Country Director
Action Against Hunger, Ethiopia
Job Description
Job Specification
Action Against Hunger is a global leader in the fight against hunger. For 40 years, across nearly 50 countries, we have led the global fight. We save the lives of children and their families. We are there for them before and after disaster strikes. We enable people to provide for themselves, see their children grow up strong, and for whole communities to prosper. We constantly search for more effective solutions, while sharing our knowledge and expertise with the world. We push for long-term change. We will never give up. Until the world is free from hunger.
We are currently seeking for a solid and transformational leader to be our Country Director in Ethiopia. Specifically, we are seeking for a leader with robust programmatic and operational experience in complex and constantly evolving settings. The Country Director position will be responsible to execute a country growth strategy that will ensure our continuous relevance and impact of Action Against Hunger in Ethiopia.
Candidates need to show relevant experience of have manageddiverse program portfolios, increased significantly diverse funding portfolios, and have proven records of external engagement with a variety of stakeholders including local and national government entities as well as local and international organizations.
Summary
The Country Director (CD) leads the continuous strategic development and ensures growth of the Country Program. The CD integrates program and operational structure into a coherent country office. The CD represents Action Against Hunger at country level and with donors and is responsible for building the Action Against Hunger brand and reputation at country level.
Purpose
The role of the Country Director is to lead development and emergency programs at national level in addition to plan the integration of sectoral initiatives into coherent programs for development consistent with the country office priorities and growth needs.
Engagement
Develop relationships with, consult and represent Action Against Hunger to donors, local and national government authorities, organizational partners and collaborators, other INGOs and the local community with that aim of creating a positive profile for the organization within the country.
The Country Director will liaise with the Action Against Hunger country, regional, HQ and network staff on strategy, programming opportunities partnerships in addition to compliance matters.
Delivery
Create an effective platform for delivery of development services by aligning internal capacities with national development priorities and Action Against Hunger strategic plans, build effective networks of collaboration to position Action Against Hunger as a critical partner.
Essential job roles
·Provide vision and direction in the development of a country strategy that integrates programmatic and operational aspects of the country programs; ensure continued relevance with national context and alignment with and contribution to regional and global Action Against Hunger objectives.
·Guide program strategic development to take advantage of emergent opportunities and areas of work and consolidate strategic insight from regional and country level expertise
·Develop and establish policies and systems in collaboration with the Action Against Hunger Senior Leadership Team at country level that are fully compliant with Action Against Hunger USA policy as well as with national/local legislation
·Expand program funding through engagement with donors ensuring continuous flow of resources to support country program growth
·Facilitate the technical development and growth of programmatic and operational functions of the country program through championing programmatic and operational country needs to regional and global levels of Action Against Hunger USA
·Represent Action Against Hunger USA to national governments, bilateral/multilateral institutions and in NGO networks to build and uphold the Action Against Hunger brand and reputation as a reliable partner in the delivery of programs and as a key voice in nutrition sensitive programming
·Responsible for creating and maintaining a positive and conducive working environment amongst all staff at country level to ensure a healthy and effective organizational culture which:
- Promotes the Action Against Hunger Charter of Principles,
- Embeds the Action Against Hunger USA Core Values into the daily working context,
- Encourages team work, cross departmental and cross functional collaboration
- Ensures staff members are valued and staff engagement is maximized
Supervisory Responsibilities
The Country Director will directly line manage the Programme Director, Operations Dire