Country Director DRC - 2025684

World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the world’s greatest crises in partnership with the church. The Country Director DRC will have overall responsibility of providing strategic and operational leadership, overseeing all aspects for the development and management of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) country program portfolio and day-to-day activities including financial management, team security, and donor relations to ensure high-impact and sustainable humanitarian and development response.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic and operational leadership for the DRC country program portfolio and day-to-day activities including financial management, team security, and donor relations; Develop and implement a revised country strategy in line with World Relief's mission, vision and values; Lead the senior management team in developing country strategies, drive business development and represent the organization in DRC with government, donors and other local and international organizations; Travel to project field sites frequently within and outside of Goma

Requirements

Mature and personal Christian faith; Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief; Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities; Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity and National Association of Evangelicals' For the Health of The Nation document; Experience in administration of U.S government and UN grants; Proven leadership and management of international donor support programs, networking, with extensive experience in strategic planning, resource mobilization, proposal development, personnel management and supervision, and budgeting in a multi-project and multi-funding environment; Adept at managing multi-cultural teams and strong interpersonal skills; Strong oral and communication skills in French and English; Ability to provide Christian leadership; Must be able to relocate to and reside in the country of direction

Nice to have

Knowledge of Swahili and Lingala preferred; Fully contribute to the rich spiritual life of the WR DRC team, including team devotions, prayer times, words of encouragement, and integrity in all programmatic aspects of response and interaction with external contacts; University Degree in related field, business management highly valued. Master's degree preferred; A minimum of 5 years of experience in international relief and development work with progressive leadership responsibilities and proven resource development skills, or a minimum of 7 years of experience in business management and leadership with progressive increasing responsibilities

Benefits

competitive benefits package; employee discount program