Country: South Sudan
Closing date: 29 Oct 2014
Location: Juba, South Sudan
Contract: 12 months
Salary: $45,174-$50,821 plus benefits
Closing date: 29th October 2014
Malaria Consortium is recruiting for an Operations Coordinator to join the team in South Sudan. The Operations Coordinator (Ops Co) will manage and coordinate the Logistics and Human Resources and Admin departments across South Sudan. The Ops Co will be responsible for security and general coordination of operations functions of Malaria Consortium South Sudan and ensure efficient and timely operational support is provided to the Program staff to implement quality programs. The Ops Co is also responsible to ensure correct records are maintained to allow Finance Department to process payments to time and all auditable documentation is in line with donor requirements, specific to each grant.
The Ops Co is a member of the Country Management Team (CMT); he/she will work closely with the other members of the CMT to achieve the programme’s objectives. Ops Co reports to the Country Director and will cover for the CD and take on CD responsibilities in CD’s absence.
This position will be based in Juba with regular travel within South Sudan as required.
The successful candidate will have:
• At least five years operational experience;
• At least two years managing large teams of national and international staff in a developing country;
• Degree in operations related discipline
• Experience with international NGO, with focus on logistics and security management;
• Experience and knowledge of NGO HR procedures including recruitment, performance management, writing contracts and job descriptions;
• Experience of working in insecure locations / humanitarian environment;
• Leadership
• Understanding of procurement procedures and can demonstrate examples of putting these procedures into practice.
• Financial, budgetary and excel skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft systems and packages (Windows, Office, Outlook).
• Organisational and personal time management skills.
• Can demonstrate ability to prioritize.
• Ability to communicate, negotiate and influence people from different back grounds and professions and those at different levels; Government, military, International partners (UN, NGOs, CBOs, donors) from senior officials and community members.
• Analytical skills: ability to understand, analyse, summarise and share information, re packaging information for different audiences.
• Flexible and able to adapt to a quickly changing environment by applying knowledge and experience to solve unforeseen and unexpected problems.
How to apply:
For more information please visit our website www.malariaconsortium.org where you will have access to the full job description. Please send your CV, with a covering letter outlining how you meet the person specification and your current salary information, to Human Resources at HR.Recruitment@malariaconsortium.org
Malaria Consortium thanks you for your application. However, due to the volume of applications received, only short listed candidates will be contacted within three weeks of the closing date.