South Sudan Country Director

POSITION: South Sudan Country Director
LOCATION: Juba, Sudan
REPORTS TO: Africa Area Director
SUPERVISES: All South Sudan national and expatriate staff

PURPOSE: Provide strategic leadership and management to World Concern’s relief and holistic development work in South Sudan. Advocate on behalf of organization’s development goals, building institutional relationships and promoting cooperative program activities. Lead the country team in formulating and executing a country strategy in line with World Concerns global strategy.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Program Development:
   
   
   Oversee the effective implementation of WC’s programs in South Sudan.
   Work with Program Managers to improve the quality and effectiveness of existing programs in line with WC vision and mission.
   Develop and implement a community development strategy in line with WC’s One Village Transformed model.
   Evaluate opportunities and make recommendations to the Africa Area Director for new or enhanced program areas in other regions of South Sudan.
   Ensure effective monitoring and evaluation systems are in place to align with WC objectives of shared learning, improved programming, beneficiary sustainability and spiritual impact.
   
   Seek, develop, and evaluate as appropriate strategic networking opportunities for program expansion/development, and funding opportunities. Where possible, build relationships with regional representatives of the Integral Alliance (IA), and the Global Relief Alliance (GRA).
   
2. Fund Raising:
   
   Write clear, concise proposals with corresponding budgets to increase program funding base to ensure programs are fully funded.
   Network with and maintain good working relationships with UN, government agencies, appropriate church bodies, NGO’s and other actors in South Sudan to ensure collaboration and acceptance of WC programs.
   Maintain close relationship with USAID/OFDA to track USG funding priorities: submit high quality proposals in order to support program continuity.
   Provide leadership to Program Managers in initiating development activities that are locally/communally funded and which do not rely exclusively on foreign support.
   
3. Management:
   
   Responsible for budgeting, monitoring and controlling program expenses for all South Sudan programs.
   Manage staff to ensure reporting to donors and the US head office is timely, accurate and in compliance with donor requirements.
   An active member of the Africa Leadership Team.
   Responsible for hiring and monitoring performance of WC staff in South Sudan programs.
   Monitor political and security situations in South Sudan and ensure appropriate security measures are in place and being followed. Cooperate closely with the Africa Regional Security Officer to ensure that SOP’s, Contingency Plans and Security Plans are up to date and relevant.
   
4. People Development:
   
   Ensures that conflict is resolved in a biblical way with the goal of restoring relationships.
   Provide guidance on individual staff development.
   Promote an atmosphere of shared learning.
   Mentoring staff towards God’s purposes through discovering their gifts and talents and creating opportunities for their sharpening.
   Commit to pray for WC project beneficiaries and staff, and foster spiritual growth among both as appropriate.
   
5. Measurability – a Country Director is successful if:
   
   Programs are growing (horizontally and vertically) and fully funded.
   People are working to their capacity using their gifts and talents.
   People trust your judgment.
   Programs are meeting their objectives.
   Programs are within approved budget.
   Reports, budgets and proposals are turned in on time.
   Able to maintain a positive and constructive attitude.
   Appropriate people are kept in the communication loop.
   Staff/beneficiary safety is the highest priority: safety and security plans are reviewed regularly and in line with policy.
   
6. Core Competencies:
   
   Strategic Thinking: Ability to set goals, plan and prioritize.
   Commitment to World Concern’s values and mission: A commitment to pray for staff, programs, and beneficiaries.
   Time Management: Ability to multi-task & meet deadlines.
   Leadership: Inspires and energizes others to work together, sharing commitment and confidence in achieving success.
   Personal Integrity: Trustworthy, conscientious and can be relied on to act and speak with consistency and honesty.
   Initiative: Grasps opportunities and proactively ensures that neither issues nor people are forgotten or overlooked.
   Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
   

REQUIRED EDUCATION, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

1. Demonstrated commitment to World Concern’s values and mission.
2. Bachelors degree in field relevant to International Relief & Development.
3. At least 5 years field experience working as an expatriate, managing relief and development programs.
4. 3+ years in a lead field management role in development work.
5. Successful experience in program design, proposal writing and report writing. 
6. Demonstrated ability to grow country profile both in program scope and funding sources.
7. English, fluent written and spoken.
8. Ability to use Microsoft Office programs.
9. Experience managing USG grants.
10. Technology- Proficiency in MS Office Suite.
11. Proven experience managing significant multi-sectoral programs in a conflict or post conflict setting. An ability to manage security and deliver on program objectives is essential. 
12. Experience in transformational approaches to humanitarian and community development programming. 
13. Ability to obtain US visa to attend annual meetings.
    

Preferred Education, Skills & Experience:

1. Preference for Horn of Africa experience.
2. Arabic very helpful.

Working Conditions:

1. Requires frequent travel to project locations.
2. South Sudan has limited infrastructure. Travel in a vehicle over long distances on non-existent or extremely poor roads.
3. Limited access to medical services.
4. Periodic meetings in Nairobi, Kenya and possible travel to US.

How to apply:

To apply, please go to www.worldconcern.org/employment. The application requires a continuous internet connection and will time out after 30 minutes. For best results, have answers and documents ready so you can copy and paste them into the application. Be sure to create a login and password and save your application. Remember you can always come back to it and complete unfinished portions.