Job Summary
The Regional Director represents INTERSOS in the area of regional operations and in collaboration with the Deputy Regional Director, is responsible for Regional planning and strategic positioning of INTERSOS while ensuring strategic planning, implementation of identified strategies and achievement of Missions objectives occurs.
Minimum Qualification:Masters
Experience Level:Executive level
Experience Length:7 years
Job Description/Requirements
INTERSOS is an independent humanitarian organization that
assists the victims of natural disasters, armed conflicts and exclusion.
Its activities are based on the principles of solidarity, justice,
human dignity, equality of rights and opportunities, respect for
diversity and coexistence, paying special attention to the most
vulnerable people.
Terms of reference
Job Title:Regional Director for East and Central Africa
Code:SR-00-1598
Duty station:Nairobi, with frequent field missions (South Sudan, DRC and CAR)
Starting date: 22/01/2021
Contract duration:2 years, renewable (6 months probation)
Reporting to:Director of Programmes
Supervision of:Deputy Regional Director and Heads of Mission
Dependents:Family Duty Station
General context of the project
INTERSOS is an International Humanitarian Organisation with its HQ in
Rome, branch offices in Tunis, Nairobi and Amman and representation
offices in Geneva and Dakar. The organisational structure is comprised
of the General Secretariat, the Departments of Programmes, Finance,
Logistics & Supply, Communications & Fundraising and Human
Resources, the Grants Control & Compliance Unit and the office of
Internal Auditor. INTERSOS is operational in 18 countries with over
3,000 among national and international staff worldwide.
INTERSOS assists the victims of natural disasters, armed conflicts,
exclusion and extreme vulnerability. Its activities are based on the
principles of solidarity, justice, human dignity, equality of rights and
opportunities, respect for diversity and coexistence, paying special
attention to the most vulnerable people.
The Department of Programmes is led by the Director of Programmes and
includes four Regional Directors, the Protection unit, the Medical Unit
and the Emergency Unit.
General purpose of the position
The Regional Director represents INTERSOS in the area of regional
operations and in collaboration with the Deputy Regional Director, is
responsible for Regional planning and strategic positioning of INTERSOS
while ensuring strategic planning, implementation of identified
strategies and achievement of Missions objectives occurs.
The Regional Director represents the Organisation in relation to
third parties in the region of assignment on the basis of directives
conferred by the Director of Programmes.
Main responsibilities and tasks
Under the supervision of the Director of Programmes and referring to the region of assignment:
Designs strategies, defines territorial areas and sectors to be
privileged, programmes and plans activities together with Deputy
Regional Director;
Develop Nairobi and INTERSOS into a fully functional Regional Hub,
capable of high-level engagement within all relevant fora, in order to
position INTERSOS to expand and consolidate relevant presence
Ensure full legal compliance in all countries of operation with particular attention to tax and residency requirements;
In collaboration with the Deputy Regional Director guarantees the implementation of the regional strategies;
In collaboration with the Deputy Regional Director supervises the
implementation of INTERSOS programmes in the missions under his/her
responsibility;
Is responsible of the overall security in the geographic area of
his/her competence and of the implementation of security protocols and
policies;
Is responsible of relations with donors, stakeholders, authorities
and representatives of beneficiaries and collaborates with Heads of
Mission and project leaders in the management of these relations;
In collaboration with the Deputy Regional Director supervises the
implementation of the programmes in the missions under his
responsibility; projects (constraints and rules of the donors,
consistency and technical-methodological congruity, quality of
resources, effectiveness of results efficiency);
Supervise constraints and rules of donors ensuring consistency and
technical-methodological congruity, quality of resources and
effectiveness of results;
With Deputy Regional Director and Heads of Missions, ensure
application of relevant INTERSOS and donor administrative procedures for
efficient and transparent management of projects, offices and countries
within the Region;
In coordination with Regional Finance Coordinator, follows up on the
approval process at HQ level of project proposals before submission to
the donors;
Links with Director of Programmes and Secretary General for the
approval of projects that involve a high risk in accordance with the
provisions of the risk analysis;
In collaboration with the Heads of Mission, guarantees the
application of INTERSOS and donors administrative procedures for the
efficient and transparent management of projects, offices and countries
of his/her competence;
In collaboration with the Human Resources Department, supervises the management of Human Resources and in particular:
Collaborates to the recruitment of international Human Resources of the geographical area;
Motivates, directs and supports managers and teams encouraging cohesion and motivation;
Promotes orientation and training sessions for the operators of the region;
Evaluates the performance of Heads of Mission and is responsible to
discuss the evaluation (IRP) and the achievement of objectives;
Supports the Heads of Mission in the evaluation process of the project leaders;
Ensures the constant and timely sharing of information and regular
communication inside the Programmes Department to facilitate the
adjustment of actions referring to coordination, monitoring and control
of the project activities.
Required profile and experience
Education
Advanced university degree in Social Sciences, International Relations, NGO management, or equivalent work experience
Professional Experience
Field working experience of at least seven (7) years in managing humanitarian programmes with increasing responsibilities
Professional Requirements
Good knowledge of humanitarian architecture;
Knowledge of the humanitarian project cycle management;
Strong computer literacy with a full knowledge of MS Office;
Knowledge of the main humanitarian donors, with particular reference to DG ECHO, USAID and UN ways of working
Languages
English and French mandatory
Personal Requirements
Strategic vision, leadership, people management skill;
Culturally sensitive and able to understand and work in complex contexts;
Able to set up new strategies, projects and tools;
Problem solving attitude;
Good team player with strong initiative;
Good interpersonal and communication skills;
Ability to adapt and work in difficult situations
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