Background: International Medical Corps (IMC) is a global humanitarian non-profit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering worldwide. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, non-political, non-sectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. IMC Ethiopia has implemented extensive programming in food-insecure areas throughout Oromia, Somali, Gambela, Amhara and Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People’s Regions of Ethiopia, since 2003, assisting both refugees and local communities to drive their own sustainable development by capacitating local health and food security structures including staff through technical, material (medical supplies and equipment) and logistical support to provide accessible and appropriate health care and timely responses in the areas of nutrition, mental and reproductive health; hygiene and sanitation as well as gender-based violence (GBV) using community empowerment strategies such as psychosocial support and care, Early Child Development (ECD), Infant Young Children Feeding (IYCF) and community-led total sanitation (CLTS). IMC Ethiopia works with all actors including government and non-governmental agencies engaged in humanitarian efforts to reduce morbidity and mortality among malnourished children, pregnant and lactating women, women of reproductive age and other vulnerable communities in respective areas of intervention and encourages long-term development.
Position Summary Working as a key member of the IMC Ethiopia senior leadership team together with the IMC Country Director and the Deputy Country Director-Finance & Administration; the Deputy Country Director-Programs (DCD-Programs) is responsible for leading and managing a multi-sector program encompassing humanitarian emergency response, refugee response, resiliency building and development across 6 field offices in 5 regions of Ethiopia with 400 staff. The DCD-Programs will also lead and manage a 30 person country management team based in Addis Ababa, as well as program coordinators and/or managers located in IMC Field Office locations. The DCD-Programs will partner with his/her peers in technical, compliance, grants management, finance, administration, logistics, human resources and security to insure the highest quality services and impact for all IMC programs within the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Key Duties and Responsibilities
Provide effective and inspiring leadership, as well as stewardship for IMC Ethiopia by being actively involved in all programs and services. Implement and lead a continuous quality improvement process throughout the program and service areas, focusing on systems/process improvement. Promote regular and ongoing opportunities for all staff to give feedback on program operations.
Lead a diverse and high performing IMC country senior management team to the next level by further developing capacities and knowledge.
Partner with the IMC Country Director to represent IMC Ethiopia with all stakeholders, including community, government, donors, United Nations, partners and other non-government organizations
Ensure that all program activities and program teams operate consistently and ethically within the mission and values of International Medical Corps
Manage and supervise all IMC Ethiopia program/project coordinators, managers and staff, as well as program consultants – in order to oversee all program/project activities, compliance and insure the highest levels of program/project effectiveness, impact and quality.
Work closely with and in cooperation with the IMC country senior management team to determine and adjust as necessary the detailed program plans of all IMC Ethiopia programs/projects.
Liaise with government authorities and international or national agencies, organizations and partners
Provide oversight of senior project/program team managers to ensure quality of IMC project activities and compliance with established best practices.
Monitor implementation of IMC project/program activities, in conjunction with technical, logistical, finance, human resource, administrative and project/program field staff.
Participate in program evaluations to be jointly conducted by IMC and its partners.
Participate in regular consultations with IMC headquarters and IMC Ethiopia field programs/projects
Participate with the country director, the program development manager and technical team in the development of concepts and donor proposals for new programs/projects.
In the absence of, or as directed, act as IMC’s point of contact with government Federal, Regional and Zonal authorities as necessary.
Monitor and insure appropriate IMC representation at sector cluster meetings as well as IMC participation in task force meetings, assessment missions and in other NGO, UN and government coordination forums.
Coordinate with government authorities and donors to determine sector priorities and levels of IMC technical/other assistance, including IMC participation in long term strategies.
Seek partnerships with government authorities, national partners and international agencies to improve the standard of information systems, including those from IMC project geographical areas of activity.
Together with the country director, human resource department and in coordination with program managers, to hire and/or dismiss local staff within the framework of Ethiopian national labor law and of IMC policies and procedures, as well as the principles of performance based management.
Job Requirement
Extensive experience in overall program/project senior leadership and management; preferably in health, nutrition, water-sanitation-hygiene, protection, food security, resiliency, refugee and related sectors.
Demonstrated and extensive program/project, people, and financial management skills
Ability to cope with stress; demonstrated patience and flexibility.
Previous experience in proposal development for donors including USAID, OFDA, BPRM, ECHO, DFID, UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, Major Foundations and other.
Ability to effectively work with government, community leaders, international/national organizations, donors, partners and other IMC relationships.
Ability to prepare work plans and budgets; organize staff and delegating responsibility.
Provision of oversight and acceptance of responsibility for delegated assignments
Experience in preparing log-frames and monitoring according to log-frames
Experience with donor compliance and reporting requirements including USAID, OFDA, BPRM, ECHO, DFID, UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, Major Foundations and other.
Supportive, collaborative, adaptive and participatory personnel leadership and management style
Team builder with an ability to train, build capacity, mentor and coach colleagues
Diplomatic and an effective communicator at all levels
Strong communication skills, with excellent written and spoken English & Amharic
Advanced proficiency in the use of MS Office, Email and other computer applications
Experience with establishing strong and effective working relationships with colleagues from different backgrounds, cultures and experience.
Experience with proactively identifying and addressing issues, and insuring effective solutions and resolution
Able to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with colleagues in the course of collaborative work.
Willingness to work additional hours in order to meet tight deadlines.
Required Qualifications
At least 10 years of professional experience overall, with a minimum of five years of senior leadership experience supervising senior professional staff within a non-government organization implementing humanitarian response and development programs. Solid educational background including a relevant undergraduate degree, and preferably with an advanced degree. Extensive non-government organization experience in relief and development, combined with education/learning may be considered as a substitute
Strong relationship builder and communicator with experience leading diverse work teams, developing an organization-wide strategy for program excellence, engaging stakeholders, and ability to work as a key member of a senior leadership & management team.
Demonstrates integrity, strives for excellence in his/her work, and has experience of leading others to new levels of effectiveness and programmatic impact.
Passionate about the mission of International Medical Corps and able to promote and communicate the philosophy, mission and values of International Medical Corps to external and internal stakeholders.
Ability to travel 25% of the time to provide on-site leadership for field offices and programs.
Compensation This is an outstanding opportunity to lead the highly-effective program area for International Medical Corps Ethiopia and partner with the IMC Country Director and senior management team. International Medical Corps will offer a competitive national staff senior leadership/management compensation package including an attractive base salary at the top tier of the organizational salary scale, insurance coverage and other benefits. International Medical Corps is an Equal Opportunity employer. Personnel are chosen on the basis of ability without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, marital status or sexual orientation, in accordance with applicable law.