Democratic Republic of the Congo: Director of the DRC INGO Forum

VACANCY: Director of the DRC INGO Forum

Kinshasa, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

CONTRACT TYPE: 12 mois

SALAIRE: 27.550GBP -36.547GBP Net per annum. Oxfam will meet the tax and social security liabilities of the post holder in relation to employment with Oxfam

Background

Oxfam is one of the world's leading humanitarian and development agencies assisting people affected by natural disasters, poverty and conflict throughout the world. With many thousand staff and dedicated volunteers in more than 80 countries, Oxfam is able to achieve the greatest impact to end poverty and suffering through combining emergency response work, long-term programmes for poverty alleviation and campaigning for lasting change. DRC is one of Africa's largest, most diverse and poorest countries, with very unstable security context. With more than 15 years armed conflict, DRC is one of the largest humanitarian contexts in which providing relief aid is challenging but exciting. Lack of infrastructure, dismembered security services, strong presence of armed groups, high level of violence despite the presence of the world largest UN mission, etc make DRC a go zone for a passionate Director of the DRC INGO Forum

The Role will be: To support the DRC INGO Forum in achieving its goals

Key Tasks:

Secretariat Management

1. HR Management of Secretariat staff:

2. Recruitment: Developing TORs, short-listing, and interviewing..

3. Team management: Provide leadership and direction for Secretariat, coaching.

4. Supervision: Work plans, performance appraisals, identify capacity building needs.

5. Financial Management (generally in cooperation with Host Agency):

6. Budget management

7. Grant management, reporting

8. Fundraising, proposals and donor relations for the Secretariat

9. Membership Management:

a. Maintain system to register new members and track existing members; undertake out-reach to non-members; mapping of members

b. Induction of new members (or new staff of member agencies).

c. Management of membership fees.

1. Leadership

a. Coordination of Steering Committee elections.

b. Development of Fora strategy, log-frames, etc.

c. Ensure smooth working relationship between Secretariat and Host Agency.

d. Provide strategic and technical guidance to the Steering Committee.

Coordination & Information Sharing

1. Kinshasa Meetings

a. Facilitate, ensure organization of, regular INGOs meetings.

b. Ensure clear agendas, minutes and follow up on relevant action points.

1. Coordination within the 4 Provincial platforms: ensure an excellent communication, collect main issues (advocacy and administrative obstacles) and share information between the 4 Provincial platforms: Kinshasa, Goma, Bukavu and Bunia

2. Information Sharing :

a. Share information received from key stakeholders.

b. Support and give advice to INGOs in terms of contacts, administrative

c. Maintenance of member and external contact lists.

1. Serve as focal point for the UN, government, donor representatives and other stakeholders to coordinate and communicate with NGOs, and for NGOs to collectively communicate with external stakeholders.

2. Facilitate improved NGO coordination with/within existing response coordination structures (e.g. HCT, clusters/working groups, inter-cluster/sector, OCHA); attend relevant clusters/sector working groups, inter-agency, and other coordination meetings.

Representation

1. Ensure representation of INGOs in high-level multi-stakeholder bodies including HCT and other response leadership bodies, etc. Ensure consultation with and feedback to members.
2. Represent as mandated by the Steering Committee the Forum at key meetings with Donors, UN, government, and other external stakeholders. Ensure consultation with and feedback to members.
3. Represent the Forum with other NGO coordination bodies (e.g., sibling NGO fora, other NGO coordination platforms in-country, ICVA, InterAction).
4. Represent the Forum with local authorities
5. Attend and actively participate to meetings of reflection and consultation with the Government (National Framework for Humanitarian Consultation) about INGOs issues especially administrative issues
6. Ensure external communication for the INGO Forum : draft of speech,
7. Disseminate all Forum statements/press releases.
8. Participate in policy and planning processes (e.g., Humanitarian Program Cycle, etc.)

Policy & Advocacy

1. Conceive with the legal expert an advocacy strategy in terms of INGOs administrative harassments : elaboration, monitoring and evaluation

2. Support the Advocacy Working Groups of Goma and Bukavu for sharing advocacy notes/letters and monitoring in Kinshasa when needed

3. Develop a national advocacy strategy and identify potential advocacy opportunities, complementing the humanitarian advocacy covered by North and South Kivu advocacy working groups

4. Revive and support the advocacy working group in Kinshasa

5. Undertake background research, policy analysis, and consultation to draft common NGO messages/talking points, position/policy papers, and other advocacy documents.

6. Support joint advocacy initiatives/efforts.

Networking/Partnership Relations

1. Maintain and/or develop productive relationships with key individuals and agencies in the national government, UN, NGOs/civil society, counterpart institutions, donors, diplomatic community, etc.
2. Provide information and briefings on the function/role and structure of the NGO forum

The Person

To achieve this you will need to have Master degree in international relations, humanitarian affairs, political science, development, social science, and international law or related field, 5-10 years of humanitarian experience with INGOs, Prior experience with multi-agency and/or humanitarian coordination ; 5-10 years of experience at the management level, 5-10 Experience in representation, negotiation and coordination, Experience dealing with Governments, donors and UN agencies, Prior advocacy-related experience, Experience in the Great Lakes Region

This is an opportunity for an exceptional, dedicated, and highly motivated professional, with a strong commitment to Oxfam's values and beliefs. If you believe you are the candidate we are looking for, please download the full job description and apply online at www.oxfam.org.uk/jobs. Reference INT2850

Closing date: 10^th October 2016

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