Tearfund Programme Director Jobs in South Sudan
Tearfund Programme Director Jobs in South Sudan
Tearfund is offering an exciting opportunity for an experienced senior professional to lead our programme in South Sudan.
Do you have the understanding and ability to integrate development and humanitarian work?
Do you have a solid understanding of root causes to conflict and poverty and are dedicated to localisation and work with partners?
The we would love to hear from you!
Tearfund's 3 corporate priorities: Church and Community Transformation; Economic and Environmental Sustainability; and Fragile States are all included in the complex South Sudan programme, and implemented through Tearfund's own operational team and local partners.
Our strategy for the work in South Sudan outlines a continuing shift in our focus from emergency response to resilience and peace building activities with a strong focus on localization and durable solutions.
Based in Juba (but with frequent field visits), the Programme Director will lead the operational teams and partnership teams in different field locations, as well as the technical advisory group.
You will coordinate and collaborate with relevant professionals of the Regional Office and Headquarters and will be the overall person responsible for ensuring that technical and international programming standards are followed.
You will support the Country Director in the implementation of the country strategy in line with Tearfund's vision, strategy, policies and procedures and during her/his absence may represent Tearfund to
the government, donors and the UN as well as coordinating with Clusters and NGOs, including our local partners.
The successful candidate will
understand the concepts of humanitarian and emergency work , and how to facilitate a transition to recovery and development in the long term
have knowledge and experience working in Nutrition, WASH, Food Security and Livelihoods, including Cash, and Gender and SGBV activities
Be a strong leade with substantial senior experience in development work and humanitarian response
Have a proven and successful record of strategic planning and thinking; programmes and project cycle management, monitoring, learning and evaluation and fundraising; people and team management and development; operational programmes budget management; and ensuring compliance to donor and corporate systems and procedures.
We are looking for a leader with vision, commitment and energy, someone who is a committed Christian and who shares and supports Tearfund's values and vision.
The recruitment process will include specific checks related to safeguarding issues. In addition, personal identification information will be submitted against a watchlist database to check against criminal convictions as a counter terror-terror measure.
Note
The role will be filled when the right candidate has been found and will involve travel within South Sudan, the East Africa region as well as to the United Kingdom.*
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; Tearfund Programme Director Jobs in South Sudan
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