ActionAid South Africa (AASA) was established in May 2006 and is a part of ActionAid, a global justice federation that advances poverty eradication, gender equality and social justice by working with people living in poverty\u00a0and exclusion, their communities, and people organisations and social movements in over 40 countries. In South Africa, the focus is women’s and girls’ rights, land and food rights, children and education, communities affected by mining and policy advocacy and campaigns.<\/p>\n
Job Title:\u00a0Country Director<\/strong> About The\u00a0Role<\/strong><\/p>\n The Country Director will inspire vision, strategic leadership and financial sustainability as well as guidance to harness ActionAid’s human and financial resources, partnerships, alliances and other resources in delivering the organisation’s mandate in line with its values and established policies.<\/p>\n Purpose Of The Role<\/strong><\/p>\n The\u00a0position is central to\u00a0the success of the\u00a0country\u00a0programme in South Africa, but also the Federation in general: working towards a world\u00a0without poverty\u00a0and injustice in which every person enjoys their right\u00a0to a life of dignity. The\u00a0Country Director has to\u00a0translate the global strategy into the South\u00a0African context, provide country support to peer countries and\u00a0engage\u00a0in\u00a0regional and\u00a0global initiatives. The\u00a0Country\u00a0Director will\u00a0report to\u00a0the\u00a0Head\u00a0of\u00a0Country Support,\u00a0Africa\u00a0and\u00a0will be\u00a0the\u00a0line\u00a0manager\u00a0for\u00a0the Head of Policy and Programmes, Head of Fundraising, Head of Operations and an Executive\u00a0Assistant.<\/p>\n Key Responsibilities and Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n Strategic\u00a0Leadership<\/p>\n Development and maintenance of a good organizational and country programme corporate identity<\/p>\n Values Practice & Strategy Change Priorities<\/p>\n Strategy Development and Implementation<\/p>\n Programme \u00a0Management<\/p>\n Operations & Finance<\/p>\n Management framework<\/p>\n Servicing the National Board<\/p>\n Person\u00a0<\/strong>Specification<\/strong><\/p>\n Experience<\/p>\n How To\u00a0<\/strong>Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n Piqued your interest? To apply for this role, please prepare your CV (in English) and a motivation letter (one page) that summarises how your profile aligns with the key requirements, skills and abilities of this role. Both files should be submitted as .doc(x) or .rtf documents via this form\u00a0www.mis.ti\/CV.<\/a><\/p>\n After submitting your application, you will receive an automated confirmation. If you do not receive this or have general questions about \u00a0submitting your application, please write to\u00a0enqui<\/a>ry@missiontalent.com.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Application Closing Date:\u00a0<\/strong>3rd December 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ActionAid South Africa (AASA) was established in May 2006 and is a part of ActionAid, a global justice federation that advances poverty eradication, gender equality and social justice by working…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[77],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nJob Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Johannesburg
\nStarting Date:<\/strong> As soon as possible
\nType of contract:<\/strong> 3-5 years
\nReference:<\/strong> AASA-CD-RSA<\/p>\n\n
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