Country Director

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• As Country Director you are accountable to achieve DRC’s strategic goals and objectives in Chad.

• Ensure efficient implementation of projects
• Ensures that timely and quality reports are provided internally and externally, on time according to DRC & donors requirements
• Provide strategic guidance and management to all program sectors to deliver high quality programmes that follow a Rights Based Approach and mainstream protection principles into all sectors
• Ensure the operationalization of the global DRC 2025 Strategy

• HR: Manage her/his direct team. Ensure that the recruitment of staff is transparent and timely. Proactively adjust team structures based on needs and funding. Ensure that the salary scale for national staff is competitive and in line with available funding. Supervises national staff & international staff performance, and provide recommendations on recruitment, promotions, training, coaching and dismissals to the Operations Director for the region & DRC HQ
• Finance: Responsible for all project funds in country. Ensures that funds are spent appropriately, according to the donor contract and DRC policies. Ensures that under-spendings & overspendings are monitored and signaled in good time
• Supply chain: Ensures that procurement are made on time and in compliance with rules of origin and nationality. Ensures that for all procurement the proper documentation exists and is archived correctly
• DRC Dynamics (ERP System): Support the implementation of ERP system and follow up

• Overall accountability for matters of compliance, ethics and Code of Conduct in accordance with relevant DRC guidelines and Operations Handbooks
• Ensures that DRC’s Safeguarding, PSEAH Policies and Zero Tolerance to SEAH are strictly enforced
• Ensures that the team is informed about DRC’s transparency policy and whistleblower procedures

• Ensure that partnerships are built on both complementarity and added value, designed and managed in a spirit of equal partnership, and in a way that they align with the outcomes of DRC’s strategy at the national, regional, and global levels.
• Analyze potential partnerships using documented selection methods and ensure that all partnerships comply with DRC’s requirements and regulations, as well as those of the donors.

• Ensure that DRC has an updated understanding of the socio-economic context of the country, trends among donors, needs and gaps, who is doing what, and where in the country
• Drives fundraising efforts and plays key role in donors engagement
• Identifies opportunities for new projects and organizes assessment and fact finding missions
• Oversees the formulation of project proposals, concept papers and budgets using the DRC Operations Handbook

• High level representation with Government and UN agencies at local and national level, with ability to work with high level officials to negotiate program priorities
• Cultivate good relations with key humanitarian actors and local and international NGOs engaged particularly in protection, economic recovery and peace programming, through regular attendance at technical meetings /clusters and bilateral meetings. Engage in, and where effective, lead coordination processes amongst key stakeholders

• Advanced university degree in development studies and project management, law, human rights, political and/ or social sciences or in related field
• A Minimum of 8 years of humanitarian field experience, including at least 3 to 5 years working in the field in refugee/IDP situations; at least 3 years in a senior management position
• Proven ability to the design, management and implementation of programs with a focus on protection and emergency response for refugees and displaced persons. Experience in sectors such as protection, food security/ early recovery / livelihoods, and peacebuilding
• Experience in implementing operations in insecure environments. Proven experience in security management
• Proven track record in setting up equitable partnership with counterparts (Nat./local NGOs)
• Ability to promptly analyze situations and adjust strategies in response to contextual changes
• Experience with donors such as DANIDA, ECHO, FCDO, BHA, BPRM, SIDA, UNHCR, and UNICEF. Proven track record in raising funds in underfunded context.
• Demonstrated management capacity ; hands on experience in Administration, HR, Finance and Supply Chain
• Willingness to live and work in an insecure environment with limited physical amenities
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Full professional proficiency in French (Daily working language)
• Full professional proficiency in English

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