Country/Response Director, Central African Republic

With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Here’s where you come in:

As the Country/Response Director for Central African Republic, you will be responsible for directing the response from strategy to implementation, inclusive of performance and oversight of all aspects of the response. You will develop and maintain an efficient, cohesive team, whilst ensuring effective coordination and relationships with the other agencies, officials, beneficiaries, donors and partners and all areas of the World Vision.

Requirements include:

• University degree in Humanitarian Studies or relevant field. Master’s degree preferred.
• A minimum of 15 years in leadership role in the humanitarian assistance, with a significant portion of this with International NGOs.
• Experience working in a fragile context and managing food assistance and HEA grants.
• Strong experience in leading humanitarian responses in highly insecure environments.
• Effective in written and verbal communication in English and in French.
• The position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 25% of the time.
• Work hours are often in excess of 12 hours per day during difficult periods of the response.