Programme Director – South Sudan

About Us

GOAL has responded to the world’s major humanitarian crises since its founding in 1977, working with vulnerable communities in 15 countries across the globe with a dedicated team of 3,500 personnel. While GOAL continues to be an agile first-responder to humanitarian crises, it is also committed to working with vulnerable communities to help them survive crises and support them on the road to recovery.

About our Programme
GOAL has been working in South Sudan since 1985 with a focus on health, nutrition, WASH, food security and livelihoods. GOAL currently implements a mix of health, nutrition, food security and livelihoods and emergency response programmes in Agok, Baliet, Gogrial East, Kajo-Keji, Kuajok, Melut, Twic and Ulang, with its head office in Juba. GOAL is continually adapting and responding to the context to support the communities where we work.

Job Purpose

The Programme Director is a key senior member of our Country Management Team with overall responsibility for developing the programmatic and funding approaches, guiding the programmes team in implementation and ensuring GOAL delivers high-quality programming to our beneficiaries. The successful candidate will promote evidence-based programme design, using a systems approach where possible while maintaining the flexibility to react to rapidly evolving contexts and sudden onset emergencies.

You’ll manage both technical and programme coordinators as well as MEAL and be responsible for ensuring donor reporting is clear, concise and timely. The role has an over-arching responsibility for ensuring that GOALs cross-cutting agenda (Protection, Gender, Partnership and the Environment) is embedded throughout programme design and implementation. This is a critical role and requires an inspiring leader with a proven track record of successfully managing and growing a large country programme.

Duties and Responsibilities

Proposal Development & Reporting

• Lead evidence-based proposal development; coordinate, manage and where necessary contribute to proposal writing
• Oversee all aspects of GOAL’s programme reporting internally (headquarters) and with donors.
  Ensure GOAL produces high quality interim and final donor reports which effectively monitor and communicate programme progress and successes,
• Actively promote, and participate in, donor and/or media visits to field activities

Programme Delivery

• Oversee all aspects of programme implementation across all GOAL portfolios.
• Work with Technical coordinators and programme managers to ensure programmes are well delivered; follow a safe programming approach delivered are on time and on budget
• Ensure partner implemented projects are fully integrated into the overall GOAL programme and implemented in accordance with project management best practice
• Maintain a solid understanding of the needs, challenges and priorities of beneficiaries ensuring current and future programmes are implemented to best respond to these needs.

MEAL

• Ensure GOAL maintains a robust MEAL team capable of, and committed to, all aspects of the MEAL portfolio including critical analysis of data to establish the evidence base for proposal development,
• Support the development and implementation of appropriate monitoring, evaluation and programme management tools and systems
• Work closely with the MEAL Co to develop GOAL South Sudan internal mechanisms for knowledge management integrated with the broader GOAL knowledge base.

Financial Management & Accountability

• Work closely with the Financial Controller, Country Director and Individual Budget Holders to establish and maintain rigorous oversight of programme expenditure and providing clear, accurate and timely projections on all aspects of programme spend.
• Carry out detailed reviews of monthly management accounts and donor status reports with the FC.
• Ensure that programmes are implemented in accordance with GOAL and donor policies, practices and procedures and that all grant specific donor requirements are complied with as needed to ensure only eligible costs are incurred.

Representation & Senior Management

• Deputise for and represent the Country Director as needed in communication with local and regional authorities; donors; implementing partners, the NGO Forum and the UN
• Actively participate in strategic planning as the lead programme figure within the Senior Management Team providing overall leadership, guidance and direction to the programme team,
• Position GOAL in South Sudan as the partner of choice to international and national NGOs, consortia and for-profit agencies within the humanitarian and development spheres

Key skills and Requirements

Significant previous experience working in humanitarian, recovery or development settings.
Demonstrated background working in a senior management role with a similar NGO (ideally with regional /Country experience)
Experience engaging with government at all levels, institutional donors, UN agencies, cluster system and NGO coordination mechanisms
Management skills with the ability to adapt quickly to meet the demands of the programme;
Interpersonal and facilitation skills with the ability to lead teams to reach consensus on complex and/or divisive issues
Excellent presentation, oral and writing skills
Experience of programme implementation through partners by distance management.
Commitment to capacity building staff and nationalising positions

We strongly encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every single requirement listed. At GOAL we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please just contact our Recruitment Team at recruitment.hq@goal.ie

GOAL commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:
GOAL is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building an inclusive environment for all employees. We foster an inclusive culture where all voices are heard and valued, we are particularly eager to receive applications from women (and other underrepresented groups). We know that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

All employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling GOAL’s commitment to equal employment opportunity and equal treatment. GOAL does not discriminate against any employee or volunteer; or any applicant for employment or volunteering on the basis of age, gender identity, ancestry, political opinion, civil status, medical condition, ethnic background, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.

Accountability within GOAL
A commitment to GOAL values and GOAL’s integrity framework is critical to working with GOAL. Any candidate offered a job with GOAL will be expected to adhere to the following key areas of accountability: 1) Comply with GOAL’s policies and procedures with respect to safeguarding, code of conduct, health and safety, confidentiality, do no harm principles and unacceptable behaviour protocols; 2) Report any concerns about the welfare of a child or vulnerable adult or any wrongdoings within our programming area; 3) Report any concerns about inappropriate behaviour of a GOAL staff or partner.

Safeguarding
Children and vulnerable adults who come into contact with GOAL as a result of our activities must be safeguarded to the maximum possible extent from deliberate or inadvertent actions and failings that place them at risk of abuse, sexual exploitation, injury and any other harm. One of the ways that GOAL shows this on-going commitment to safeguarding is to include rigorous background and reference checks in the selection process for all candidates.

General Terms and Conditions

This Job Description only serves as a guide for the position available. GOAL reserves the right to change this document.