Iraq: Country Director, Iraq

We are recruiting a new Country Director to lead the team, build the programme and bring a strong focus on innovation, advocacy and quality.

Programme priorities have been shaped by the waves of displacement that have occurred over the past three years, and as the shape of the conflict alters in Iraq we anticipate developing an approach which will respond to the recovery and rehabilitation of affected communities.

We have a close funding and programme relationship with our sister agency War Child Holland, and our new CD will participate in the journey to combine the two agencies’ programmes under one global structure.

The programme works with donors such as Dubai Cares, OCHA and the Dutch Government.

You will have experience of leading and motivating teams in unstable environments, excellent knowledge of regional politics and development trends, and a strong track record in resource mobilisation and effectively managing organisational growth whilst ensuring programme quality.

You will demonstrate experience of building programmes with a focus on accountability, and evidence of connecting programmes to wider advocacy agendas.

Our CD will represent War Child at the highest levels with donors, national authorities and agency counterparts.

Overview of key responsibilities

• Programme Development: Participatory programme planning and development, in line with WCUK’s organizational strategy; time frames and budgets as well as development of new concept papers and liaising with in-country donors.

• Representation: Ensure effective high-level networking, profile and representation with local and national authorities, donors and peer agencies.

• Partner liaison: Work with national partners to achieve shared programme objectives and build strong and accountable partnerships

• Financial Management: Ensure rigorous financial and administrative management: supply UK Finance Department with grant management and expenditure information in an accurate manner on a monthly basis.

• Security Management: Effectively manage all staff security within the guidelines of security SOPs.

• Child Safeguarding: Ensuring compliance by all staff and partners with WCUK’s Child Protection Policy and providing training to staff and partner staff when needed

• Grant Management, and Donor Compliance: Ensure timely quality reporting to donors and compliance with donor requirements

• Reporting: Ensure adherence to organisational requirements, including child protection policy, minimum standards for quality programme cycle management and regular programme reporting

• Fundraising: Contribute to efforts to identify and secure in-country funding from Iraq based donors, and providing Programme Development Coordinators with the information necessary to help develop proposals and report to donors, in line with donor schedules. Provide final country level approval of concept papers, proposals and budgets

• Human resource management: Lead and motivate the team, ensure effective use of the Performance Management System, manage all HR issues and staff disciplinary actions/grievances.

For a full JD and an application form please go to our website;
https://www.warchild.org.uk/who-we-are/jobs/Country-Director-Iraq