Deputy Country Director for Ethiopia

<p><strong>Position</strong>: Deputy Country Director for Ethiopia</p> <p><strong>Contract Length:</strong> 2 years with the possibility of extension</p> <p><strong>Country Programme</strong>: Ethiopia</p> <p><strong>Base:</strong> Hawassa, Ethiopia</p> <p><strong>Line Manager:</strong> Country Director</p><h3>About the Ethiopia Programme of People in Need: </h3><p><em>People in Need (PIN) is an international, non-profit organization providing humanitarian and development assistance around the world. Present in Ethiopia since 2003, PIN has directly implemented numerous humanitarian and development projects across five regions of the country, mainly focusing on emergency and development WaSH, Shelter, Food Security, Agriculture, Education, and Job creation interventions (funded by BHA (USAID); DG ECHO; FCDO; UN OCHA; Czech government, etc.). The overall annual budget of Ethiopia country programme is about 8 mil. EUR, it has more than 200 local staff and a minimum of expatriates.</em></p><h3>About the role: </h3><p><em>The Deputy Country Director (DCD), a key representative of People in Need (PIN) at the country level, is responsible for strategic leadership in ensuring the quality and compliance of PIN’s programmes. The DCD supports the Country Director (CD) in ensuring compliance with PIN values, policies and the strategy of the Relief and Development Department (RDD). The DCD manages risks and along with the Head of Programmes (HoP) and Head of Emergency (HoE) supervises the quality of programme design and implementation. The DCD oversees the management of human resources (HR) and staff development within the Programme unit. In the absence of the CD, the DCD acts as the legal representative of the organisation within the country.</em></p><h3>Main Duties &amp; Responsibilities: </h3><h3></h3><p><strong><strong>As a strategic leader, the DCD:</strong></strong></p><ul> <li>Supports the CD in fulfilling the strategy, vision and mission of the RDD and compliance with core values of PIN;</li> <li>Provides strategic direction to PIN’s programming presence in the country;</li> <li>Supports the CD in the formulation of a country’s strategy in line with the RDD strategy and its implementation and spreading it out through the team;</li> <li>Under the supervision of the CD, ensures that medium-term and short-term plans agreed with the headquarters (HQ) are implemented;</li> <li>Strives for the diversification of financial resources and leads or supervises proposal development processes;</li> <li>Together with the DOs / DRD, HoP and HoE, she/he initiates new programmes and interventions in new sectors according to the country strategy;</li> <li>Coordinates the engagement of both development and emergency programme teams to provide a NEXUS approach to PIN’s programme development and coordinates this effort with representation towards donors and partners;</li> <li>Leads the MEAL development ensuring appropriate CFRM mechanisms and Safeguarding and Protection mainstreaming mechanisms are in place</li> <li>Reports on the country’s programme performance to the HQ</li> </ul><p><strong><strong>Human Resources &amp; Capacity Development</strong></strong></p> <p><strong><strong>As a leader of the team, the DCD:</strong></strong></p><ul> <li>Promotes team spirit, a culture of respect, personal responsibility, transparency and openness;</li> <li>Ensures all staff are aware, understand and comply with relevant PIN policies and rules, including the Code of Conduct;</li> <li>Is responsible for the recruitment of key programme positions at the national level and contributes to the recruitment done at the HQ level </li> <li>Provides the senior staff under her/his direct supervision with regular feedback and support</li> </ul><p><strong>Representation &amp; External Relations</strong></p> <p><strong>As a representative of PIN, the DCD:</strong></p><ul> <li>In collaboration and under the supervision of the CD can formally represent PIN towards local authorities, partners, the Czech embassy and donors;</li> <li>Is formally as well as informally networking and developing partnerships with all relevant stakeholders in the country for the development and implementation of programmes, especially the Alliance 2015;</li> <li>Supports the CD and Communication department (focusing on the cooperation with Communication staff based in Awassa) in promoting the PIN brand at the country level, visibility and external communication</li> </ul><p><strong><strong>Quality &amp; Risk Management</strong></strong></p> <p><strong><strong>As a responsible manager, the DCD:</strong></strong></p><ul> <li>Ensures PIN and RDD policies are known and respected;</li> <li>Ensures information sharing and coordination within the Programme Unit and the CP-HQ communication flow;</li> <li>Promotes a culture of learning, ensuring PIN programmes are based on existing internal and external know-how, in close cooperation with her/his direct team oversees CP Feedback tracker -