Country Director - Sudan
Role Summary
Join GOAL as Country Director in Sudan, leading humanitarian efforts with a focus on health, WASH, and nutrition amidst ongoing crises.
About the Organisation
GOAL has responded to the world’s major humanitarian crises since its founding in 1977, working with vulnerable communities in 14 countries across the globe with a dedicated team of personnel. While GOAL continues to be an agile first-responder to humanitarian crises, it is also committed to working with vulnerable communities to help them survive crises and support them on the road to recovery.
GOAL has been working in Sudan since 1985. Despite the ongoing civil war, GOAL continues to be a leading health and nutrition, WASH and FSL INGO in Sudan, working in South Kordofan and North Darfur states. Overall, GOAL provides integrated health, nutrition, WASH, and FSL programming to meet urgent humanitarian needs of the population and build capacity of agencies to respond.
Key Responsibilities
The Country Director is responsible for the planning, management and appropriate development of GOAL’s work in-country. Based in Port Sudan and reporting to the Regional Director for Africa, you’ll contribute to the strategic development and delivery of our Programme in Sudan and provide overall senior leadership for the team. This is a critical role and requires an inspiring leader with a proven track record of successfully managing a large country programme in complex and crises affected environments.
Minimum Requirements
We strongly encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every single requirement listed. At GOAL we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please just contact our Recruitment Team at recruitment.hq@goal.ie
- Significant previous experience at Country Director level in a similar high-risk, humanitarian and emergency response context
- Demonstrated management experience in humanitarian and development programmes, this should include remote management experience ((ideally implementing health/nutrition/WASH/food programmes)
- Strong people management and Leadership skills
- Experience in liaising with government officials and a variety of donors, including Irish Aid, BPRM, ECHO and UN agencies
- Experience in proposal and report writing with a proven ability to secure donor funding
- Strong budgetary control and financial management skills (you'll manage €15 million operating budget)
- A willingness to regularly travel to programme sites
- Fluent English (both written and verbal is essential, Arabic language skills are distinct advantage
Eligibility Criteria
The position is open to experienced leaders in humanitarian settings without explicit eligibility criteria stated for different applicant categories.
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