DEPUTY DIRECTOR

Posted in August 5, 2017

CARE USA

Job Type

Full Time

Location

Somalia

Description :

Organization: CARE USA
Closing date: 04 Sep 2017

At CARE, we seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live with dignity and security.

This has been our vision since 1945, when we were founded to send lifesaving CARE Packages® to survivors of World War II. Today, CARE is a global leader in the movement to eradicate poverty. In 2015, CARE worked in 95 countries and reached 65 million people with an incredible range of life-saving programs. We also put women and girls at the center of our work because we know that we cannot overcome poverty until all people have equal rights and opportunities. We seek dynamic, innovative thinkers to further our mission. If you share our core beliefs: poverty is an injustice; poverty is solvable; and together, we have the power to end it, join us.

CARE International is seeking a Deputy Director for the Somalia NGO Consortium (SNC) who will provide high liaison coordination and information management services acting as a key point of contact for NGO members and external stakeholders based in Somalia, ensuring effective joint action and impactful programming where possible. S/he will also support the Director in representing Consortium members to internal and external stakeholders at a local, national and global level.

She/he will also have a key role ensuring professional pro-active and reactive membership services, in line with the SNC strategy, in all location and will provide coaching/mentoring support to all regional coordinators and Somalia based team members.

The Deputy Director is an international position and reports to the Director and is part of the Somalia NGO Consortium team with offices in Mogadishu, Hargeisa, Garowe and Nairobi.

The position is based in Mogadishu with frequent travel to other regions in Somalia. Somalia is a hazardous environment and the selected candidate must adhere to security precautions and contribute as well as manage security of the team.

A key component of the current 2017-2019 SNC strategic plan is a specific focus on Youth, Women and other vulnerable groups. The Deputy Director will ensure this consideration in all areas of his/her and the teams work.

Responsibilities:

Support Consortium Management: Ensure the delivery and monitoring of the SNC strategy by the effective performance management of the Consortium staff, finances and assets in Somalia. Strong collaboration with and management of a team of two regional coordinators based in Hargeisa and Mogadishu. Ensure cooperation with INSO and other relevant stakeholders and attend all staff meetings.
Support Representation, Leadership and Advocacy: Support the Director in facilitating the Consortium delivery on its strategy and to develop and portray a voice and position on issues affecting NGOs working in Somalia. Responsible for supporting the Director in effective consultation and dialogue with members and eternal stakeholders in Somalia, as well as responsibility for representing NGOs in an official capacity with governments, donors, UN agencies, and in official coordination fora including the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT), the Humanitarian Coordination Forum (HCF), the Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) Advisory Board, the SWALIM Steering Committee. Advocate with key stakeholders (NGOs, donors, UN) for the response to emerging humanitarian/Development gaps in Somalia.
Coordination: Ability to respond in a timely manner to all queries from members and eternal stakeholders on issues of relevance to NGOS working in Somali. Pro-actively coordinate members around both humanitarian and development key issues and reach agreements and/or take decisions, when necessary. Prepare and, when required, lead coordination meetings to identify humanitarian/development issues and seek for response mechanism jointly with other stakeholders. Information Management: Ensure relevant information is accessible to the membership; responsible for the correctness of information shared, upholding humanitarian principles in all correspondence. S/he guides staff in identifying and producing relevant pieces of information for circulation to the membership. S/he has overall editorial responsibility for Consortium publications and the website.
Monitoring and reporting access constraints: Monitor and report on access restrictions (including bureaucratic impediments) experienced by humanitarian/development organizations or critical service providers. Provide and coordinate information on access on a case to case basis. Help developing methodologies and material that will assist members in humanitarian access (including bureaucratic impediments) issues.

Qualifications:

Minimum Bachelor degree in international relations, political science, development studies, social sciences or related field or related work experience At least five (6) years of practical work experience at a managerial level within NGOs / UN in humanitarian work in developing countries. Fragile contexts experience an added benefit. Minimum of 3 years of working in hostile environments. Minimum 2 years of work experience in Somalia and within the Somali context an added benefit
Strong management skills including staff and financial management, ideally within a complex emergency context, with diverse teams and donors
Proven in depth and operational knowledge of Somalia, including engagement with local authorities and communities
Excellent communication, coordination and representational skills
Demonstrable experience with advocacy/lobbying (NGO or other stakeholders)
Proven experience in understanding IASC (Inter-Agency Standing Committee) Structures for the coordination of humanitarian assistance
Proven experience in high quality production of reports and analysis
Proven experience in development and maintenance of multi-stakeholders networks and proactive coordination experience
Excellent communication, coordination and representational skills. Demonstrated leadership capacity and professional experience at a management level.
Proven understanding and experience of advocacy within a complex humanitarian context. Strong willingness to work and adapt to the NGO sector in compliance with basic humanitarian principles
Demonstrated ability to make clear and articulate presentations of complex information. Strong analytical skills
Demonstrated capacity to work with minimal supervision and maintain a high level of initiative and engagement. Demonstrated capacity to recognize when and where proactive action is required and to initiate timely and appropriate action
Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to establish effective working relations with local staff and other stakeholders. Demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural team and to coordinate with diverse stakeholders
Excellent interpersonal skills and diplomacy and demonstrated ability to establish effective working relations with staff and other stakeholders. Demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural team and to coordinate with diverse stakeholders
Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
Fluent English and Somali (working language) with excellent writing capacities