Action Against Hunger Program Director Jobs in South Sudan

Action Against Hunger Program Director Jobs in South Sudan

You’ll Contribute to Ending World Hunger by. . .

providing strategic leadership, guidance and oversees the management of all aspects of the Program including in line with the 5- years Country Strategy.

Requirements

Key Activities in Your Role Will Include:

Coordinate the development and review of Action Against Hunger’s programmatic strategy in South Sudan.

Coordinate Technical Coordinators in ensuring the effective delivery of program activities and the successful integration of activities with all other aspects of Action Against Hunger programming.

Take lead to oversee the quality of Action Against Hunger’s Programmes in South Sudan through regular meetings with Technical Coordinators;

Closely monitor program spending and follow up spending plans with the Head of Finance and PMs.

Work with Technical Coordinators and Heads of Bases to put in place work plans to address programmatic issues identified by Technical Coordinators.

Proactively identify new and innovative programming opportunities.

Proactively engage with various stakeholders (Governments, partner agencies, donor community) in understanding the context needs and positioning for relevant actions.

Lead the development of technical proposals, concepts, technical responses to include activity timelines, clear understanding and adherence to guidelines, coordination of the various stakeholders; ensuring all departments work together.

Timely submission of monthly, quarterly, biannual and annual internal and external reports as per appropriate guidelines; and submitted to the Regional office for validation.

Plan for, Budget follow up, PPP, Work plan, Budget forecasts, ongoing monitoring and kick off meetings take place for every program

Maintain an up to date database and reporting tracker of all grants managed by the country office; including a summary sheet of key parameters.

Lead on the development and rollout of new and more effective systems to improve program implementation.

Coordinate

closely with Finance, Log, HR and Field Managers to ensure that security, procurement, HR and financial protocols are designed to support quality programming.

Lead on the development and roll-out of new and more effective systems to improve program implementation.

Ensure Action Against Hunger is represented in partnership-related meetings at a strategic level for clusters, working groups,

Carry out follow-up evaluation of partnership (programming and partner relations), maintains lessons learned and proposes action points for future improvement.

Maintain an up to date database of all grants managed by the country.

Act as interim Country Director in the absence of the Country Director.

Does This Description Fit You?

You’re an experienced humanitarian professional

Advanced University degree (Masters) preferably in development and/or political/humanitarian studies or equivalent.

You have advanced knowledge of donors’ guidelines and procedures (ECHO, DFID, OFDA, SIDA, USAID, UNICEF, GIZ, GFFO etc).

You have at least 5 years INGO experience preferably recovery and complex emergencies.

Experience in monitoring and evaluation as well as Project Cycle Management.

You have proven ability to translate analysis and evaluation into operational planning and strategy.

You are highly organized & pays attention to small details.

You are passionate about finding creative solutions & innovative approaches to long-standing & critical problems.

You have excellent planning, management and coordination skills, with the ability to organize a substantial workload, diverse tasks and responsibilities, and also work calmly under pressure.

You are self-disciplined and can work autonomously making decisions with minimal guidance.

Your leadership style reinforces trust within your team.

You have excellent reporting and proposal writing experience.

You have good diplomatic and negotiation skills.

You are fluent in English.

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Action Against Hunger Program Director Jobs in South Sudan