Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten? Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?
If you answered ‘yes’, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you.
At this pivotal moment in time, we are rapidly expanding and growing our team to meet the increasing needs of our world. We are looking for people who want to use their gifts and talents to make a real and tangible difference in our world and the lives of the suffering.
If you’re looking for a purpose-driven career in which you can grow your talents, while also standing up for the rights of the vulnerable, we want you to join us today.
ORGANIZATION SUMMARY:
World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the world’s greatest crises in partnership with the church. The organization was founded in the aftermath of World War II to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of war-torn Europe. Since then, for 80 years, across 100 countries, World Relief has partnered with local churches and communities to build a world where families thrive and communities flourish.
Today, organizational programming focuses on humanitarian and disaster response, community strengthening and resilience, and refugee & immigrant services and advocacy.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Country Director DRC will have overall responsibility of providing strategic and operational leadership, overseeing all aspects for the development and management of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) country program portfolio and day-to-day activities including financial management, team security, and donor relations to ensure high-impact and sustainable humanitarian and development response.
ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- This role is responsible for supervising others and includes responsibilities consistent with supervising employees, including but not limited to monitoring daily work activities, tracking and approving timesheets including approving time off, monitoring performance including entering goals, progress check-ins, and weekly or bi-weekly check-ins, documenting performance concerns, entering staff promotions, transitions, and separations in HRIS within required time frame. Managers at World Relief are also considered spiritual leaders and are expected to lead staff in a manner consistent with our Christian values, including but not limited to praying with staff, leading devotionals, and fostering a Christian environment in interactions with staff throughout World Relief.
- The responsibilities for this position include the following: the development and implementation of a revised country strategy which is in line with World Relief’s (WR) mission, vision and values.
- This includes aligning programs with WR integral mission and ‘Boldly Engaging the World’s Greatest Crises in Partnership with the Church’ implementation strategies; alignment with the Core Humanitarian Standards; the recruitment of requisite personnel; the evolving development of policies, structures and systems; ongoing monitoring of programs and ensuring the quality of Monitoring and Evaluation processes; identification and development of staff capacity building plan; spearheading at the local level and active participation in U.S. and International resource development efforts; and the development of strong strategic partnerships with local institutions, government and UN agencies, Cluster systems, and other implementing partners aimed at responding to the most vulnerable in a disaster response context and enhancing the mission of creating flourishing communities through empowering the local church to serve their communities.
- The Country Director will lead the senior management team in developing country strategies, drive business development and represent the organization in DRC in collaboration with government, donors and other local and international organizations.
- Able to travel to project field sites frequently within and outside of Goma.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
- Mature and personal Christian faith
- Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
- Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
- Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity and National Association of Evangelicals' For the Health of The Nation document
- Experience in administration of U.S government and UN grants
- Proven leadership and management of international donor support programs, networking, with extensive experience in strategic planning, resource mobilization, proposal development, personnel management and supervision, and budgeting in a multi-project and multi-funding environment
- Adept at managing multi-cultural teams and strong interpersonal skills
- Strong oral and communication skills in French and English.
- Ability to provide Christian leadership
- Must be able to relocate to and reside in the country of direction
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Knowledge of Swahili and Lingala preferred.
- Fully contribute to the rich spiritual life of the WR DRC team, including team devotions, prayer times, words of encouragement, and integrity in all programmatic aspects of response and interaction with external contacts
- University Degree in related field, business management highly valued. Masters’ degree preferred
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in international relief and development work with progressive leadership responsibilities and proven resource development skills, or a minimum of 7 years of experience in business management and leadership with progressive increasing responsibilities
World Relief offers a competitive benefits package and employee discount program for full-time and part-time employees.
World Relief is honored to be recognized with the Gold-level Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation for exceeding the core components of our well-being program including leadership and culture, program foundations and execution, and whole person health.
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Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.
For World Relief staff, strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief is essential, and Christian faith is a prerequisite for employment, based upon United States federal guidelines provided in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
