Type of posting: International Delegate, family posting
Desired starting date: As soon as possible, preferably no later than February 1st 2023
Contract period: 24 months (until 2024-21-31), with the possibility of extension
(Position is pending donor funding)
Background
SRC’s support to Mozambique Red Cross / Cruz Vermelha de Mocambique (CVM) dates back to the establishment of the organization in 1981. During the course of the years, the partnership has entailed projects in areas such as disaster risks, return and reintegration of refugees, youth and social development, HIV/AIDS, WASH etc. In recent years, SRC has focused its support to CVM around disaster response.
SRC and CVM have developed a four-year bilateral project called Project for Resilience and Enhanced Preparedness and Action (PREPA). The overall objective is strengthened community resilience aiming at developing improved livelihood opportunities, reduction of disaster risk as well as adaptation to climate change and climate/environmental-related health challenges in selected communities. The project has four outcome areas: 1) Disaster risks and natural hazards, 2) Livelihoods 3) Health and WASH and 4) Response and resilience programming.
Your role in the organisation
The Country Representative will be based in Maputo and reports to the Regional Unit Manager in Stockholm, Sweden. In this role, you will also assume the primary responsibility also as programme manager of the project in addition to representing SRC in Mozambique. You are expected to provide in-country technical support to CVM both in programme activities and support functions (logistics, HR and finance).
A main focus will be to support the CVM and enhance the capacity of the organization and its core staff to implement activities in a sustainable manner contribute to more resilient communities. The delegate is hence not expected to implement activities themselves, but to guide, coach and train CVM staff to ensure sustainability and ownership. The delegate is expected also to coordinate the work of technical delegates belonging to the project.
Furthermore, the delegate will support CVM to ensure that activities carried out in targeted communities are of high quality, gender-, diversity- and conflict sensitive, and use a participatory approach in line with the Red Cross/Red Crescent Community Engagement and Accountability approach.
Key duties and responsibilities
In-country representation and coordination
Project management, incl. financial management
Technical support and capacity building
Your profile
To excel in this position, we believe that you have very good interpersonal skills, is team oriented and have excellent communication skills. You are constructive, flexible and solution oriented with a proactive approach and is used to working independently. You have a strong awareness and understanding of cultural and gender differences, and able to work constructively in culturally diverse environments and an ability to positively interact with all levels of society.
To be successful in the role you must be flexible and adaptative to change, able to handle high workloads and stressful circumstances. Able to live and work under demanding physical and stressful conditions in remote locations and ready to travel in various parts of the country during periods of time.
Required qualifications:
Desired qualifications:
Other requirements:
Apply here: International Job Opportunities | The Swedish Red Cross (rodakorset.se)
Please note that only applications made through our website will be considered.
Online tests and several interviews is part of the selection process and we do a thorough reference check on relevant candidate.
For more information about the position, please contact: Gisela Holmén Yngroth, Swedish Red Cross, at gisela.holmen@redcross.se
We kindly decline any offer of services from recruitment agencies or consultants.
Tagged as: Mozambique, Swedish Red Cross
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