Country Manager

Overview

My Client a leading African conservation company which seeks to sustainably finance wildlife and habitat conservation through the carbon market is looking for a Country Manager in Mozambique.

The Country Manager, based in Maputo will be responsible for strategic leadership and oversight of operations in the assigned country office, including program direction, country strategy development, program quality, innovation and impact, emergency preparedness and response, human resource management and talent development, financial and organization’s assets stewardship, resource acquisition, and administrative operations.

The Country Manager Mozambique is expected to demonstrate progress in achieving the measures of the Country Results Framework. S/He plays the leading role in managing the program and operations in the assigned country (Mozambique) and continuously evolving them to become relevant, more effective and efficient, and innovative.

• Provide strong leadership in the execution of high-quality country strategic plans relevant to the Company’s  Mission.
• Oversee the recruitment, orientation, and performance of senior staff and development of middle management staff; demonstrating healthy engagement, strong senior management teams, promoting a culture of innovation, and effective talent management.
• Strengthen the financial sustainability of projects and operations through vibrant resource development effort, striking healthy financial ratios, and effective budget administration.
• Develop the Company’s Mozambican reputation and brand among government and peer NGOs.
• Provide leadership in the development or change management of transformative initiatives in the country to enable continuous evolution of programs and their delivery models.

Requirements

• Fluency in written and spoken English AND Portuguese A MUST.
• 10 – 15 years’ experience in senior management position in international development.
• Experience in the management of large institutional grants preferred.
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills in English.
• Demonstrated high-level interpersonal and cross-cultural skills including the ability to build collaborative relationships internally and externally with sensitivity to cultural, ethnic, social and political issues.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in such areas as: project, budget and resource management.
• Strong visioning, strategic planning, implementation ability and effective under pressure, results oriented and proactive with the ability to multi-task.
• Ability to recognize, react and adjust to rapidly changing conditions and to lead the resources in appropriate direction with cohesiveness and a sense of urgency.

Education/ Certifications

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in related field of community development/social science or a relevant discipline.
• An additional qualification of a Master’s degree is preferred.