Kenya: Oxfam International Country Director

Oxfam International Country Director

Location: Nairobi; Kenya

Contract: Open Ended

Salary:Competitive salary with substantial Benefits

Background

Oxfam GB is part of Oxfam International (OI), an international confederation of 14 organizations working together in 99 countries and with partners and allies around the world to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice. OI’s vision is a just world without poverty.

Kenya is currently a single affiliate country managed by Oxfam GB. Oxfam in Kenya is seeking a Country Director to take the lead in representing Oxfam and the programme within the country, the region and globally.

The role

The role is a senior management post reporting to the Deputy Regional Director. The Country Director will lead the development and delivery of the Kenya programme in ways that will have the greatest impact on poverty and consistent with Oxfam’s wider organisational principles and approaches and ensure adequate and cost effective resource management including people, budgets and funding. The role works with the Country Management Team (CMT) to ensure that minimum standards are met in the country for programme management, HR, finance, security, health and safety. The role co-ordinates with the CMT to identify new funding sources and negotiate funding opportunities to support programme implementation. The OI Country Director takes the lead in representing Oxfam and country programme within the country, the region and globally as well as build relationships and develops networks.

The Person

You should have indepth senior management experience in leading the development, and ensuring the delivery, of programme strategy, with partners and within a networked and interdependent approach, in one or more challenging locations. You should have proven analytical skills and ability to think strategically, including the ability to think beyond the country programme context and to act within a regional and global framework and have the ability to manage the development of, and contribute to, the high level analysis of factors driving poverty, marginalisation and vulnerability in developing country contexts, including the ability to ‘think politically’ by understanding motivations, pressures and challenges faced by colleagues, partners and other actors.

You will be actively committed to promoting gender equity and the interests of marginalised people in all aspects of an organisations work. You should have experience of design and delivery of an Influencing programme cycle, including proven ability in implementing all or aspects of a notable campaign and leading humanitarian responses, either directly implementing or through advocacy and communication strategies.

You should be experienced in leading and motivating multi disciplinary, geographically remote teams; have a high degree of self awareness and an understanding of how to drive and support excellent team performance and individual development. To be successful in this role you should have experience of managing complex change processes and relationships involving a wide range of both internal and external multi-cultural stakeholders across a variety of disciplines & geographical areas and experience in representing an organisation with partners, government agencies, private sector organisations, and donors at senior level: locally, regionally and globally and high level financial management skills to steer the operational budget

iversity The difference starts with you

If you believe you are the candidate we are looking for, please download the full job description and apply online at using this link: http://bit.ly/10EXu7l

The closing date is: 22nd November 2014. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization.