Influencing the role of external actors to enable participatory, inclusive and accountable governance at state and federal levels.
The Country Director will provide overall leadership and direction to Saferworld’s work in Somalia, in line with our new organisational strategy (2017-2021) and Saferworld’s values and principles. The scope of the post falls into the following broad functions:
Organisational Leadership
Programme Leadership
People Management
Finance and Operations
Fundraising
Safety, Security and Risk Management
As a lead member of the country-level Senior Management Team (SMT), the post-holder will manage a team that can deliver and foster collective leadership. S/he will actively promote and support the country team to reflect and internalise Saferworld’s peacebuilding and conflict-sensitive values and principles through their work. The post-holder will cultivate a work environment that provides space for reflection and lesson learning.
The successful candidate will be a knowledgeable manager with significant proven experience at a senior level managing multi-thematic programmes in development and/or peacebuilding/conflict prevention. Extensive experience in leading, mentoring, and developing teams of staff with different backgrounds is a key element of this role as well as leading on effective and values-based partnership work between local organisations and communities.
