National Director – Ethiopia
Job Description
Habitat for Humanity Ethiopia is looking for a National Director (ND) to lead the National Organization in fulfilling its critical, complex role as housing expert, convener, and lead implementer of innovative housing solutions. The National Director must be a compelling, transformative leader with significant NGO or development sector leadership experience.
The National Director (ND) provides overall leadership and management to HFH Ethiopia and guides the development and implementation of HFH Ethiopia strategy. The ND will represent HFH Ethiopia’s vision, mission, and values to all stakeholders. The ND will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the organization by ensuring effective resource mobilization, financial and programmatic support/management to staff and partners, business & partnership development, Advocacy, and communications.
The National Director is to be based in Ethiopia with an expectation of national and international travel. The position is offered on national terms and conditions, and candidates must already have the right to work in Ethiopia.
Habitat for Humanity Ethiopia has been active since 1993 and is an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International. Since then, it has helped thousands of families in building decent homes with improved water and sanitation facilities. Habitat Ethiopia runs a diverse, innovative program, tailored to meet the local housing need.
Key Responsibilities
Cast a clear and transformative vision of the future of housing to build public and donor support.
Build a top-tier, people-centric leadership team and an agile, resilient organizational culture.
Oversee the implementation and growth of innovative, evidence-based programming.
Leverage strategic partnerships to drive multi-sector, national, and regional impact.
Champion good governance and the highest standards of accountability, ethics, and operational excellence.
Leadership
Requirements:
Compels others through embodiment and clarity of vision, building widespread internal and external support and driving action through a clear articulation of a value proposition.
Leads through ambiguity and transformation, modeling agile learning and supporting efforts to prioritize and support employees and stakeholders through change.
Upholds the highest standards of integrity and ethics while navigating organizational conflict, critical conversations, and decision-making.
Embodies trust and transparency by promoting a free flow of information throughout the organization and providing teams with the leverage to achieve goals and grow.
Embraces rest and resilience as critical to mission achievement, supporting and growing efforts to listen to and be responsive to employee feedback.
Fosters a culture of inclusion where diverse thoughts are freely shared and integrated.
Deeply respects and embraces the autonomy and power of all individuals, treating community members and employees with the same respect as strategic external partners.
Technical
Scoping the critical technical expertise to develop and drive a transformative strategy.
Hiring and developing top-tier leaders who will drive organizational strategy and build the organizational culture needed to achieve this strategy.
Building and growing strategic relationships with external partners, including multi-sector and multi-cultural leaders, local and national governments, and foundations and institutions.
Agile decision-making, embracing flexibility and responsiveness as critical to organizational success.
Aligning goals and strengthening the collaboration between local and international governance within a matrixed NGO system.
Familiarity with change management and people infrastructure and processes required to successfully navigate through change.
Familiarity with M&E, financial management, and other quality control infrastructure and processes required to maintain effective operations and programming.
Safeguarding: All employees must take seriously their ethical responsibilities to safeguard our intended beneficiaries, their communities, and all those with whom we work. Managers at all levels have responsibilities to support and develop systems that create and maintain an environment that prevents harassment, sexual exploitation, and abuse safeguards the rights of beneficiaries and community members (especially children), and promotes the implementation of Habitat for Humanity’s code of conduct.
Application Deadline: 8th January 2023
How To Apply
We are partnering with Red Sea Executive Search for the recruitment of this position. We invite you to see full details and apply directly through their website at the following link:
For further information or an initial, confidential, conversation about the position please email: .
As part of the application process kindly submit an MS Word version of your CV and a cover letter. All application documents (cover letter and CV) should be submitted in English. Please name your submitted files with the following reference: HfH_NDETH
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