The Country Director is the leader-manager for LWR’s office in Syria and the official spokesperson for LWR in the country. Her/his primary responsibility is to develop both short-term and long-term strategies for recovery and sustainable development, provide direction and vision to LWR operations, office staff and coordinate with peer international NGOs in a manner that comports with LWR’s vision, values, and strategy and acquisition of  donor  funding  to build, sustain and expand country program. S/he plays a key role, working with other LWR HQ Departments to link programs and partners to donor, constituent, and advocacy targets. The Country Director also has overall responsibility for ensuring that the office is efficiently and effectively managed and liaising with local government.

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Bread for the World - Protestant Development Service is looking for a new Regional Representative in its regional office in Madang/Papua New Guinea. For more information, please look here.

ACT member Lutheran World Relief (LWR) is seeking a consultant to conduct a strategic landscape analysis of INGOs' operational and funding context in the Arab Republic of Syria. The assignment will last for approximately 10 weeks during February and March 2017 and will include information collection, situation analysis, field work, program designing, and research on setting up an office.

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ACT Alliance is looking for an Advocacy Officer to be based in Nairobi, Kenya. The overall responsibility of the ACT Advocacy Officer is to support and facilitate the member organisations and forums of ACT Alliance in order to enhance advocacy for human dignity, community resilience and sustainability, including the areas of climate justice, fighting inequalities and human rights, with particular focus on coordinated national, regional and global advocacy.

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The Lutheran World Federation, Department for Mission and Development (LWF/DMD) seeks a comprehensive approach for the accompaniment of member churches in building capacities for holistic mission encompassing proclamation, Diakonia and advocacy for justice.

The main purpose of this position is to lead, monitor and control the financial management of the department and be responsible for its planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting (PMER). This position also coordinates the funding support with the partner organizations and member churches and ensures compliance, accountability, transparency and stewardships of resources.

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The General Secretary (GS) leads the ACT Alliance and its secretariat from Geneva overseeing 26 staff in Amman, Bangkok, Nairobi, San Salvador and New York. As GS, you will be the face of the Alliance leading external relations and communicating the policy agenda. You will work closely with the Board and staff on the development and implementation of the Alliance’s strategic vision, plan, policies and programmes that seek to bring transformative change to those most affected by poverty and injustice.

Internally, you will secure the commitment of members, uniting and motivating them to come together as one organisation that makes use of the enormous assets of ecumenical and faith-based organisations working together.

You will develop a model for funding to secure its financial sustainability, increasing the proportion that comes from external sources, and deliver a strategy to adapt to the new challenges of a world that is changing fast. Leading the Alliance through these changes, combined with your understanding of global trends, will mean ACT is credibly positioned with international bodies such as the UN and the World Bank to create positive and sustainable change in the lives of poor and marginalised people through humanitarian aid, development and advocacy initiatives.

About You

You have the charisma and gravitas to hold a senior audience—as well as the wisdom to seek advice and the ability to communicate with people from all backgrounds. You are a communicator and negotiator and your insights and questioning will help other people to find answers.

You have a good understanding of the change that is affecting the world—and the causes of that change. You are decisive following consultation and analysis, acting with integrity in a context where faith is an important element of people’s lives.

Essentials

We expect you to be able to demonstrate that you:

• Can manage ecumenical relations with churches and other organisations within and beyond the Alliance.
• Are able to understand the priorities and craft strategies that secure the commitment of staff and 140 member churches and specialised ministries around the world, large and small, to create a universally-supported joint vision across of all parts of the Alliance: ACT members, ACT forums, ACT governance, the secretariat and related expert working groups and communities of practice.
• Lead the staff towards the achievement of the strategic and annual plans.
• Have the diplomacy to take others’ views into account—and to push back in the interests of the Alliance where necessary.
• Are able to build high-level relationships with global bodies including the United Nations and the World Bank as well as other partners and donors.
• Can present a compelling case for funding from members, as well as raising funds from external sources who understand the value of Alliance members working together.

Candidates are expected to share and be comfortable with the Christian faith, as expressed through membership in a member church of the World Council of Churches or the Lutheran World Federation.

Qualifications/ Education

• Masters level or equivalent.
• Fluency in spoken and written English is essential and fluency in French, Spanish or other international languages would be a distinctive advantage.

How to Apply

Applications must be addressed to Mission Talent via email to applications@missiontalent.com stating ACT-GS-CH /+your surname in the subject line.

To apply for this role, kindly attach your CV (in English) and a motivation letter (of 350 words or less) which summarises how your profile aligns with the key requirements, skills and abilities of this role. Please send these to us as Word files only.

After submitting your application, you will receive an automatic confirmation. If you do not receive this (check your spam folder as well), please contact Mission Talent via applications@missiontalent.com or via phone: +49 30 76 77 52 75.

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ACT Alliance is looking for an experienced practitioner in Sustainable Development to lead its international engagement in transformative development and represent the organisation within the UN and other multi-lateral structures. The position is based in the Ecumenical UN Office in New York with an expectation of up to 10% international travel.

For more details, please follow this link: sustainable-development-un-representative

ACT Alliance is looking for an experienced Global Humanitarian Coordinator to lead its international humanitarian work. The position is Geneva based with an expectation for up to 25% international travel.

