Overview
Responsible for the development, design, and management/monitoring of operational support for programme implementation, including humanitarian, campaigns, and gender initiatives. This role oversees Finance, HR, Logistics, Admin, and IT units, and provides strategic input to the Country Director.
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for the development, design and management/monitoring of the operational support needed for proper programmes implementation (including humanitarian, campaigns and gender).
- Responsible for the following Business Support Units, namely: Finance, HR, Logistics, Admin, IT.
- Key member of the Senior Management Team (SMT), and able to give strategic inputs to the Country Director (CD) and making decisions towards the achievement of the Oxfam in DRC Country Strategy.
- Ensure the procedures in country are aligned with the DRC Law and Oxfam global policies and procedures.
- Prove leadership of the Business Support Team to guarantee the timely and quality support needed for the other units.
Required Experience
- Relevant experience of 7 - 10 years for Masters or Post-graduate holders or 10 + years for Bachelor holders, preferably in an international NGO out of which at least 5 years should be supervisory/managerial experience.
- Experience of leading the implementation of operational improvements and the persistence to achieve change in a challenging environment.
- DRC or fragile context experience considered an advantage.
Qualifications
• Masters / Post-graduate academic qualification on either of Business Administration, Finance Human Resources, Logistics or related discipline with a strong finance background, preferably in relief/development work with management and supervisory responsibilities in program operations at senior management level.
