Country Director

The Country Director will lead the IRC's country program in Yemen, providing strategic direction and oversight to ensure the delivery of high-quality humanitarian, emergency response, early recovery, and development programs.

Major Responsibilities:

• Leadership and Representation: Lead the country program, representing the IRC in Yemen and maintaining relationships with national and local authorities, donors, and other stakeholders.
• Strategic Direction, Program Quality and Growth: Set the strategic vision and direction of the country program, ensuring alignment with IRC's global strategy and objectives.
• Emergency Response Management: Take primary responsibility for overall strategic and operational emergency response readiness and action for the country program.
• Safety and Security Management: Take primary responsibility for overall management of safety and security for the country program.
• Staff Management and Development: Supervise and mentor direct-report staff, promoting a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing.
• Stewardship and Operational Management: Drive operational excellence, overseeing the development, deployment, and utilization of financial and operational policies, procedures, and systems.

Requirements:

• Strong leadership abilities and interpersonal skills.
• Experience in a leadership role in conflict settings and situations of constrained humanitarian access.
• Graduate degree in a relevant field.
• At least 12 years of dynamically responsible international work experience, including leadership at the Country Director level.
• Fluency in English; Arabic is a preferred asset.