Job number: SRH06234
Status: Employee
Area of expertise: Regional Coordination / Country Director
Position: Missions
Country: Mozambique
Contract Type: Short term contract
About us
Desired start date: 15/06/2025
Duration of the mission: 6 months (renewable)
Location: Pemba

SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL (SI) is an international humanitarian aid association which, since more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflicts and natural disasters by meeting their basic needs for food, water and shelter. Particularly committed to the fight against diseases linked to unsafe water, the leading cause of death in the world, SI’s interventions provide expertise in the field of access to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene promotion, but also in the essential area of food security and livelihoods. Present in some twenty countries, the SI teams – 2500 people in total, made up of expatriates, national staff, permanent staff at HQ, and a few volunteers – intervene with professionalism and commitment while respecting cultural norms.

About the mission
Solidarités International intervened in Mozambique in March 2019 for a few months following the passage of Cyclone Idai, which hit the Province of Sofala and the city of Beira hard. Operations were suspended after the emergency phase and the mission closed. The evolution of the situation in Cabo Delgado province, hit by several cyclones and severely affected by the violent actions of armed groups claiming to be IS, which caused the displacement of nearly 700 000 people, led to an assessment in May 2021 and to the reopening of the mission. The assessment carried out in the most affected district highlighted needs, particularly in the WASH sector, and the lack of emergency actors. The mission has opened in a complex security and administrative environment, where access is a major issue.

Solidarités International was one of the first INGO actors to respond to the growing crisis in Cabo Delgado, leading emergency response and distributions in hard-to-reach areas.

About the job
General objective:

The Country Director (CD) is Solidarités International’s official representative in country and is in charge of the external representation and is in direct liaison with SI HQ. S/he proposes the country strategy and ensure its implementation when validated. S/he coordinates teams and ensures resources are properly allocated for the smooth running of the mission as per strategy and projects objectives. S/he is in charge of employees and goods security.

The main challenges:

Massive recent restructuration of mission due to BHA termination and reduction of activities => from 140 staffs to 40/50 staffs in 2 months / from 3 bases to 1 coordination/operational base + 1 sub-base / reduction of all support costs (premises, vehicles…)
Potential tensions between staff members and/or with authorities + communities
Risk of loss of efficiency in daily security management as well as project management and monitoring
Potential disorganization and unclarity of teams roles and responsibilities
Authorities relation very time consuming
Financial landscape in MOZ

Priorities for the 2/3 first months:

Close financial monitoring in a moment of downsizing
Reorganization and clarification roles and responsibilities in particular with Coordinators playing the role of field base manager
Adaptation of security management and SOPs to new set-up
RRM ECHO: Maintain operational presence in former areas of intervention (MDP) and start activities in new districts (southern districts)
Monitoring of finalization of other ongoing activities/projects under CDCS, SDC, AERMC = to be finalized by end June / end Sept
CN/proposal elaboration and fundraising

Security constraints:

Pemba in Security level 2 / Mueda sub-base in Security level 3
Movement to field sub-base via UNHAS flight only (45 minutes flight)
Termination of many staffs + Mocimboa former base (level 3) recent closure due to BHA termination might have increased tension among teams and/or with authorities and communities / global reduction of humanitarian assistance might lead, in coming months, to better recruitment capacity by OAGs and increased number of attacks

SI will offer you
A salaried position:
According to experience, starting from EUR 3740 gross per month (3400 base salary + 10% annual leave allowance paid monthly) and a monthly Per Diem of USD 750.

Apply for this job: https://www.solidarites.org/en/since-1980/join-us/jobs/job-detail/?id=107888

Master in humanitarian action, development, international law or any other technical area related to the humanitarian sector.

Experience in the humanitarian sector : +5 years
Experience on a similar position : 3-4 years

Technical skills:

1. Macro financial management skills and knowledge of SI mission financial management tools
2. Very good strategic planning and coordination skills
Transversal skills

1. Leadership and management
2. Planning and priorization
3. Ability to represent SI towards donors and partners and authorities

English (mandatory)
Portugues
Spanish or Italian

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