Major functions

The Global Humanitarian Coordinator leads the ACT Alliance work in emergency preparedness and response and advices ACT’s humanitarian policy and advocacy agenda. This involves regular interaction with humanitarian directors of ACT Alliance members, representing ACT on relevant policy issues and managing an effective emergency preparedness and response, including fundraising for major humanitarian appeals.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures alliance-wide emergency preparedness
• Coordinates the ACT Alliance response to an emergency and leads the programme on humanitarian response
• Develops partnerships and fundraises for joint member-led initiatives, including the emergency appeals
• Represents ACT Alliance in global humanitarian coordination
• Ensures adequate policies, tools and guidelines in support of effective emergency responses
• Advises ACT’s humanitarian policy and advocacy agenda and in coordination with the Global Advocacy and Policy Coordinator supports the implementation of the global advocacy strategy
• Leads the ACT secretariat humanitarian team and supports staff based in regions
• Supports the ACT Alliance working bodies relevant to humanitarian response, humanitarian policy and advocacy work
• Communicates internally and externally on issues relevant to ACT Alliance’s humanitarian engagement
• Supports the General Secretary, the Director and Head of Strategy and Partnerships in external representational roles pertinent to the role

Competences

Committed:

• Committed to the values of the ACT Alliance and is sensitive to expressions of faith across cultures and denominations
• Takes pride in delivering on agreed priorities according to the highest standards individually and as part of a global team

Personal Effectiveness:

• Proactively finds innovative and creative solutions, is efficient and reliable, adapts to change and uncertainty, is decisive and acts with integrity

Working with others:

• Builds effective internal and external relationships, involves others when solving problems and treats others with consideration and respect in an alliance where faith is a key ingredient of people’s lives

Passionate:

• Passion for building and developing core skills for the role and contributes knowledge outside of immediate own role

People leadership:

• Team player who effectively motivates, influences and develops others, drives high performance, inspires people to follow them and acts as a role model

Working relationships

• Engages with ACT members and ACT forums engaged in emergency preparedness and response
• Liaises with the external stakeholders (UN agencies, governmental representations, INGO networks and INGO peers), particularly those based in Geneva
• Advises and supports regional staff in humanitarian response

Skills and experience

• A minimum of seven to ten years of relevant work experience including first-hand field based emergency response experience in a management role
• Excellent understanding of key issues for local and national responders and specific role and added value of churches and other faith based actors in humanitarian response
• Highly developed interpersonal and communications skills including influencing, negotiating and coaching
• In-depth knowledge of humanitarian principles and standards; good knowledge on major global actors as well as humanitarian coordination mechanisms
• Ability to analyse rapidly changing operational contexts and policy developments and to see opportunities emerging
• Ability to engage effectively and flexibly in a multi-stakeholder, faith based, membership working environment
• Relevant academic degree with excellent communication skills
• Excellent knowledge of English language, working knowledge of French or Spanish an asset

Deadline for Applications:
Kindly submit your application (letter of motivation and CV) to recruitment@actalliance.org by Wednesday 28 September 2016, 5pm CET.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), Department for World Service (DWS), is looking for a mature, qualified and experienced PMERL Consultant to strengthen the capacity of the LWF Country Program teams in the francophone countries in Africa. The consultant will closely collaborate with the Quality Assurance and Accountability team in the headquarters in Geneva who will supervise and backstop the consultant in close collaboration with the Country Programs.

Terms of Reference and application can be made by clicking on the following link:

https://lutheranworld.recruiterbox.com/jobs/fk06ook

The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), Department for World Service (DWS), is looking for a mature, qualified and experienced PMERL Consultant to strengthen the capacity of the LWF Country Program teams in the francophone countries in Africa. The consultant will closely collaborate with the Quality Assurance and Accountability team in the headquarters in Geneva who will supervise and backstop the consultant in close collaboration with the Country Programs.

Terms of Reference and application can be made by clicking on the following link: https://lutheranworld.recruiterbox.com/jobs/fk06oox

Programme Manager develops and leads the new ACT Alliance programme on Access to Rights and Protection for those who are forcibly displaced.

Duties and responsibilities

• Leads the development of the ACT Alliance programme on Access to Rights and Protection /Forced Displacement
• Coordinates and implements where appropriate the global level components of the programme, including its advocacy components
• Identifies and builds internal and external partnerships for the programme including works with and develops strategic relationships with WCC, LWF, ACT EU, CCME and other relevant ecumenical organisations
• Engages actively with UN, its member states and broader civil society where relevant
• Fundraises for the programme
• Supports the regional teams, other colleagues and the broader alliance on the implementation of the programme
• Communicates on the outcomes of the programme with internal and external stakeholders
• Reports on the implementation of the programme

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About us

Brot für die Welt, Christian Aid, Church of Sweden, ICCO Cooperation and Norwegian Church Aid, as part of the ACT Alliance, are taking a new, energetic approach to our work tackling inequality and poverty in Southern Africa. We are looking to recruit a manager for the initial phase of the change process as we move towards closer ways of working.

About the role

The purpose of the role is to facilitate the process of developing a new entity for ACT in South Africa and to provide organisational development support during the initial phase of the pilot. The role is for 12 months, with the possibility of extension. The position is based in the joint ACT office in Pretoria, South Africa. You will find more details about the change process, the pilot and the role in the terms of reference attached.

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