Country Program Director at AIRD Tanzania April 2024

Country Program Director
Country Program Director at AIRD Tanzania April 2024
The African Initiatives for Relief and Development (AIRD) is
a non-political, non-religious and non-profit making NGO with Country
Program Offices in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic,
Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Liberia, Niger, Republic
of Congo, Tanzania, and Uganda. AIRD’s objective is to offer operational
support, including but not limited to supply chain, logistics,
construction, infrastructure, environment, livelihoods and WASH in
partnership with relief and development organizations that focus on
disaster-affected and development-oriented areas. AIRD delivers for and
through partners including but not limited to UN Agencies, international
and national donor organizations and governments.

Job summary
AIRD
is looking for a mission-oriented, strategic leader with experience in
managing country programs and business development in a high demanding
context.

Reporting to the Global Director of Programs the Country
Program Director for 1) Ethiopia/South Sudan and 2) Tanzania will
define, manage and grow a timely, pertinent, effective, and efficient
response to the humanitarian and longer-term development needs of the
Country and population within the framework of the AIRD SOPs while
ensuring the security of the team.

AIRD has established its
reputation and a successful track-record as an expert in Humanitarian
Logistics. For nearly 17 years AIRD has been the main partner of the
UNHCR in terms of humanitarian logistics, responsible for refugee
transportation, warehouse management, fuel management, vehicle workshop
and key assets management.

AIRD’s new vision, as defined by
AIRD’s board, is to grow beyond humanitarian logistics, and play a key
role in the long-term life conditions improvements not only of the
refugees and host communities but also in the population at large, with a
focus on the most vulnerable. AIRD program in Ethiopia and South Sudan
have a huge potential to grow and innovate.

As such, AIRD is
looking for a leader to lead AIRD Ethiopia and South Sudan through this
change process and retain its identity as a leader of humanitarian
logistics but also establish itself as the partner of choice of donors,
government and communities in stabilization and longer-term development
initiatives such as WASH, Livelihoods, and the Environment. AIRD
is looking for an exceptional leader with a solid knowledge of
humanitarian logistics, together with experience of designing, securing
resources for and managing longer term developmental initiatives at
various levels.

Key Responsibilities
1. General Duties

• Build and maintain a strong, innovative senior leadership team and ensure AIRD Policies and Code of Conduct are followed.
• Lead
  the design, implementation, evolution and growth of Country Program
  (CP) activities and resources as defined in the CP strategic plan
• Direct the mobilization, management, and accounting of all resources in the joint Country Program
• Oversee
  the management and development of the joint Country Program Human
  Resources to ensure a diverse, skilled, and productive workforce
• Provide
  leadership, strategic direction and support in the development and
  implementation of an effective Resource Development Strategy.
• Promote
  AIRD’s Vision, Mission, Core Values and key Partnership Standards and
  Practices among the staff and partners and ensure these are the core
  foundation of AIRD strategies and work.
• Build network and supporters of AIRD in donors’ communities in both countries
• Ensure
  people issues are front and centre, promoting an office that embraces
  diversity, gender balance and engagement with all Partnership staff.
• Implement AIRDs SOPs and partnership agreements signed with Donors

2. Specific duties

• Manage,
  supervise, evaluate, improve, quality assure and grow AIRD traditional
  business of logistics services to UNHCR and other donors: Management of
  the warehouses
• Management of fuel and fuel facilities
• Management of the garage/spare parts for project fleet, asset repair and vehicle maintenance
• Management of fleet and safe transport of goods to the beneficiaries.
• Provision of logistical support to returnees and asylum seekers

2.
Manage and expand the long-term development activities, expertise,
resource-base and funding of AIRD in Ethiopia and South Sudan:

• Leverage the current position of trusted UN, government, and community partners to position AIRD for subsequent funding.
• Diversify
  the CP portfolio of activities and funding sources by identifying key
  value-added interventions, reaching out to new potential funding
  partners, responding to funding opportunities and drafting of concept
  notes and high-quality proposals in livelihood, WASH, poverty reduction
  and any other identified area.

3. Strategy, Coordination and Representation

• Ensure proper registration and compliance with statuary regulations related to INGOs in South Sudan and Ethiopia
• Lead
  the development and execution of high quality country strategy for AIRD
  in the Country Program in light of political, economic and humanitarian
  context.
• Acting as key contact with head office, local partners, NGOs, UN agencies, local authorities, government authorities and donors.
• Acting as a focal point, to issue policy recommendations in collaboration with field staff and headquarters.
• Representing AIRD to partners, NGOs, local authorities, government authorities and donors.

4. Operational/Program Management:

• Defining
  the program strategic activities, field activities and CP Business Plan
  with the coordinated team and ensuring achievement of the program’s
  objectives.
• Ensuring program is still appropriate, according to the situation, the context, and the program’s objectives.
• Ensuring
  the organization has adequate resources, responsible for the
  appropriate management of all resources in a transparent manner.
• Responsible
  for financial feasibility of the country program: initially to obtain
  resources, at final stage to make sure program is within budget; also
  responsible for all logistical aspects.
• Ensuring timely and accuracy of narrative and financial reporting to donors and to headquarters; also accountable to the donors
• Identify and evaluate the risks associated with program activities and take appropriate action to control the risks.

5. People Management Ensure the management human resources in conformity with applicable laws and internal regulations.

6. Security management.

• Oversee the recruitment, orientation, and management of performance of
  country based staff and development of middle management staff;
  demonstrating healthy engagement, strong senior management teams,
  culture of innovation, and effective talent management.
• Ensure
  people issues are front and centre, promoting an office that embraces
  diversity, gender balance and engagement with all Partnership staff

Personal Qualities:

• Strategic Thinking
• Entrepreneurial
• Resilient
• Results focus
• Change Leadership
• Team Leadership
• People Management

Key Result Areas

• Planning and implementation of country strategy
• Timeliness, regularity and accuracy in reporting
• Sourcing and management of organizational resources
• Team development
• Employee/Talent development

Key Relationships

• Director of Programs, HQ
• Director of Business Development and Strategic Partnership, HQ
• Partners, Government authorities
• Country Team

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Qualifications, experience and skills

• An
  Advanced University Degree in Project Planning and Management,
  International Relations, International development or in a related
  technical field.
• 10 or more years’ experience in senior
  management position in international development. Experience and a track
  record in program management and successful fundraising is a distinct
  advantage.
• Proven track record of applying new technologies to
  programming or make use of existing technologies to innovatively
  influence program design and delivery;
• Significant senior
  leadership and management experience in the development and delivery of
  high quality program influencing and humanitarian strategy with and
  through partners or directly, in one or more challenging locations;
• A
  high degree of self-awareness and an understanding of how to drive and
  support excellent team performance and Individual development in line
  AIRD’s values and policies.
• Demonstrated high-level
  interpersonal and cross-cultural skills including the ability to build
  collaborative relationships internally and externally with sensitivity
  to cultural, ethnic, social and political issues
• Conversant in French and English (written and spoken).

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Application Deadline: 19-Apr-2024.