Country Director- Haiti

Role Purpose

Within this dynamic working environment and diverse portfolio of programmes and donors, you will have overall responsibility for the strategic development and management of the Concern country programme in Haiti. You will ensure that the programme meets objectives as set out in the Haiti Country Strategic Plan (CSP), annual plans and programme proposals. You will also ensure that the country programme is in line with Concern policies, procedures and meets the Core Humanitarian Standards.

You will lead the Country Management Team (CMT), line managing the Operations Director, the Programme Director and the Country Financial Controller. You will represent the organisation with government, donors and other international organisations.

• Leading the Country Management Teams and ensuring participative decision-making processes
• Leading a team of national staff and international staff, and ensuring staff capacity, organisational structures and programme approaches are fit for purpose and able to effectively deliver strategic organisational goals
• Leading by example and supporting the Concern team to achieve organisational outcomes.
• Providing overall leadership and management, strategic direction, and technical leadership to the country programme to achieve expected results within budget and timeframe.
• Serve as principal liaison to donors and the Government of Haiti, ensuring high levels of coordination and maintaining productive working relations, while engaging with and nurturing relationships with all key stakeholders (partner organizations, local government, civil society, etc.) on administrative, financial, and programmatic matters.
• Engaging with major organisational advocacy issues, providing support and leadership for key strategic campaigns.
• Supporting and ensuring the implementation of the Country Strategic Plan  and leading the development of the next Country Strategic plan for .
• Ensuring optimal use of financial resources; managed in a transparent and accountable manner, consistent with Concern’s and donor policies, systems and procedures, delivering quality results and demonstrating value for money.
• Responding robustly to any suspicions or reports of fraud, safeguarding or code of conduct abuses or other misdemeanours, and adhering to Concern’s policy and procedures on investigations
• Ensuring Concern complies with all relevant national legal and administrative requirements
• Identifying all risks and implementing mitigating measures in conjunction with the Country Management Team.
• Lead and manage the implementation of safeguarding policies and procedures, and response to breaches of the Concern Code of Conduct and associated policies, in collaboration with the Safeguarding department
• Promote and ensure compliance with the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) commitments and quality criteria
• Ensure that all staff are familiar with the principles underpinning accountability, safeguarding and Concern’s Complaints and Response Mechanism (CRM) and ensure that information about Concern’s commitments on accountability and safeguarding are disseminated among programme participants and communities.

• Ensuring an overall comprehension of the security context and liaise with other organisations and key actors in the field of security.
• Overall responsibility for security management in-country, including ensuring efficient and transparent communication and decision-making processes around ad hoc security restrictions
• Leading incident management in the event of a serious security incident.
• Ensuring all staff are aware of and adhere to the Security Management Plan (SMP) as well as key security procedures in place and ensure these are reviewed…