Deputy Country Coordinator - Palestine

About the role

Médicos del Mundo is looking for a Deputy Country Coordinator for its programme in the occupied Palestinian territory. The post is part of the Senior Management Team and reports to the Country Coordinator, with overall responsibility for programme support departments such as logistics, finance, grants, administration and human resources. The role is based in Jerusalem with regular visits to the sites where activities are carried out.

Key responsibilities

• Programme management: ensure quality design, monitoring and implementation; propose and implement risk mitigation measures and timely adjustments; monitor expenditure and budget compliance, revise monthly forecasts and report concerns to General Coordination.
• Keep departments communicating, ensure logistics and administrative needs are planned within budget and schedule, and act as mediator when needed.
• Support the programme team in identifying partnerships and in applying a localization approach.
• Manage support and technical coordinators, set clear objectives, coach staff and promote departmental coordination.
• Develop programme and operational strategies so that Médicos del Mundo can deploy quickly a large-scale humanitarian response, with deep knowledge of the context and crisis.
• Represent Médicos del Mundo with national and local authorities, NGOs and funding agencies, and channel field communication to headquarters.
• Take part in security meetings, update the headquarters security team and coordinate with the Humanitarian Access and Risk Officer on security and safety.

Required profile

• University degree or diploma; a Master's in International Cooperation and/or Humanitarian Aid is desirable.
• Fluent English (C1); Arabic is an asset.
• Substantial experience in humanitarian or emergency contexts in senior management roles (e.g. Country Director, Head of Operations or Head of Programmes).
• Experience in health programming, managing security in volatile contexts and armed conflict, and leading large multi-sectoral, multi-cultural teams.
• Change management, partnership development and working with local partners are assets.

Required skills

• Leadership, people management and mentoring.
• Planning, coordination and strong written and spoken communication.
• Stress management, cultural awareness, gender sensitivity and assertiveness.
• Office package user level.

The position is a permanent Group 5 contract with immediate availability. Applications are made through the Médicos del Mundo careers site.