Job title: Country Director

Job type: Full time contract  

Place of work (City, Governorate):  Iraq (mainly in Duhok Office+ required to travel to Sinjar, Baghdad and Erbil)

Contract period: 1 (one) year  

Salary grade: E1

Number of Jobs: 1(one) job

Probational period: 3 (three) months

Working hours: Sunday to Thursday from 08:30-04:30 PM

Deadline for application: 28 February 2021 at 04:30 PM

Documents required: Cover letter and CV

Responsibilities and Tasks:

Program Management

• Oversee the administration and implementation of currently funded programs, plan and prepare NCEs and budget realignments in coordination with the finance department and with project managers.
• Oversee the financial management of in-country activity, including currently funded programs, in line with YAZDA financial management policy
• Oversee program reporting, ensuring compliance with our policies and procedures, donor regulations, and local laws
• Report regularly to the executive director and board with updates of project developments and expenditures
• Ensure the use of appropriate management methodologies to plan, organize, and control resources to achieve goals
• Manage field assets, including equipment and materials in coordination with the logistics team.

Finance

• Oversee the financial management of the NGO.
• Oversee the regular updating of financial reports for donors
• Lead the financial planning, cash requests, and cash flow, bank accounts management in coordination with the Finance manager
• Oversee the payment of local tax, the compiling of financial reports, and annual reports, and oversee audits and auditing reports
• Oversee the overall financial management of the NGO, including the allocation of expenses to overheads.
• Coordinate the accounts reconciliations with HQ

Human Resources

• Oversee the recruitment and selection of qualified program field staff, recommend promotions, disciplinary action and termination of staff in consultation with supervisors
• Maintain open lines of communications with all staff
• Maintain teamwork and ensures a productive working environment for staff members
• Empower staff members to meet organizational goals and work as a highly functioning and cooperative team. Provide training opportunities for staff capacity building.
• Review on monthly basis the allocation of funds for core staff, according to resources available.

Representation, Communications, and Visibility

• Ensure that the strategy provided by the Board is communicated with donors and reflected in the type and quality of implementation.
• Provide leadership and representation of Yazda before all external partners and Authorities

Programs Development

• Assist leadership in expanding country portfolio
• Assist leadership in identifying new sources of donor funding and maintain adequate donor funding levels to sustain identified program and support activities
• Assist leadership in drafting and editing proposals for funding

Other

• Perform all tasks connected to the representation of the NGO, to fundraising, to project management, to base management, and to strategic implementation.

Skills & experiences required:

• Graduate level degree in relevant field
• 10+ years’ experience in humanitarian aid settings
• Ability to manage a team of 80+
• Experience in the Middle East
• Strong knowledge of financial management
• Experience working with major grants and international  donors

HOW TO APPLY:

Interested applicants must send their CVs with a cover letter to jobs@yazda.org with a subject “Country Director JV-53 “

NOTE: Applications not meeting the specified minimum requirements or received after closing date may not be contacted. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview that may include a written test of technical

NOTE: due to the urgency of the position, we might close the announcement prior to the mentioned deadline.