• Maintain strategic leadership and coordination of the Program and Operations in the Area, ensuring the integration between project and support services teams and with other bases.
• Provide leadership in cooperation and collaboration with State- and Juba-level stakeholders (INGOs, NGOs, donors, Clusters, relevant Ministries).
• Contribute to high-quality program design incorporating innovative approaches in the areas of intervention and ensure high quality of implementation, bringing best practices from multiple countries.
• Together with HoPDQS and CO-based Sector Experts maintain coordination, cooperation, and collaboration with in-country and HQ-based technical teams to ensure greater efficiency as well as consistency with approaches, policies, methodologies, instruments, and practices.
• Contribute to the country strategy formulation and planning new projects/ programs; ensure the roll-out and implementation of and team’s commitment to WHH SSD strategy 2023 – 2026 in the Area, follow up and ensure the achievement of agreed short and medium-term Country strategy’s priorities.
• Lead the development of Area-based Program and Operational Strategy, and to its implementation and annual monitoring, ensuring it’s in line with WHH SSD strategy.
• Identify strategic entry points, areas of intervention and niches for WHH and linkages between sectors (DRR, Agriculture, WASH, Nutrition).
• Based on the Country Program Strategy contribute to informing the fundraising plan and strategy in the Area.
• Actively coordinate with national, state and local authorities on WHH program implementation to ensure support, recognition, buy-in and sustainability; represent WHH in meetings, gatherings, elevating WHH’s position in the region.
• Foster an inclusive and empowering environment enabling staff to excel; create a capacity strengthening strategy based on Employee Dialog and management observations.
• Pro-actively identify new partnerships and areas for joint collaboration with various stakeholders.
• In cooperation with Heads of Projects, CO-based Technical Experts and Heads of Departments, ensure that all cross-cutting issues and support needs are properly budgeted.
• Support the Compliance Manager in deployment of WHH Code of Conduct and policies; serve as a gate keeper for all and any WHH Code of Conduct compliance issues.
• Coordinate with Communication and Advocacy Expert for campaigns, celebrating International Days and producing appropriate visibility of WHH intervention in the Area.
• Contribute to monitoring and analyzing context developments in geographical Area, in order to identify operational risks and opportunities, and proposes relevant actions and mitigating measures

Your Profile

• A university or polytechnic degree in Business Administration, Agribusiness or Economic Development, Rural Development or equivalent qualifications that are commensurate with this position
• A minimum of three years of Head of Office/ Area Manager position; minimum five years of project and program management experience in carrying out transitional programmes with international aid agencies
• Proven track of management of large-scale multi-donor programs, budgets and teams
• Global work experience of minimum three countries, preferably in post-conflict context; working experience in South Sudan would be an asset
• Extensive financial, Human Resources and administration management experience
• Self- starter with organisational skills and ability to work with minimal supervision, even under a high workload
• Strong leadership skills and a competence in people management; team-focused approach, with coaching and mentoring skills and capacity building experience
• Working experience with digital solutions for operational efficiency and database systems would be an advantage
• High level of mental and physical resilience and readiness to travel within the area of operation
• Readiness to receive necessary vaccinations for working in Welthungerhilfe’s programme countries
• Excellent spoken and written English; German language skills would be an asset.