**Engaging the world’s armed groups and de facto authorities in complex situations, Geneva Call’s staff is a force for humanity, respect and hope. We employ a highly motivated and dedicated staff from diverse backgrounds and nationalities. We offer a unique working environment in a challenging field. If you’re skilled and passionate, we would like to hear from you.**
**Mission**:
Geneva Call is a neutral and impartial non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting respect for international humanitarian norms in armed conflict and other situations of violence. Geneva Call’s mission is to ensure that armed groups and de facto authorities respect International Humanitarian Law and basic humanitarian principles in the areas where they fight, or they control.
**Role**:
Under the overall supervision of the Director of Operations, the Deputy Director of Operations (DDO) manages and coordinates Geneva Call’s field operations in Africa and Latin America. The function is responsible for the management and implementation of field operations and effective coordination with programs, policy, research and Legal and other units at the headquarters. The position coordinates Geneva Call’s participation in humanitarian responses in Africa and Latam and provides the direction to country missions to fulfil Geneva Call’s mandate to enable the protection of the vulnerable communities we serve.
The DDO supports the Director of Operations in ensuring strategic engagement, positioning and visionary leadership overseeing Geneva Call’s operations in the field and develop strategic engagements with key stakeholders. The DDO is overseeing the management of country missions, providing guidance to the country directors on strategic priorities, ensuring budgetary compliance and smooth implementation of programmatic activities,



while ensuring coherence and full compliance with internal policies and procedures.
The Deputy Director of Operations ensures technical support from Program, and Policy and Legal units is channelized effectively to the field operations, in responding to Geneva Call’s mandate as well as in thematic areas such as child protection, prohibiting sexual violence, protection of health care, famine prevention and others.
**Core Functions / Responsibilities**:
**Strategy and Management**
- Manage Geneva Call’s field operations in Africa and Latam and provides strategic direction and ensures effective coordination in the implementation of Geneva Call’s Strategy as approved by the Board.
- Provide substantive and strategic advice to the to all country directors and missions on engagement with all relevant stakeholders including AGDAs, multilateral partners, civil society and donor representatives in line with humanitarian principles.
- Provide guidance to country missions on operational policy and advocacy and facilitates Geneva Calls participation in regional and country-level inter-agency humanitarian coordination forums, mechanisms, and processes, including following up on international humanitarian discussions.
- Contribute to the formulation of policy and its implementation on matters related to IHL, protection mainstreaming, conflict sensitivity,



accountability to affected populations and prevention of sexual abuse and exploitation in Geneva Call’s operations.
- On the direction of Director of Operations, take lead in conducting feasibility assessment for establishing new country missions in coordination with relevant units in the headquarters.
**Operational Coordination**
- Coordinate with and support Global Head of Program and Development in effective implementation of programmatic cycle managements tools in the field operations and developing programs in alignment with Geneva Call’s approved strategy.
- Coordinate with and Support Policy, Research and Legal unit to provide technical support on IHL and specific thematic to the focal points in the country missions and ensure standardization of GC thematic policies and practices in the field operations.
- Facilitate MEAL unit to conduct independent monitoring and evaluation of programs and ensure success factors and measurements are in place and follows-up closely on progress and implementation rate.
- In coordination with the Global Engagement Unit, implement communication strategy across all field operations while ensuring conflict sensitivity and respect of humanitarian principles
- Implement Geneva Call’s field safety and security policy in coordination with the head of safety and security unit and participate in the crisis management team at a general level.
- Responsible as a budget holder for Africa and Latam as well as specific regional projects and ensures budget is spent according to stipulated internal compliance policies and procedures. Ensuring all Support services such as finance, HR, logistics, IT and donor relations enable to provide technical supports to the relevant functions in the field operations.
**Fundraising and Donor Briefings**
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📌 Deputy Director of Operations (África)
🏢 Geneva Call
📍 África