Southern and Eastern Africa Regional Director

Location: Boone, NC, United States

About the role

We are seeking a Regional Director for Southern and Eastern Africa to join our International Projects team in Boone, North Carolina. Through humanitarian work, the goal and purpose of Samaritan's Purse are to help people in Jesus' name and share the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

As a faith-driven organization, our Statement of Faith shapes every aspect of our global work. We start each day with a time of devotions and prayer for each other, our staff, and volunteers who serve around the world.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with field leadership to ensure the successful implementation of projects from proposal to completion.
• Review and approve all periodic field financial and programmatic reporting for submission to Projects senior leadership.
• Represent the Projects department throughout International Headquarters and liaise with external contacts as directed by senior management.
• Communicate with funding recipients to ensure timely reports on funds received.
• Provide leadership direction and hold field personnel accountable to policies, procedures, and operational guidelines.
• Promote and ensure field offices maintain a culture of integrity and transparency in all operations, including safeguarding and preventing fraud, bribery, and corruption.
• Identify, develop, and monitor partners who respond to critical needs in the region.
• Serve on the Incident Management Team and be available to deploy to the Disaster Assistance Response Team in disaster situations within the region and globally.
• Travel to field sites as needed for temporary assigned field responsibility, project review and assessment, assurance of policy execution, inventory confirmation, or other work as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Directly manage three to five subordinates who supervise an average of 150 employees in international field offices, and directly supervise one to five non-supervisory employees.
• Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with Samaritan's Purse policies and applicable laws, including interviewing, hiring, training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from a four-year college or university and five to seven years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Twelve credit hours of college-level Biblical studies are strongly preferred.

Skills

• Supervisory and leadership skills in managing large teams and field operations.
• Experience in financial and programmatic reporting.
• Strong communication and liaison skills with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to travel frequently (75-100 days/year internationally) and maintain required travel documents and vaccinations.

Benefits

• On-site Medical Clinic (staff and dependents).
• Medical, prescription, dental, and vision insurance.
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
• Long-term and Short-term disability insurance.
• Paid Family Medical Leave.
• Term Life Insurance.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• 10 paid holidays.
• 12 vacation/personal days.
• 10 sick days.

Schedule

This is a full-time position requiring frequent international travel of approximately 75-100 days per year.