Country: Sudan
Closing date: 09 Aug 2019
About Plan International
Plan International is a rights-based development and humanitarian organisation working for better lives for all children. The organisation is independent of government and have no political or religious affiliation. The purpose is to strive for a just world that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.
Plan International has been building powerful partnerships for children for more than 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries. Their global strategy has a specific focus on girls, as they are often the most marginalised and most often left behind. They’re committed to the ambitious target of reaching 100 million girls over 5 years, to ensure they can learn, lead, decide and thrive.
The organisation is transforming itself to meet this enormous challenge everywhere they work. They need bold, forward-thinking and innovative individuals to lead their country operations, driving change and delivering results that will allow the organisation to reach their target of 100 million girls.
The Role
As a Country Director, you will drive Plan International’s programme and influencing work, setting overall direction, leading a high performing team, ensuring accountability for meeting demanding targets and maintaining alignment with the global strategy. You will be deeply comfortable with leading transformative change, have a demonstrable commitment to gender equality and relish the prospect of representing Plan International to the highest levels of government, civil society, the media and international media.
You will understand and drive efforts to deliver positive change for girls through advocating, campaigning and communicating at a national level. Equally, you will ensure the country operating model is fit for purpose, have the right funding mix to achieve the organisation’s ambition, key business processes are in place and organisational values are embedded in everything the organisation does.
You will work with your team to bring about the right culture that ensures that Plan International champions for girls and gender equality. You will lead a motivated team, ensure legal compliance, and be ready and able to respond to emergency and development needs of the most marginalised children, especially girls.
Person Specification
- Considerable experience in a leadership role in the development sector
- Comfort operating and motivating a team in a country that is politically unstable
- Proven understanding of “child rights” and “gender in development” concepts and the promotion of girls’ rights in the context of relevant International Conventions (Convention of the Rights of the Child, Convention for the Eradication of Discrimination against Women) and the Global Goals (SDGs).
- Experience and understanding of the concepts of sustainable community development and participatory approaches and practice in development interventions.
- Knowledge of the requirements of donor compliance and financial management
- Knowledge of programming in challenging and fragile environments with good understanding and appreciation of the historical, security context, political environment, economic, social/religious and humanitarian context in Sudan or a comparable environment
- Proven skills in the development and management of effective and motivated teams, including distance management
Qualifications
Essential
- Excellent English and written and verbal communication skills.
- Proven networking and negotiation skills with governmental and non-governmental actors
- Strong diplomatic and communication skills, including through mass media in order to influence decision-makers and key stakeholders
Desirable
- Relevant University degree in development, social science, business administration or related field
- Knowledge of the geopolitical factors affecting child poverty in the country and the political, social and environmental opportunities for change is an advantage
- Arabic Language skills
How to apply:
Interested in this role? For more information and to apply: https://oxfordhr.co.uk/jobs/country-director-sudan/