🇸🇱 Job Vacancy @ OneVillage Partners – Country Director

OneVillage Partners enhances collective wellbeing across Sierra Leone by investing in people and communities through partnerships. We envision a future where Sierra Leoneans amplify their collective power to lead transformational change in their communities.

The full-time Country Director provides leadership and strategic direction for OneVillage Partners in Sierra Leone, and for the team of more than 50 staff. Reporting to the Executive Director, this individual ensures our operations are aligned with and on track with OneVillage Partner’s strategic goals and is the primary link between the US and Sierra Leone offices. As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, the Country Director provides guidance across departments, ensuring programs, finances, operations, and grants are strategically aligned and functioning smoothly.

Responsibilities

Strategy and Leadership

• Implement OneVillage Partners’ strategic plan in close collaboration with the US office, Sierra Leone office, and Executive Director.
• Advise and report on Sierra Leone activities-based, anticipating and notifying senior leadership of potential threats to program execution and financial viability and recommending response and preparation as needed.
• Develop and build partnerships with relevant organizations, government institutions and networks to further the strategic objectives of One Village Partners-US
• Collaborate closely with Executive Director to support Board activities, particular in regards to engaging SL-based Board Members, serving on Board Committees, and supporting and modeling best governance practice with new Board and staff.
• Foster an open, learning-oriented working culture that reflects OneVillage Partners’ core values.
• Serve as a spokesperson for OneVillage Partners -US and OneVillage Partners -SL in public engagements as requested.

Operations and Administration

• Provide leadership to a team of more than 50 in Sierra Leone, including Finance and Accounting, Programs, Monitoring and Evaluation and Operations teams with four direct reports: Finance and Operations Director, Programs and Partnerships Director, Monitoring and Evaluation Manager, and Communications Manager.
• Provide direction in building country-level staff structure in line with organizational budget and strategies, and ensure a motivated, productive and appropriately managed team.
• Responsible for overall programmatic direction and team leadership in Sierra Leone on programs and program expansion.
• Serve as overall risk manager for in-country operations, anticipating and responding to potential threats to program implementation and financial viability.
• Ensure that all administrative and operational procedures and protocols are being followed, resources are utilized in a transparent and accountable manner, and that all operations are in adherence with national legislation and policy; develop new protocols and policy as needed.
• Manage external consultants as needed.
• Ensure ONE VILLAGE PARTNERS programs operate at highest standards of quality and ethics.

Grants and Fundraising

• Work closely with the Fundraising Team to set and execute the annual Sierra-Leone based giving strategy and developing strategies to achieve long-term revenue goals.
• Achieve revenue growth goals by securing, managing, and stewarding support from multilateral and bilateral funders, and through partnerships and other consortia.
• Manage the complete life cycle of assigned OneVillage Partners’ awards, including research, grant writing, implementation, budgeting, and reporting.
• Oversee the creation of timely, compelling, and accurate grant proposals, funder reports, and budgets that meet grant requirements.
• Actively support the project management and systems for grant writing, funder relationship management and funder reporting, ensuring teammates are well-informed of milestones and deadlines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in International Development, Non-Profit Management or a relevant field
• Minimum of 5 years of senior management experience in international development, preferably in West Africa
• Experience in Community-Led Development methodologies and practices
• Experience executing on strategy across multiple offices and under guidance of a Board of Directors.
• Experience managing a multi-disciplinary team in a cross-cultural setting
• Strong financial management skills and experience creating and overseeing budgets; experience with QuickBooks a plus
• Excellent written and spoken English language ability; knowledge of Mende or Krio a plus

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in International Development, Non-Profit Management or a relevant field
• Lived experience in geography in which we work

** Sierra Leone nationals are especially encouraged to apply**

To Apply To apply, please e-mail your resume and cover letter to [email protected] with “Country Director Application” in the subject line by February 15, 2025.