International

Provide strategic, operational and technical oversight and management of the food assistance component of the emergency response in El Fasher with supervision to general food distributions, nutrition and food for education (School feeding) projects in compliance with WFP and RI policies plus other relevant standards in the area of operation.

Provide leadership that entails planning, supporting and management of the program so that activities and outputs remain on track and the program contributes to its main goal of alleviating suffering among disaster affected and vulnerable communities in North Darfur by improving access to humanitarian assistance.

As part of the Regional Programs Team within the Regional Support Office (RSO) for RI’s Africa & Asia Region, the Regional Program Manager (RPM) will support Program and Portfolio Management across the Africa and Asia region and be responsible for program and grants management backstopping for the Asia and Africa portfolio. The RPM works with the Regional Program Director to provide ongoing support to country program teams and ensures close coordination with the Global Award Management Unit (AMU), the Global Program Development (PD) Team, the global Technical Assistance Department (TAD), and other departments at the Global Support Office (GSO). The RPM will also liaise with donors, working with country, regional and global team members to ensure that RI is accurately and promptly complying with donor requests related to program and grants management.

This position will undertake key tasks and deliverables for the Asia & Africa program portfolio, currently consisting of humanitarian and development programs across the nine countries as assigned to by the Regional Program Director Africa/Asia. Periodic field travel will be expected, to provide direct support, gap filling, monitoring and serve as surge support in response to humanitarian crises.

As a member of the Middle East Regional Team, you will be home-based with availability to deploy at short notice to any of RI’s countries in the region, including remote and insecure locations, according to RI strategic priorities. The majority of deployment assignments will be for a Country Director role to fill gaps in coverage (ie, between CD-ships, maternity leave, extended medical leave, etc). While priority will be as gap-filling for the Country Director role, other leadership roles may also be filled as needed, including but not limited to: Deputy Country Director, Program Director, Program Manager, etc. Gap filling at the regional level and/or leadership in the start-up of new country missions and/or large-scale projects will also be required if needed. The Roving Country Director is a strategic role in ensuring continuity in management, mobilization, and effective scale-up and quality of RI programs in the region. The Roving Country Director will be part of the regional team and participate in internal coordination meetings and other region-driven initiatives as relevant when not on deployment assignment. It is anticipated that this position will be deployed up to 80% of the year.

*Note: in case of multiple CD vacancies in RI’s other region (Africa/Asia), the Roving Country Director may be requested exceptionally to gap-fill for a post in RI’s Africa/Asia region.

The Country Director will ensure strong leadership of all members of the RI-Philippines Senior Management Team that builds team spirit, cohesion, motivation, commitment, quality performance and fulfillment of all agency functions. He/she is directly responsible for the overall strategic planning, program design and implementation, program support operations (security, HR, procurement, logistics), country-level external relations and coordination, finance and budget compliance, administration, monitoring and evaluation, staff supervision, and required reporting on grants. He/she will ensure that programs meet stated objectives, are in line with RI’s mission and strategy, meet the needs of beneficiaries, and are implemented to the highest standards, on time, and within budget. The CD will lead in obtaining funding, and identifying and pursuing new program opportunities. The CD will continually assess, identify and address gaps and weaknesses so as to improve overall country program performance, efficiency, and effectiveness.

The CD is the primary link between the country team and Regional Support Office (RSO) and Global Support Office (GSO). He/she will build and maintain a close, collaborative and responsive relationship and frequent communications with the Regional Director as his/her direct supervisor and key link to regional and global support services.

The Country Director will ensure strong leadership of all members of the RI Country Team that builds team spirit, cohesion, motivation, commitment, quality performance and fulfillment of all agency functions. He/she is directly responsible for the overall strategic planning, program design and implementation, program support operations (security, HR, procurement, logistics), country-level external relations and coordination, finance and budget compliance, administration, monitoring and evaluation, staff supervision, and required reporting on grants. He/she will ensure that programs meet stated objectives, are in line with RI’s philosophy and strategy, meet the needs of beneficiaries, and are implemented to the highest standards, on time, and within budget. The CD is will lead in obtaining funding, and identifying and pursuing new program opportunities. The CD will continually assess, identify and address gaps and weaknesses so as to improve overall country program performance, efficiency, and effectiveness.

The CD is the primary link between the country team and Regional Support Office or team (RSO) and Global Support Office (GSO). He/she will build and maintain a close, collaborative and responsive relationship and frequent communications with the Regional Director as his/her direct supervisor and key link to global support services.

RI is seeking a Safety and Access Manager (SAM) Afghanistan who will be responsible for the implementation of RI’s Security Risk Management (SRM), ensuring and managing oversight of safety and security policies and strategies, developing contextual analysis, building capacity within the Afghanistan offices safety and access teams, and developing and implementing context appropriate RI safety protocols and procedures (SOPs) across RI’s field and program locations in Afghanistan. This position is based in Kabul (Afghanistan), with a significant portion of time spent visiting field locations and providing recommendations and guidance to RI’s Afghanistan Country Director.

The position requires that the SAM provides direct support to the Afghanistan Senior Management Team (SMT) and Country Director (CD) for the oversight for operations in Afghanistan. In addition, ensuring that he/she works closely with staff, partners, communities, and peers to enhance the capacity of the sub offices, providing routine and timely analysis and incident reports to the CD, and the Regional Safety and Access Manager (RSAM) Asia & Africa, deploying as needed in support of Country Office teams, and developing regionally consistent strategies for the management of safety and security.

The Health Technical Manager’s role is to lead and provide technical support for the planning and smooth operation of quality Health and nutrition activities throughout RI’s Afghanistan country program. This includes active involvement to develop a country Health and nutrition strategy based on the specific context, ensure assessments/needs identified, and contribute to overall country program goals, and to support proposal development. In addition, the Health Technical Manager will support overall capacity building of National staff and stakeholders in Health and Nutrition.

The Regional Employee Relations Coordinator will support the Regional HR Manager (RHRM) and the lead recruiter to provide high quality and timely HR service for the global organization. This will involve supporting the development of new HR Policies and procedures, ensuring proper onboarding and orientation support, coordinating HR Investigations, coordinating HR Project work, ensuring effective HR system reporting and HR folder system set ups, providing recruitment support and liaising with colleagues in the Global, Regional and Country office HR Teams.