Country: Ethiopia
Closing date: 23 Mar 2016
OI COUNTRY DIRECTOR - ETHIOPIA
Based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Open Ended Contract with Competitive Salaryand Benefits
Be resourceful. Be determined. And by joining Oxfam, your energy and ideas can have a positive impact on people’s lives. It’s not an easy job, but by working with the right people in a committed, open and stimulating environment, you could make a world of difference.
You will contribute to and implement Oxfam’s Global Strategy, by providing vision and strategic direction to all of Oxfam’s work in the Country. This includes Oxfam’s humanitarian responses, long term development programme design and implementation, advocacy and policy and influencing. Responsible and accountable for the strategic direction and effective management of the Country programming ensuring development, continued improvement in quality and impact of programmes and effective financial and human resource management in line with Oxfam Policy.
You will be responsible, with support from change groups and the Regional Director, to implement the Oxfam 2020 Vision which aims to create a stronger Oxfam that is globally coordinated and relevant in every country in which we work. This will involve planning, developing and implementing the Vision so Oxfam in Ethiopia will become an independent Oxfam Affiliate. You will be accountable to the Horn East and Central Africa Regional Director, for the delivery, effective management (which includes budgets and plan) monitoring and evaluation, learning from the programme.
You will line manage the Country Leadership Team and manage the work in the country which will include; staff, budgets, funding and programme, ensuring that managers in country are in accordance with Oxfam’s policies and procedures, including but not limited to the Code of conduct, Performance Management, Security, Health and Safety and local legislation. You will take lead in representing Oxfam and the country programme nationally and globally; build influential relationships and develop networks for effective change, both internally and externally, and committed to maximising our influencing capability.
You will bring to this role, dynamism and proven track record of leading and motivating multi-disciplinary, geographically remote teams and operations across a number of locations. You will have significant senior leadership and management experience in the development and delivery of high quality programme, influencing and humanitarian strategy, with and through partners or directly in one or more challenging locations You will have a proven track record of success in representing an organisation with partners, government agencies, private sector organisations, media and donors at senior level; nationally and globally; a proven track record of success in advocacy and influencing with ability to maximise fundraising from diverse institutions, both local and international.
You will have experience of managing security, risk and legal compliance within an INGO context and ability to manage the development of, and contribute to, the high level analysis of factors driving poverty, marginalization and vulnerability in developing country contexts. The ability to ‘think politically’ understanding motivations, pressures, power dynamics and challenges faced by colleagues, partners, decision makers and other actors; and the ability to generate effective strategies to influence them. Good level of IT literacy and understanding of how new developments in technology can positively contribute to the aims of an INGO
How to apply:
At Oxfam, we believe that every aspect of our work can lead to a positive outcome. If you have the same opinion, together with the ability to meet the challenges involved, this role offers scope for immense personal fulfilment – as well as outstanding opportunities to develop your career. For details on how to apply and further information on how you can work to find lasting solutions to poverty and suffering around the world, please visit http://bit.ly/1WUN369 quoting ref INT 2262.
The closing date: 23 March 2016. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
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