Country Director – Turkiye

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.

GOAL Turkey began implementing humanitarian programmes in 2016, contributing to the national refugee response framework which affirms the human rights of refugees and migrants, advocating for support where it is most needed. Our project targets the most vulnerable and excluded refugees, specifically migrant seasonal agricultural workers, and members of nomadic/semi-nomadic groups to reduce, remove or prevent protection risks, until lasting solutions for their protection are found.

Job Purpose

The Country Director for GOAL Türkiye is responsible for context specific programming and is the key contact point for GOAL’s international donors.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for securing and responsibly growing the portfolio within the Country. The CD leads the process for updating and implementing the Country Funding Strategy; proactively engages existing and future donors.
• Responsible for aligning the country programme to GOALs Global Strategy through development and implementation of Country Strategic Plans and Annual Country Plans. The CD guides senior programme personnel on programme development, implementation and leveraging of global technical resources for Programme Quality visits and reviews.
• Responsible for ensuring all programme activities are planned, resourced, implemented, monitored and evaluated in a timely manner, to ensure that they are appropriate, necessary, cost effective, targeted, sustainable and in keeping with GOAL’s mission and philosophy and Turkish law.
• Responsible for leading the annual Country Budgeting process to ensure effective forecasts and resourcing. Responsible for managing and mitigating against risk in country.
• Support regional integration and collaboration with GOAL teams across Turkey.
• Represent GOAL in key stakeholder and peer networks and coordination mechanisms and with state and local government agencies.

The role

• Act as a representative of GOAL and demonstrate the highest standards of behaviour towards children and vulnerable adults both in your private and professional lives.
• Lead by example and coach and development capacity of the GOAL team in Türkiye.
• Provide strong leadership by motivating, inspiring and building a strong culture of collaboration and accountability while communicating effectively and making hard decisions if and when necessary.
• Provide troubleshooting interventions and an approach which supports problem solving and team building.

Essential Requirements

• Experience in humanitarian or development programming role in an INGO in the Middle East region.
• Experience in security and crisis management
• A record of successful engagement with institutional donors
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• An interest in capacity building/mentoring of teams
• Excellent staff management and personnel skills
• Problem solving skills to identify and lead the resolution of issues.
• Excellent coordination skills and ability to work as part of a team.
• Patient, flexible, able to improvise and communicate clearly and effectively under pressure.

Desirable

• Fluent written and spoken Turkish
• Experience directly managing multi-sector programmes across multiple grants and/or experience in managing qualified programme managers implementing multi-sector activities across multiple grants.
• Prior experience in programming in protection, resilience, livelihood and humanitarian response as well as refugee programming

GOAL is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building an inclusive environment for all employees. We know that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. If you would like more information or have any special requirements or needs that would support you during the recruitment process then please contact the Recruitment team [email protected]

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.