Country Director Job Opening at Concern Worldwide in Kigali Rwanda 2014

Country Director Job Opening at Concern Worldwide in Kigali Rwanda 2014

Concern Worldwide are recruiting for a Country Director for Rwanda based in Kigali for a 3 year contract. This will be an accompanied position. Reporting to the Regional Director for Central Africia who is based in Ireland, the Country Director is responsible for the Country Management Team and liaising with Donors, UN and NGO’s

The successful candidate will be responsible for strategic and programme development and effective management of the Concern Rwanda country programme in line with Concern organisational specific strategies, policies and procedures

Main Duties & Responsibilities: Leadership:

Lead the roll out of the Country Strategic Plan.
Provide leadership in the overall effective planning and direction of Concern’s programme and operations at country level.
Create and maintain a shared vision, amongst all Concern Rwanda staff, of Concern’s values and policies.
Lead and support in strengthening coordination and collaboration within and across all teams, maintain and ensure constructive communications and contribute to a positive working environment.
Actively advocate for pro poor policy change and pro poor policy implementation.
Lead the preparation and response to emergencies effecting the poor and vulnerable in Rwanda.

Programme Development and Management:

Lead the strategic development and implementation of programmes in line with Concern organisational strategic plan.
Ensure all programme development is grounded in sound analysis based on ‘How Concern understands extreme poverty’.
Roll out Results Based Management throughout the country programme
Maintain productive working relationships with donors and lead the development of high quality proposals, to secure programme funding.
Monitor emerging emergency situations and respond as and when necessary.
Grow and develop local partners to deliver quality programming to beneficiaries.
Manage the country programme resources ensuring that appropriate monitoring and controls are established and maintained.
Provide adequate leadership and support to programme managers in maintaining high quality standards and implementation of programmes to include cross cutting interventions such as HIV&AIDS mainstreaming, equality, prevention of GBV and DRR
Maintain effective communication and liaise with Concern Head office in Dublin.
Deliver high standard internal and donor reports in a timely manner and in line with relevant targets and objectives.
Manage the efficient and transparent use of all Concern’s resources in order to maximize the benefit to the targeted communities.

Human Resources Management:

Build strong and committed teams of staff adhering to Concern policies and procedures and applying key principles of transparency, accountability, good stewardship and participation.
Ensure that a regular staff Performance and Development Review (PDR) system is maintained and that PDRs are undertaken annually at all levels.
Develop, review, and effectively implement all Human Resources related policies and procedures in accordance with Concern policies and procedures and in line with the national labour law of Rwanda.
Establish and maintain regular, participative and documented fora and meetings for all key staff to discuss policy, strategic, operational and management issues, coordinate planning and implementation of activities and ensure information sharing.

Financial Management:

Be responsible for overall financial management of Concern Rwanda including participatory budget preparation, revision and monitoring and timely submission of Budgets and FRP’s to HQ.
Manage the system which enables budget holders to take responsibility and be accountable for their budget management.
Ensure that internal and donor financial reports are submitted in a timely manner and are up to high standard.

Policies and procedures:

Be responsible for security and safety of Concern personnel and resources in Rwanda including and maintain an updated Security Management Plan.
Report any security threats and incidents to the Regional Director.
Promote and ensure compliance with the requirements of Concern’s Programme Participants Protection Policy (P4) and implementation of Humanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP) standards including the Complaint and Response Mechanisms (CRM) to ensure maximum protection to programme beneficiaries.

Representation and Networking:

Represent Concern in Rwanda through coordination and networking relationships with the government, donors and other national and international development actors in the country.
Ensure that relationships and formal agreements with the government are maintained and updated as appropriate.
Represent Concern at various national level coordination fora.
Promote and protect the reputation of Concern in external settings, ensuring that the organization’s experience and expertise is well communicated and consistently presented, and that we are looked to as a professional organization.
When possible represent the Alliance 2015 and support any Alliance 2015 advocacy initiatives

PERSON SPECIFICATION ESSENTIAL

Education, Qualifications & Experience Required:

Third Level Degree preferably in social science or development management or business management or related discipline.
5 years working experience in a senior position within a development organization preferably in an international NGO.
Strong leadership skills and ability to manage change effectively.
Experience in building relations with donors and securing external donor funding.
Experience in management of financial resources and overseeing human resources, administration and logistics function.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills with an ability/confidence to engage and represent Concern at public fora, media and donors.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, including fluency in written and spoken English.
Delegation, time management and prioritizing skills and coping with broad range of demands.
Highly developed listening and conflict resolution skills.
Affinity with organisational values, mission and vision, commitment to humanitarian principles.

DESIRABLE

Education, Qualifications & Experience Required:

Previous Concern experience at a management level.
Experience of working in Africa an advantage.
Knowledge of HAP.
Experience of working/living in insecure and sensitive environments.
Experience of managing major donor grants such as DFID, Irish Aid, UNICEF, EU and US AID.
Experience of Food Security, Health and Education programming.
Knowledge of French an advantage.

All candidates who are short-listed for a first round interview will be notified via email after the application deadline. Concern Worldwide is an Irish-based non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries. Concern has a Staff Code of Conduct and a Programme Participant Protection Policy which have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organization, and the standards of behaviour expected of them. In this context staff have a responsibility to the organization to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in the day-to-day conduct in their workplace in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Programme Participant Protection Policy and the Concern Staff Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Programme Participant Protection Policy and the Concern Staff Code of Conduct candidates acknowledge that they have understood the contents of both the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and the Programme Participant Protection Policy and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these two documents. Concern receives a substantial amount of funding from external donors each year. Increasingly donors are introducing requirements whereby future funding is conditional on Concern ensuring that the names of any new employee or volunteer do not appear on terrorism lists generated by the European Union (List of person, groups and entities to which Regulation (EC No. 2580/2001 applies), the US Government (Office of Foreign Assets Control list of specially designated Nationals and Blocked Persons) and the United Nations (Consolidated List). Any offer of employment (either paid or voluntary) with Concern Worldwide will not be made pending a clearance check being conducted on the applicant. For additional information please consult our web site or contact the Human Resource Division in our Head Office. Concern Worldwide is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

How to apply:

All applications should be submitted through our website at https://jobs.concern.net by the closing date. CV’s should be no more than 4 pages in length.