Deputy Head of Region Africa

Are you a high performing humanitarian professional who can provide inclusive leadership to the Danish Red Cross engagement in the Africa region? If yes come and join us at the Danish Red Cross!

Danish Red Cross aims to make a difference for people with high vulnerability living in complex, fragile and protracted crises contexts, and facing disasters and conflicts. The Danish Red Cross (DRC) has been present in Africa for four decades. Currently DRC is engaged in 10 countries in Africa with an annual turnover of approximately EUR 35 million, 60 expatriate and national staff under local contract and 8 country offices (Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan). In these countries, DRC supports the National Red Cross Red Crescent Societies within resilience building, emergency response, preparedness and anticipatory action, health notably non-communicable diseases and psychosocial support, youth and volunteer management, migration, and branch development.

The Deputy Head of Region (DHoR) position is based at the DRC Regional Office Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with the overall purpose to deputize and support the DRC Head of Region (HoR) in strategic engagement and business development and resource mobilisation, Regional Office management as well as representation towards Host National Societies, Movement and non-Movement partners, donors and other key stakeholders in the region. In addition, the DHoR is responsible for remote country representation in countries of engagement without DRC presence, currently Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe.

The DHoR is part of the DRC Africa management team with direct reference to the DRC HoR, based in Addis Ababa with travel within the region including to high security risk contexts as required to fulfill the Job Description outlined here up to 60 days annually.

Key responsibilities

The DHoR main areas of responsibility are:

• Business and project portfolio development in the region with an overall growth objective in close cooperation with the HoR
• Deputizing and representing the DRC Regional Office Africa as agreed with the HoR in a division of responsibilities and in the absence of the HoR
• Remote country representation in countries of engagement without DRC presence and representation, currently Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe

Day-to-day management of the Regional Office and line management of regional staff in close dialogue with the DRC HoR Africa

The position will include key tasks within business development, project idea and concept development, resource mobilisation, management, coordination, representation and general support to the DRC HoR and Country Managers in the Africa region.