Country Director Zimbabwe

Country Director Zimbabwe
Trócaire, Zimbabwe

Experience
1 Year
Salary
0 - 0
Job Type
Job Shift
Job Category
Traveling
No
Career Level
Telecommute
No
Qualification
As mentioned in job details
Total Vacancies
1 Job
Posted on
Mar 16, 2021
Last Date
Apr 16, 2021
Location(s)

Job Description

Trócaire is one of Ireland’s top INGOs, having over 40 years’ of experience in international development. Trócaire works in partnership with local and church organisations, supporting communities in over 20 developing countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Trócaire envisages a just and peaceful world where people’s dignity is ensured and rights are respected; basic needs are met and resources are shared equitably; people have control over their own lives; and those in power act for the common good.

In Zimbabwe, Trócaire has been working with partners since the late 1970s and opened a country office in Harare in 2010. In Zimbabwe, Trócaire supports long-term development work on Sustainable Livelihoods and Resilience Building, Civil Society Strengthening, Sexual and Gender-based violence, as well as humanitarian response during emergencies. Trócaire works with 22 local partners across 5 provinces and actively supports localised development and humanitarian aid. Core to Trócaire’s partnership approach in Zimbabwe is the support of local civil society organisations to strengthen their institutional, financial, technical, and managerial capacities.

The CD position provides an opportunity for an experienced, dynamic and innovative individual to lead a country team of 17 dedicated and motivated staff in responding to complex development and humanitarian challenges in partnership with local actors. The CD will provide overall management and strategy support to the country programme ensuring that systems and processes are in place, that new ideas are fostered and that Trócaire continues to deliver an exciting and impactful programme with partners in Zimbabwe.

Reporting to the Head of Portfolio (based in Ireland), this is a fixed term contract type for 3 years and is based in Harare, Zimbabwe. The incumbent will manage a team of professionals including but not limited to the Programme Manager (PM), Finance and Administration Manager (FAM) and the Regional Business Development and Compliance Manager (RBDCM) who along with the CD make up the Country Management Team (CMT).

Safeguarding Programme Participants

Trócaire is committed to Safeguarding people within our programmes from Exploitation and Abuse and has specific policies on this commitment (including a Global Code of Conduct) which outlines the expected behaviour and responsibility of all staff, consultants and other organisational representatives. Any candidate offered a job with Trócaire will be expected to sign Trócaire’s Safeguarding Policies and Global Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents

Key Duties amp; Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

  • Provide strategic vision and direction for the country programme.
  • Create and maintain a shared vision among staff of Trócaire’s country and organisational objectives and their role in achieving these.
  • Lead on Trócaire’s Zimbabwe Country Strategic Plan and review it annually against key country and organisational level objectives, indicators and targets with annual reports on programme, non-programme and financial management to the organisation, donors and other stakeholders.
  • Model the behaviours and values expected of Trócaire staff and expressed in our Strategic Framework.
  • Input into organisational strategy through strategic planning and monitoring processes.
  • Lead on the localisation of aid discussions in consultation with partners and other stakeholders.
  • Lead on in-country networking and representation with government, donors, NGOs, INGOs, networks and the Catholic Church / Caritas.
  • Provide leadership and foster collaboration with other actors (NGOs, INGOs, networks, host government etc.) in order increase networking amp; opportunities for collaboration.
  • Lead on advocacy at a country level and on defining advocacy messages for use internationally.
  • Provide leadership and direction in the strategic development and implementation of programmes at country level, in line with Trócaire’s country and strategic objectives, strategies and policies.
  • Ensure that organisational approaches to partnership, gender equality, vulnerability and targeting, accountability and protection are effectively incorporated across development / humanitarian programmes.
  • Ensure that effective results-based monitoring and evaluation systems are implemented in line with Trócaire policies, systems and guidelines.
  • Lead on ensuring that Trócaire Zimbabwe regularly reviews, adapts and rolls out an Emergency Preparedness Plan and that Trócaire and pa

Job Specification

Job Rewards and Benefits

Trócaire

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