Country Director

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
Organisation: FACE for Children in Need
Position: Country Director, Egypt (Deadline to apply: 15th March 2019)

• FACE for Children in Need is a Belgian NGO (founded in 2003) and a leading Child Protection organisation in Cairo, Egypt with the mission to protect and support orphans, abandoned children, children in need of protection, street children, their families and communities. This is achieved by 180 local staff and a small support/administrative HQ team based in Belgium through two main Programs:
• The Family Program is composed of four centers for orphans, abandoned children and children in need of protection, and of a family/kafala team aiming at supporting children to prepare their placement into family care and alternative family care, and at supporting Egyptian authorities to improve the system of placement into alternative family care (Kafala) in Egypt.
• The Street Children Program is composed of an outreach team, a day drop in center, a transitional home, a case management/reintegration team, an education team and a medical team.

Job Title: Country Director

Location: Cairo, Egypt

Reports to: FACE Executive Director and Program Coordinator in Headquarter (HQ)

About the Role

• Reporting to the Executive Director and International Program Coordinator (HQ based), the Country Director provides effective leadership and management to FACE staff and other stakeholders to undertake FACE’s role in supporting children, youth and their families in consistency with FACE’s Vision, Mission and Strategic objectives.
• The Country Director has overall responsibility and leadership to ensure the relevance, impact and cost-effectiveness of FACE programs in Egypt. The Country Director represents FACE in the country, guiding a relevant program strategy implementation, leading operational activities/services, and overseeing operations, financial and human resource management, including the safety and security of all FACE staff in Egypt.

Key Responsibilities/Tasks

Leadership / team management and supervision

• Provide effective leadership and management to FACE managers and field team members.
• Supervise the administrative/finance team, and the Human Resource manager.
• Facilitate smooth communication with headquarter and with team members and manage conflict solving when needed.
• Ensure that FACE complies with all human resources and other sorts of legal requirements.

Planning and Implementation

• Responsible to monitor all field activities and teams and ensure the quality of services in all projects/programs.
• Consult with the Executive Director/HQ to prepare long-term strategic plans (logical framework) and annual implementation plans.
• Prepare annual implementation plan and budget in collaboration with HQ team and Financial Director in Cairo, and midyear review planning workshop.
• Ensure that child protection procedures are strictly implemented and effectively followed - Ensure that all FACE staff act in accordance with the Egyptian Law and FACE’s Child Protection Policy.
• Keep up to date on inter-nation