South Sudan: HEKS/EPER South Sudan and Uganda Country Director

HEKS/EPER, Swiss Church Aid is the aid organisation of the Protestant Churches of Switzerland and has its headquarters in Zurich/Switzerland. HEKS/EPER provides humanitarian and emergency aid and tackles the causes of hunger, injustice and social deprivation both in Switzerland and abroad. HEKS/EPER has its own coordination offices in approximately 20 key countries and around 200 projects worldwide. HEKS/EPER is a member of the ACT Alliance. For more information, visit our website http://www.HEKS/EPER.ch/en/.

For our Country program in South Sudan and Uganda, HEKS/EPER is looking for a strong candidate (M/F) to fulfil the role of:

HEKS/EPER South Sudan and Uganda Country Director

The mandate:

• Monitor the global countries’ situation considering the internal and regional dynamics evolution. Ensure an excellent understanding of the political, social and humanitarian situation
• Lead and develop the countries’ mission strategy and ensure its implementation after validation from the HEKS/EPER Headquarter
• Oversee the development, the implementation, the coordination and the monitoring of the HEKS/EPER programs and projects in South Sudan and Uganda
• Ensure the quality of the project proposals and reports submitted by local partner organizations to HEKS/EPER
• Manage and coordinate two offices in South Sudan and Uganda with national and expatriate personnel. Responsible for general human resource and security management
• Final responsibility in all Administrative and financial matters
• Represent HEKS/EPER in South Sudan and Uganda
• Support partner organizations in their institutional development
• In charge of approaching potential donors, identifying funding opportunities in line with HEKS/EPER mandate and strategy in South Sudan and Uganda and with the support of HEKS/EPER HQ
• Develop an extensive network and strong relationships with key national authorities and humanitarian actors, including donors, UN agencies and INGOs representatives

Qualifications:

• At least 10 years’ work experience in a high-level management position in a national or international NGO as well as field work experience in South Sudan and Uganda
• Strong experience in conflict, insecure and access-hindered environments, with experience in supporting emergency response programming, access negotiation and security management
• Extensive experience in program development and fundraising, including in working with major institutional donors
• Experience in managing multi-sector programs (i.e. WASH, food security, livelihood, cash-based intervention, peace and conflict transformation)
• University degree in a technical discipline (i.e. agronomy, economy, engineering, development, peace promotion)
• Proactive, flexible, innovative and sensitive to cultural values
• Fluent in written and spoken English
• Strong management skills, as well as planning, monitoring, communication and reporting skills
• Good analytical and leadership skills
• In-depth knowledge of the key issues and trends in humanitarian and development aid
• Good networks

We offer:

• An interesting and challenging position in a dynamic international context
• Duty station Juba, South Sudan
• A competitive salary package
• A one-year contract renewable
• Starting date: January 2018

We look forward to your application. Interested candidates should send their CV and motivation letter to jobs@heks.chno later than November 20^th, 2017.

For further information on the position please contact HEKS/EPER Desk Officer Valentin Prélaz (valentin.prelaz@eper.ch).