Main duties and responsibilities: 

• Leading the development, implementation, and revision of the South Sudan country office strategy
• Provide technical direction to FCA’s program team and ensure high technical quality program implementation. The job holder will be the primary coordinator for all proposal development processes in the Country Office
• Provide regular progress reports to the Country Director, the Senior Management Team, and the Global SAC and Global Grants Team highlighting operational successes and challenges.
• Leading the Country Program Annual Plan and Report preparation and timely submission to the FCA head office
• Leading the resource mobilization (fund raising) of the country office in close collaboration with relevant program advisors, the humanitarian coordinator, and the country director
• Leading the country office evaluation and the implementation of management response of various evaluation recommendations of the country office
• The Job holder will be the budget holder and primary contact person of assigned grants as assigned by the Country Director
• In collaboration with budget holders and MEAL coordinator (supervisee of the position) ensures all programs have robust MEAL system in place
• Ensuring reporting schedules, guidelines and other requirements done as per FCA internal and contractual obligations with donors
• Ensure appropriate grant management system is in place from grant concept note preparation to the close out of a grant.
• Ensure monthly program meetings are carried out regularly and action plans of the program meeting are implemented by budget holders.
• In collaboration with the Head of Finance and Admin ensures adequate partnership assessment of partners and follows up capacity building plan for partners
• Lead the roll-out of the localization strategy in the Country Program. This includes roles such as leading the identification and assessment of local implementing partners and building the capacity of FCA and partner organization staff in designing, planning, implementing, and evaluating programs.
• Perform any other roles as assigned by the Country Director

Competence and Personal Requirements:

• Master’s degree in social science, Program Development, and other relevant fields.
• Proven experience in fund raising, grant management and strategy development and implementation.
• Minimum 7 years of related professional experience with an international organization in a similar context
• Prior experience overseeing program strategy design and financial operations for a field-based programme.
• Prior experience working with or managing programs funded by large international donors.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail and ability to work both independently and collaboratively with colleagues across the organization.
• Expertise with MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) etc.

·Strategic thinker and good context analysis skills

• Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office package.
• Strong English writing skills to prepare reports, promotional materials, and oral presentations.

The fixed-term contract for this position will be made for two years with six months’ probation period, starting as soon as possible. The compensation is based on FCA Compensation System and depends on prior work experience. For more information please contact the Country Director Mr Seme Nelson, seme.nelson (at) kua.fi