Deadline: 26 September, 2021
Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Save the Children International has opened applications for the role of Country Director.
The organisation works to ensure children around the world get health care, food and shelter as well as learning and child protection services.
Responsibilities
- Deliver quality programmes, including advocacy for children
- Interact with government representatives and donors
- Work with other stakeholders, including other INGOs
Requirements
- Experienced leader who has held senior positions in complex/high profile/multinational organisations
- Master’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field
- Experience of working with large, complex donors (USAID, EU, DFID, CIDA, DANIDA etc.) to secure and/or manage new large-scale and/or competitive funding
- Understanding of key trends in international and humanitarian development
- Demonstrable ability to recruit, lead and develop specialist senior staff with a range of backgrounds and expertise
- Strong track record in building high performance teams and future successors/leaders
- Ability to manage and motivate self and others to respond to a significant and complex crisis situation in extraordinary circumstances, requiring swift action and rapid changes in priorities
- Innovative approach to solving a range of highly complex issues
- Experience and knowledge of context and actors in WCA region
- Fluency in English (speaking and writing)
- Commitment to the Save the Children vision, principles, mission and values
- Experience in humanitarian programming and ability to work in a volatile environment preferred
To apply and for more information, click here.
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