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Reporting to the Regional Director for the Middle East, the Country Director is responsible for the Syria mission overall, including high-level representation, fundraising and program development, strategic planning, risk management, program quality, administrative processes, security, and all other aspects of the mission vital to ensure the health of the mission. The Country Director must be extremely dynamic, maintain the ability to work on both macro/ strategic and micro/ detail-oriented issues simultaneously, and have strong communication skills in order to work effectively with internal actors at all levels of the organization and external actors including but not limited to donors, government institutions, U.N. agencies, partners and other key stakeholders. Experience working in the Syria crisis or relevant transferrable skills from other complex multi-country mission contexts is highly preferred.

As a security expert, you will be the security focal point within RI’s global IT infrastructure, monitoring alerts from all IT-managed systems and carrying out actions to mitigate any security risks or vulnerabilities.

Skilled in security assessments, you will lead in alert monitoring and response, vulnerability mitigation, architecture design, system improvement and new IT solutions implementation.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Information Security
• Data Governance
• Security Assessments and Compliance
• Cyber Incident Management and Crisis Response
• Deliver user training

About you

You will bring an advanced knowledge in working with Information Security frameworks and standards.  An proven expert in Cyber Incident Response and Case Management, with a track record in working with Microsoft Defender and other cloud-based (SaaS) security solutions.

Your previous experience in a similar role as security focal point will be essential to this role.  Bringing a strong understanding of IT systems in fragile contexts is a must and excellent understanding of working and supporting different geographical contexts around the globe. Together with previous experience of working with and training users in various countries and varying IT knowledge levels.

You will be skilled in advanced troubleshooting and multi-tasking, with strong communication skills.

The Finance Director (FD) will be responsible for the strategic direction and leadership of all Finance functions of the Country Program. The Finance Director will also have responsibility for ensuring that all financial transactions for the Country Program are accounted for and documented accurately. He/she will be responsible for ensuring that all RI accounting procedures are followed and budgets are adhered to; all donor and HQ reporting requirements and deadlines are met; cash is controlled and accounted for in a timely manner in accordance with RI, donor and audit requirements; costs are correctly allocated to multiple projects.