Director – Belady organization Retour vers les opportunités

Position Title:  Tunisia Office-Director

Form of Employment: Full-Time Contract

Starting Date: October/ November 2022

Duration: One year with possibility of renewal

Background 

Belady – an Island for Humanity, is a human rights organization that advocates for civil and political rights and aims at promoting transparency and accountability and curbing violations. Belady is hiring a Director to manage the Tunisia office. 

Role & Responsibilities

1- Fundraising and Tunisia Office Direction (50% of allocated time)

• Proactively lead the process of applying for funding and broadening the funding base in the challenging funding environment of Tunisia.
• Lead Tunisia and Egypt teams in writing project proposals and concept notes along with budgets, using existing assessments and reports, while remaining in line with Belady’s mandate.

• Overall manage Tunisia-office staff members, including coaching and mentoring, coordination between, recruitment, and development of staff.
• Ensure compliance with internal and external reporting requirements including procurement.
• Oversee finance and administrative services in the country operation by providing overall budget monitoring, financial management and expenses control including compliance with minimum Belady and donor requirements and ensuring that necessary systems are in place.
• Ensure effective and transparent management of the resources allocated by respecting and meeting all legal requirements in Tunisia.

2- Research & data processing development (20% of allocated time)

• Prepare 2023’s timeline of research and publications based on national and international calendars as celebrations, international days etc.
• Oversee reports and data and train research team in improving their research and writing.

3- Needs Assessment and Strategies’ Development (25% of allocated

time)

• Proactively start developing the lacking strategies and policies participatively with Belady’ members and staff and external consultants when needed and lead their implementation as much as possible in the country-offices.

4- Others (5%)

• Carry out other duties as directed by Belady and associated with the jobpurpose.

Required Qualifications 

1- Advanced degree (Masters or higher) in political science, social science, legal studies and/or other relevant fields.

2- At least ten years of demonstrated work experience in designing projects and strategies and delivering studies.

3- Familiarity with the situation in Egypt and Tunisia is highly preferred.

4- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

5- Cultural and gender sensitivity.

6- Mastery of English, French and Arabic.

7- Experience in financial, risk and safety management.

8- Experience with institution resources planning.