Country Director South Sudan

As Country Director South Sudan, you will lead an impact-oriented country programme spanning humanitarian assistance and long-term development. You will ensure alignment with WHH's global strategy, quality standards, Code of Conduct, organizational values, and partnership principles. You will represent WHH in relevant humanitarian and development forums, strengthen strategic partnerships, lead resource mobilization and donor engagement, and secure new funding opportunities. In South Sudan's highly complex operating environment, you will provide strategic leadership across programme quality, organizational performance, security, people management, and operational effectiveness. Your responsibilities include providing strategic leadership and overall management of WHH's country programme, leading high-quality humanitarian and development programming, ensuring financial sustainability through effective resource management, leading and developing a high-performing Senior Management Team, ensuring effective risk management and safeguarding, building and strengthening strategic partnerships, representing WHH externally, ensuring compliance with organizational policies and donor requirements, promoting accountability to affected populations, and contributing to organizational leadership and continuous improvement through active participation in the WHH Global Leadership Team.

Significant senior leadership experience in fragile and conflict-affected contexts; Demonstrated strategic leadership with the ability to drive organizational performance in complex environments; Proven experience leading organizational change, transformation, and crisis response; Extensive experience managing integrated humanitarian and development portfolios; Strong track record in resource mobilization, business development, and organizational sustainability; Proven ability to lead large, multidisciplinary, and geographically dispersed teams; Demonstrated ability to foster collaboration, alignment, and effective cross-functional leadership; Full professional proficiency in English is essential; Commitment to WHH's values, Code of Conduct, and transparency principles