drc.dk under Vacancies). This position is graded as A3.
Posting details: Addis Ababa is a family duty station.
Further information
You are welcome to contact Desk Officer Mikkel Trolle on email: Mikkel.Trolle@drc.dk or Regional Director Peter Klansoe on email: director@drhoa.org for further information on the programme and the position. Please note that applications are not to be sent to Mr Trolle or Mr Klansoe; we only receive applications via the email address drcintjobs@drchoa.org.
For general information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult www.drc.dk.
Commitments: DRC has a Humanitarian Accountability Framework, outlining its global accountability committments. All staff are required to contribute to the achievement of this framework (http://www.drc.dk/HAF.4265.0.html).
How to apply:
Application and CV
Interested candidates who meet the required qualifications and experience are invited to submit updated CV and cover letter explaining their motivation and why they are suited for the post. Only motivated applications that address the stipulated duties and meet the required qualifications will be considered.
Please forward the application and CV, in English and marked "Country Director Ethiopia", no later than August 3, 2012 to drcintjobs@drchoa.org. Candidates who applied previously need not re-apply.
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