Country Director - Nepal

Job Title: Country Director-Nepal

"Preference for a candidate who is a citizen of Nepal; but open to all Nationals"

Reports to: Regional Campaign and Policy Manager - Asia

Total Workforce: 75 - 100 Staff

Location: Kathmandu, Nepal

The Role:

The Country Director is responsible to contribute and implement Oxfam’s Global Strategy, by providing vision and strategic direction to all of Oxfam’s work in the Country. This includes Oxfam’s humanitarian responses, long term development programme design and implementation, advocacy and policy, campaigns and influencing.

What we are looking for: 

We are looking for a dynamic, charismatic and inspiring leader with a strong commitment to Oxfam's values and beliefs with the following competencies and qualification: 

• Significant senior leadership and management experience in the development and delivery of high quality programs, influencing and humanitarian strategy, with and through partners or directly, in one or more challenging locations.
• Experience of managing complex change processes and relationships involving a wide range of both internal and external multi-cultural stakeholders across a variety of disciplines and geographical areas.
• Proven track record in resource mobilisation and business development and the ability to maximise fundraising from diverse institutions, both local and international.
• The ability to ‘think politically’ understanding motivations, pressures, power dynamics and challenges faced by colleagues, partners, decision makers and other actors; and the ability to generate effective strategies to influence them.
• Experience of managing security, risk and legal compliance within an INGO context.
• Proven track record of success in representing an organization with partners, government agencies, private sector organizations, media and donors at senior level: nationally and globally.

We offer:

At Oxfam, we believe that every aspect of our work can lead to a positive outcome. If you have the same opinion, together with the ability to meet the challenges involved, this role offers scope for immense personal fulfilment – as well as outstanding opportunities to develop your career.

Oxfam is committed to providing a competitive compensation package based on a 40-hour work week.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding:

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply. 

Note: All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.

How to apply:

To Apply, please refer to this link: https://jobs.oxfam.org.uk/vacancy/10699/description

Applications for the above position can be sent by 12 June 2019. The Vacancy Announcement has been posted  on Oxfam's website. Kantipur Daily, Relief web and LinkedIn. It will be published on The Himalayan Times on Wednesday, 29 May 2019.

About Us

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. That means we tackle the inequality that keeps people poor. Together we save, protect and rebuild lives. When disaster strikes, we help people build better lives for themselves, and for others. We take on issues like land rights, climate change and discrimination against women. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can enjoy life free from poverty.

Oxfam GB is a member of international confederation of 19 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries.