Humanitarian Programme Manager

City/location:

Juba

Organization:

Catholic Organization for Relief and Development Aid

Cordaid believes in a world without poverty and exclusion. We strive for just and sustainable societies where every person counts. We stand for knowledge and talent sharing between North and South, between farmers and businesses, between activists and policymakers. Where poverty, conflict and exclusion divide societies, we connect people and communities. We stand for professionalism, expertise and solidarity across borders. We aim at maximizing our social impact and contributing to systemic change. We operate where natural disasters strike, where conflicts tear up communities and where lack of opportunities and service delivery keep families in extreme poverty.

Cordaid is one of the leading CSO’s in the Netherlands, working in fragile contexts on Health, Resilience, Economic opportunities, Humanitarian aid and Security & Justice. Apart from our work abroad we also contribute to new forms of job creation and social innovation in The Netherlands.

Cordaid is a member of the international Catholic networks Caritas and CIDSE and we are active in worldwide civil society networks. We work in around 30 countries in Africa, Middle East and Asia.

For the Cordaid Country office in South Sudan - Juba, Cordaid is looking for a Humanitarian Programme Manager

Introduction

Cordaid has been active in South Sudan for more than 20 years, with a strong focus on civil society capacity-building. Currently it has programs in the area of emergency response, DRR, health, food security, extractives, security & justice, women leadership and investments. Cordaid is active in seven States in South Sudan. Because of the current famine crisis, Cordaid is expanding its humanitarian programme to different parts of the country. For that purpose additional technical capacity is required. Cordaid is therefore currently seeking to recruit a Humanitarian Programme Manager.

Position and responsibility

The Humanitarian Programme Manager (HPM) will further develop Cordaid’s humanitarian strategy in South Sudan and translate this strategy into project activities, actively identifying needs, gaps and relevant funding opportunities. The HPM will report to the Cordaid Country Director in Juba and liaise with the relevant technical officers of the Humanitarian Aid unit at Cordaid HQ in The Hague. The HPM will also cooperate closely with the Programme Manager Health and Resilience of Cordaid in South Sudan. He or she will manage Cordaid’s humanitarian staff including the Humanitarian Programme Officer, Project Manager and Field Coordinators.

General objective of the posting

The HPM will oversee the effective planning, coordinating and efficient delivery of Cordaid’s humanitarian aid programme in country in line with Cordaid’s humanitarian strategy. He or she will actively link relief, rehabilitation with development working closely together with other Cordaid programmes such as Health and Resilience. He or she will also build the institutional capacity and staff capability of partner organisations to deliver and account for Cordaid funded humanitarian programmes.

Specific objectives

Develop Cordaid’s humanitarian strategy and programme in South Sudan;
Develop an adequate funding strategy for Cordaid’s humanitarian programme in South Sudan;
Develop new proposals and successfully apply for funding;
Promote LRRD working closely together with other Cordaid programmes;
Identify new national and international partners and build consortia;
Lead the capacity building of selected partner organisations;
Take responsibility for networking, representation and coordination within the Caritas Diocesan and International network, International NGO community, UN agencies and UN clusters, and potential back donors (ECHO, EC, Netherlands Embassy, UN agencies and Private funds, amongst others).

Qualifications

A master’s degree in the social sciences, disaster risk management, international relations and/or any development and humanitarian aid related studies.
Proven experience in the delivery of humanitarian aid, participatory needs assessment, emergency preparedness and SPHERE Standards;
At least 5 years proven experience with analysing, developing, managing complex emergency response programmes
Strong proposal writing skills (ECHO, EC, UN, etc.)
Proven experience in building the capacity of CSOs to respond to emergencies and training partners in EP & R and preparing contingency plans with them is an asset
Strong project management, analytical, budgetary, negotiation and problem-solving skills;
Experience in working with internationally-funded programmes, including coordination, reporting and monitoring according to different donor templates (e.g. ECHO, OCHA);
Experience or understanding of the Caritas network is an asset;
Knowledge of South Sudan’s socio- political environment is an asset;
Be diplomatic, culturally sensitive and result-oriented;
Experience in working in security sensitive environment in complex (post)conflict situations;
Excellent English language writing and communication skills