Operations Director - Afghanistan
Local Work Rights Required
This employer does not provide visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the legal right to work in the job location.
This opportunity may still be relevant if you already have work authorization, are a permanent resident, citizen, student or dependant with work rights, or are seeking jobs within Africa.
Role Summary
Join Concern Worldwide as Operations Director in Afghanistan, leading support functions while ensuring effective resource management and operational compliance.
Minimum Requirements
- Relevant degree or equivalent professional experience in operations, management, supply chain, HR, administration or a related field.
- Substantial senior operational leadership experience in an INGO, humanitarian organisation or comparable complex international setting, including leadership through managers and multidisciplinary teams.
- Depth of expertise in at least one operational function, with sufficient breadth to lead HR, administration, logistics, procurement, fleet, facilities, assets and IT through specialist teams.
- Demonstrated ability to design, strengthen and assure operational systems that enable programme delivery and meet organisational, legal and donor requirements.
- Experience engaging and negotiating with government authorities and other external stakeholders on sensitive operational, legal, access or administrative matters.
- Experience managing security and operational access in an insecure, volatile or highly constrained context.
- Strong risk, internal control, compliance, resource-planning and budget-management capability.
- Proven leadership, communication, negotiation, judgement and prioritisation skills, including the ability to make timely decisions under pressure.
- Fluent written and spoken English.
- Willingness and ability to be based in Taloqan and travel frequently between Kabul, Taloqan, Kunduz and Badakhshan
- Commitment to safeguarding, equality, accountability, Concern’s values and inclusive ways of working.
- Empathy with Concern’s vision, mission, goal and objectives and commitment to capacity building, protection and participation.
- Previous experience in a context with comparable regulatory, access and security constraints to Afghanistan
- Experience working with Concern Worldwide and knowledge of its policies and procedures.
Eligibility Criteria
This opportunity is only available for applicants who already have the legal right to work in Afghanistan.
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