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Country Director - Tsjaad

Role and Responsibilities
Oversee all programme and support activities in-country, leading a diverse team who are committed to serve the world’s most vulnerable with practical and compassionate care. Represent Medair in all issues relating to the country programme, playing a key role in donor relations and managing the country strategy and the project implementation in conjunction with senior field managers.
Project Overview
Medair is implementing a nutrition project funded by ECHO in Abdi District, Ouaddai Region. This project will support the provision of nutrition services in health facilities in Abdi district so that children with acute malnutrition can receive life-saving treatment. Abdi district is in the Sahel belt and the most recent SMART survey data shows Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) rates of around 17%. This is the first project to be implemented by Medair in Chad (since the 1990s) and is the start-up project for the programme.
Please note:
Medair has standard working requirements for working in the field. A very important one is that you need to be a comitted Christian. Another is that if you're married, your spouse must also apply.