Head of mission Sudan M/F At Secours Islamique France

Secours Islamique France (SIF) is a Non-Governmental Organisation of international solidarity based in France. Founded in 1991, SIF is a non-profit and non-political organisation that intends to help, to bring relief and to protect the lives of those threatened by natural disasters, armed conflic ts or by economic collapse. SIF provides its help in respect of the cultural diversity, without any distinction of origin, religion or gender.
Secours Islamique France is looking for a Head of Mission M/F based in Khartoum, Sudan.
You will be under the supervision of the DESK Manager, as part of the SIF Coordination Team and you will be supervising the Human Resources, Finance, Logistic, Program Coordinator and Security. You will be in charge of providing the overall leadership and strategic direction of SIF operations in Sudan.
Your responsibilities will be:
Leadership of the Country Programme

Maintaining and developing SIF presence in Sudan and a coherent strategy that contributes to SIF’s global objectives;
Monitoring the emergency humanitarian situation in the country and advising HQs on the appropriate course of action;
Assessing and responding as necessary to changes in the e xternal environment ensuring these changes are reflected in the country strategy and project plans.

Programme Development

Developing SIF’s short and medium term strategy for Sudan;
Regularly analysing the context, risks, operational access issues and availability of resources, in relation to the program objectives;
Addressing the feasibility of SIF’s current proposals and realign them in light of the field assessment findings;
Developing and maintaining SIF’s emergency activities and oversee the scale up of the emergency response.

Representation

Representing SIF, coordinating and advocating on key issues with local and national authorities, UN agencies, donors and INGOs;
Managing external communications in collaboration with the HQs communication department. Acting as the contact person with press and media;
Maintaining regular communications with HQs using the established procedures.

Staff Management/Human Resources

Providing leadership and management to the team;
Participating/overseeing the recruitment process of national staff;
Interpreting, developing and applying SIF’s HR policies and terms and conditions, national employment law, consistently and effectively;
Regularly making performance and management appraisals.

Logistics

Overseeing the planning and implementation of procurement and supply of items in line with project needs;
Ensuring adequate management of warehousing, compounds, transportation, goods in kind and assets according to SIF procedures.

Safety and Security Management

Monitoring the security context and acting on any deterioration that could affect operations;
Ensuring the updating of the Security plan and produ cing a weekly security report.

Administration and Finance

Overseeing budget preparation and analysis of actual expenditures against the budget;
Establishing and maintaining SIF field accounting systems.

You have worked a minimum of 5 years in humanitarian work, including previous experiences as Country Director, or Deputy Country Director, or chief of Party with INGOs in similar context;
You are very experienced in strategic thinking, including identifying, analyzing, problem solving and responding to opportunities and challenges and the ability to translate these into practical plans of action;
You possess strong leadership skills and a supportive management style of all staff; You possess excellent communication skills, with excellent written and spoken English; You have experience of working within an insecure environment with responsibility for security planning, monitoring and man agement;
An understanding and commitment to SIF’s mission and values are necessary; Familiarity with the Sudanese context would be appreciated.
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