Established in 1949, SOS Children's Villages International (CVI) is a dynamic, international social development organization working globally to meet the needs and protect the interests and rights of children without parental care and those who are at the risk of losing it. SOS Children's Villages International (CVI exists in more than 134 countries. SOS Children's Villages Namibia is a member of SOS International a child-focused organization. It is non-governmental, non-political, non-denominational, and non-racial. Its overall mission is to build families for children in need, help them shape their own futures and share in the development of their communities. To realize the mission of the organisation, SOS CV Namibia is recruiting a National Director who will lead the organization.
Position title: National Director
Working location:** Windhoek
Contract Type: 3 Years Renewable**
Supervisor: Board of Directors and CVI Representative.
Key Functions **
• Deliver effective programmes and services to children, youth, families and communities within the framework of the organization’s Vision, Mission & Values.
• Lead strategic planning to ensure a sustainable organization whose work is relevant; whose programmes are operationally effective and which can guarantee quality child-care according to defined standard.
Monitor and evaluate programmes, facilities and other organizational functions, provide specified reports and act on agreements as guided by the regional office to ensure international strategies, accountability standards and policies are implemented.
• Develop projections and annual budgets for effective and sustainable management of the organization’s financial and other resources.
• Supervise fundraising and pursue support from government and private sources to maximize the resource mobilisation potential in the country and beyond.
• Recruit, train and retain the association’s highly skilled teams to ensure the organization has the necessary competencies to fulfill its long-term goals and objectives.
• Lead and supervise the national management team (programme/facility heads as well as departmental heads).
• Be the first point of contact and official spokesperson for crisis interventions and ensure cases are reliably reported according to standards of the international crisis communications guideline.
• Lead efforts to build and maintain professional relationships with funding partners, Regional and International Offices as well as with other stakeholders. Represent the organization both nationally and international.
This vacancy is archived.