The Country Director (CD) is the maximum responsible of Action Against Hunger (AAH) in the mission. In coordination with the Head of Regipnal Operations, he/she will ensure the correct management of resources in order to achieve the strategic objectives.
He/she will ensure following the global and national strategy, maintaining quality and relevance of the carried out actions, always under the organization’s mandate.
The CD, through his/her leadership, will motivate the team, anticipating and managing possible conflicts. He/She will encourage innovative focus and will supervise the coordination team. Likewise, he/she will be defining the training strategy and professional development of his/her team, overarching the global mission's staff.
The CD is responsible for the security of his/her team, he/she will promote, encourage and supervise the implementation of the charter of principles of Action against Hunger, as well as of its ethics code and anti-fraud politics.
He/She will represent Action against Hunger before donors, authorities, international organizations, other NGOs, private sector and whichever institution of interest. The CD is the spokesperson of Action against Hunger before national and international media, under the coordination of the Communication Area of the organization.
The CD is in charge of ensuring the financial viability of the mission in coordination with HQ and ensuring an efficient management of available resources of the Mission. He/She will direct the implementation of the fundraising strategy of public and private funds, designed in coordination with HQ and with the appropaire use of Advocacy tactics. Likewise, he/she will be responsible of promoting technical innovative focus , nurturing and developing partnerships and fostering best practices and their replicability. The CD is responsible of achieving the annual objectives of the mission.
Context explanation:
Action Against Hunger established its presence in Lebanon in 2006, initially supporting the internally displaced population following the armed conflict of July 2006. In 2011, we expanded our operations to provide humanitarian assistance through food security, water, sanitation and hygiene, protection, food-security, livelihoods and nutrition. Our interventions use a comprehensive approach encompassing humanitarian, stabilisation and resilience components, covering the South, Nabatieh, Bekaa, and includes hardto-reach areas like Aarsal, Baalbek El-Hermel, and Chebaa. Since 2020, our nutrition programme expanded to include interventions aimed at improving infant and young child feeding (IYCF) at community level as a key priority in the effort to improve survival, growth, and development of children. Following the August 2020 Beirut port blast, we are operational as well in Beirut and whole our programming has included a special response that takes into consideration the impact of COVID19 epidemic.