Country Manager – Consultant (Indonesian National)

Job Title: Country Manager – Consultant (Indonesian National)

Function: Management

Job Group: Senior Leadership

Duty Station: Indonesia (Banda Aceh, with travel to NP Indonesia field locations)

Administrative Line Manager: Regional Director for Asia

Line Management Responsibility: Finance Coordinator, Program Manager

ABOUT US

Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP) reimagines security and civilian protection in areas most impacted by conflict by working alongside communities to interrupt and prevent violence. NP is a global civil society organisation that works with people affected by violent conflicts to enhance their security and dignity through Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP) and by helping to transform the world’s response to conflict situations.

JOB PURPOSE

As Country Manager, you will be a member of the In-Country Senior Leadership Team where you have the opportunity to contribute to the development of NP in Indonesia. You are excited to be a key part of a dynamic, challenging and growing organization.

You are a strategic, entrepreneurial thinker, with humanitarian experience, particularly in civilian protection. You have excellent interpersonal skills and are great at connecting and building trust with people from a wide variety of backgrounds. You are experienced in representing organizations to high-level authorities, donors, the media and communities. You know how to support successful programming with strong operational and administrative functions. You are a solution-focused, highly creative and tenacious problem solver.

KEY OBJECTIVES/RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic People Management

As Country Manager, you are responsible for setting the overall direction of the country operation as well as the day-to-day operational management. That means that you will:

• Ensure that the Team have clear and realistic goals and objectives
• Ensure an open and trust-based dialogue through regular coordination meetings to ensure alignment with the overall strategy
• Ensure that the country senior management team is effective, mutually supporting and sufficiently involved in key decision-making processes
• Be responsible for the overall management of the operation, including thorough staffing plans, recruitment and development of staff
• Travel to field locations for direct operational support and representation

Programme Development & Representation

• Lead the development and update of the programme strategy, within NP’s overall regional and global strategic frameworks
• Lead the development of the country programme within strategic objectives
• Ensure that NP maintains excellent and productive relations with all key stakeholders, especially beneficiaries, local authorities, humanitarian actors and donors
• Ensures that secured donor contracts and income are managed effectively and efficiently in compliance with donor contractual requirements and NP policies and procedures
• Represent the country programme to authorities, donors, partners and other relevant forums
• Strengthen NP’s position nationally and regionally

Fundraising and Advocacy

• Lead the process of identifying and exploring potential options for funding
• Together with the Programme Manager, support relevant staff in drafting concept papers, project proposals and budgets in line with the approved country strategy
• Define, develop and take the lead of the country’s advocacy strategy

Safety and Security

• Accountable for ensuring that NP’s programmes are delivered in a safe and secure manner
• Have overall accountability for security, including development of and ensuring adherence to security procedures, monitoring of the safety situation, analysing and provision of recommendations
• Responsible to report, in real-time, all security incidents to the Regional Director for Asia

Support Services

• Together with the Admin and Finance department, provide overall budget monitoring, financial management and expenses control including compliance with minimum NP requirements
• Ensure that allocated resources are managed effectively and transparently by respecting and meeting all legal requirements
• Oversee finance and administrative services in the country
• Ensure compliance with internal and external reporting requirements
• Ensure that required and efficient Supply Chain structures and processes are in place
• Together with the HR & Finance Team, analyse and develop strategic staffing plans and budgets to secure the right people with the right skills in the right place
• Provide leadership support to staff and promote best practices in people management
• Support and take the lead in initiatives related to performance management and staff development

Accountability and Quality

• Ensure that NP standard regulations and operational procedures (Code of Conduct, Global Handbook, Safeguarding Policy, etc.) are followed
• Guided by the NP’s Handbook, continuously monitor and develop relevant accountability initiatives in the field as well as strengthening the effort to document the impact of activities

Commitment to NP Principles

• Demonstrate a commitment to NP’s mandate and principles
• Maintain a positive image of the organisation full time while in the field
• All NP employees are expected to work per the organisation’s guiding principles:
  • Nonviolence
  • Non-partisanship
  • Primacy of local actors
  • Civilian-to-civilian action
• These principles and beliefs shall guide our actions and relationships in protecting civilians in violent conflicts through unarmed strategies

Other

• Any other tasks as delegated by the line manager

QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES

Education, Knowledge and Experience

• Relevant university degree or higher education, preferably in management, social sciences or international development; or equivalent professional experience
• Minimum seven years of leadership and management experience
• Previous experience working as a senior manager in a complex emergency context, including security management experience
• Demonstrated experience working with state and local, civil and armed actors
• Demonstrated ability to live, work and solve problems independently and effectively in remote, highly challenging locations
• Proven communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to analyse conflict, security and political contexts

Skills

Independent Judgment/Analytical:

• Ability to set priorities, solve problems and analyse data
• Ability to manage information with discretion
• Demonstrable conflict analysis skills, identify entry points and design prevention and protection strategies
• Able to work under pressure, independently and with limited supervision

Interpersonal:

• Result-oriented and problem-solving
• Ability to communicate effectively with individuals, motivate and provide leadership to the team and to work in a multi-cultural environment
• Solutions-focused, creative problem solver
• Proven ability to build relationships with the full range of actors including government, chiefs, military, police and non-state actors
• Genuine commitment and interest in living and working at the community level
• Flexibility and adaptability; able to cope with a changing environment, both on a professional and a personal level;

Language:

• Fluency in English is required

Information Technology:

• Good skills in Microsoft Office applications. Hardware IT skills are an asset

Other Specialized Requirements

• This position will have to travel to field sites, including locations with limited access to communications
• NP missions are often in a complex security environment where conditions change rapidly; the ability to manage in insecure environments is essential to success in this position