Deputy Country Director Support | ReliefWeb - 2015

Duration : 12 months
Start date : ASAP

You’ll contribute to ending world hunger by …

playing a key role in leading our supportive teams in a complex environment, providing technical expertise and strategic direction to the Logistics, Human Resources, and Finance departments.

Key activities in your role will include:

• Supervising and managing all direct reports (Coordinator of HR, Finance and Logistic departments).


• Ensuring the overall planning and follow-up of Support Departments reporting for donors, authorities and internal indicators in coordination with the technical departments.


• Visiting ACF field support team regularly and report on problems, challenges and obstacles while building an intimate knowledge of fieldwork realities.


• Promoting the commitment to ACF Charter, Code of Conduct, Policies & Procedures.


• Representing and liaising on behalf of Support Departments with donors, authorities, UN, NGOs.

Does this description fit you?

You’re an experienced humanitarian professional

• You have a Master’s degree in Humanitarian Studies, International Politics or another related field including Finance, Logistics and HR.


• You have completed additional training in project cycle management, proposals, strategy mechanisms and tools.


• You have least 5 years’ experience working in complex humanitarian emergencies, preferably leading projects with multiple funding streams and ambitious multi-sectorial objectives.

You are very efficient leading processes

• You are highly organized and pay attention to small details. You are passionate about finding creative solutions and innovative approaches to long-standing and critical problems.


• You are excellent planning, management and coordination skills, with the ability to organize a substantial workload, diverse tasks and responsibilities, and also work calmly under pressure.


• You are self disciplined and can work autonomously making decisions with minimal guidance.

Your leadership style reinforces trust within your team

• You have management and coordination skills (HR, Finance, Logistics, projects, and stress management).


• You are an excellent communicator.


• You have diplomatic skills and are able to conduct negotiations and mediations.