Country Director

hace 3 meses


Bogota, Colombia Geneva Call A tiempo completo

**About the organisation**:

- Geneva Call is a neutral and impartial non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting respect by Armed Groups and de Facto Authorities (AGDA) for international humanitarian norms in armed conflict and other situations of violence, in particular those related to the protection of civilians. Geneva Call focuses its efforts on banning the use of anti-personnel mines, protecting children from the effects of armed conflict, prohibiting sexual violence in armed conflict, working towards the elimination of gender discrimination, protection of civilian infrastructure and humanitarian access.**Role**:

- The role of Country Director is an important and much valued function in Geneva Call. The holders of this critical position provide the vision and strategic direction to the country program. This includes the qualitative implementation of Geneva Call's humanitarian response (humanitarian dialogue, research, community-based approach), advocacy, fundraising and representation, in addition to the resource management responsibilities for both human and financial assets.

**General description and main activities**:
**Strategy and program implementation**:

- Leads on development of country strategy;
- Analysis the humanitarian and security situation in country and identify areas of interests of work for Geneva Call;
- Ensure fulfilment of Geneva Call’s core mission of promotion of IHL with AGDA;
- Provide leadership, quality delivery, management, monitoring, evaluation and learning of the country program, against Geneva Call strategy;
- Manages, supervises and coordinates all the activities related to the implementation of Geneva Call's projects in country according to the proposal guidelines and indicators, budget and work plans;
- Ensures that programs are monitored and evaluated;
- Promotes sharing of learning with others and drawing on learning from across Geneva Call and externally, utilizes the results to inform program decisions and enhance institutional knowledge.

**Safety management**
- Overall responsible for security;
- Ensure the development of updated context analysis and risks analysis based on reliable networks;
- Responsible for anticipating and managing risks that could threaten the safety of the staff, operational viability, and the organization’s reputation;
- Responsible for managing security in line with Geneva Call’s Policy.

**Mission Management & Coordination**
- Overall responsible for all resources and implementation of programs and activities within the country;
- Builds partnerships and represents GC;
- Manages staff, budget, assets and funding as per procedures and national requirements;
- Ensures transparent and timely financial management respecting deadline and procedures;
- Ensures the mobilization of necessary resources (financial, logistics, HR) to implement the country programs and contribute to the growth of the missions;
- Identify human resources needs, recruit, and ensure induction;
- Overall development and supervision of country teams (including coaching and evaluating) in accordance with internal policies and procedures and national labour laws;
- Promotes and creates a culture to ensure knowledge sharing, innovation and capacity building and further professional development opportunities for all staff in appropriate fields;
- Communicate regularly with staff and promote positive conflict resolution;
- Ensures that information is properly circulated between Headquarters and the field and ensures that due dates are respected.

**Fundraising**
- Ensures that Geneva Call’s work in country is adequately funded and implemented;
- Initiates and leads the development of new project proposals;
- Build relationships with external donors and proactively identify new donors;
- Develop and implement a country fundraising strategy that contributes to achieving the overall aim of Geneva Call in the field of humanitarian engagement for enhanced civilian protection;
- Approves all technical and financial proposals before submission to donors and ensures they are contextual and address specific needs.

**Communications and advocacy**
- Represents Geneva Call in country;
- Ensures that all formalities required by government and other official agencies are properly prepared and punctually presented;
- Actively participates in meetings and fora organised by the GO/NGO/UN, sectors as relevant to Geneva Call work in country with focus on the humanitarian particularly the protection cluster;
- Liaises strategically with Government representatives as well as with potential in country donors.

**Main qualifications**:
**Education and experience**
- Completed master’s degree in relevant field such as Political or Social Science, International Humanitarian Law or Human Rights;
- Minimum 10 years equivalent work experience in a humanitarian organization with international exposure, in managing multi donor humanitarian programs, and managing teams of at least


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