Deputy National Director

SOS Children's Villages Nepal as a non-governmental social development organization support children without parental care and families in difficult living conditions through services in care, education, health and emergency relief. We advocate for the rights of children and young people, in alliance with a great diversity of partners. We offer a secure and friendly work environment; and are committed to safeguarding the rights of the children by having zero tolerance policy in this regard. We are further committed to provide a safe environment for staff and children, young people and adults with whom we work, where human rights are respected and upheld, and healthy relations fostered by building organizational systems, capacity, and awareness on our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct.

We are now looking for interested and qualified individuals for the various positions at our National Office based in Sanothimi.
Deputy National Director (1): National Office, Sanothimi with frequent location crisis

Position Purpose (Mission):

• The Deputy National Director plays instrumental role in leading and managing strategic and operational activities in order to ensure effectiveness and efficiency of all programmes around the country to guarantee high quality services to children, young people and employees according to the defined standards.

Key Performance Areas and Main Responsibilities:

• Supports and National Director in designing, leading and managing relevant programmes in order to meet the organization's aims, goals and objectives, and to ensure that values are intact and policies are adhered.
• Takes initiatives to assess strengths and challenges of programmes and  is able to guide and support Location Leaders and Project Heads to ensure effectives and efficient use of resources (e.g. human, financial, material and physical)through robust administrative system for the sustainability and development of programmes.
• Ensures organization's compliance such as policies and practices of SOS Children's Villages International and the law of the land.
• Promotes conducive environment for children, young people and employees through effective implementation of Child Protection Policy, Code of Conduct, Integrity, Compliance & Legal; and other policy level interventions and proper awareness, prevention, reporting and responding mechanisms.
• Supports the National Director in building and enhancing professional relationships with funding partners, Regional and International Offices, government agencies and likeminded organizations.

Basic Requirements
- Master's Degree in any discipline with minimum 10 years of relevant experience in the organized sector and minimum 5 years of experience in the leadership and/or management position, especially in:

• Leading and managing people that includes team building, planning and problem solving to ensure quality services to program participants (e.g. caregivers, coworkers, children and young people, etc.)
  
• Program coordination, fund generation and fund management.
• Managing issues, challenges and opportunities of a non-profit organization.
  

Essential Values, Behaviors and Skills for National Director & Deputy National Director positions:

• Holds high level of integrity and honesty, is confident and self-motivated.
• Strong leadership, team-oriented and high interpersonal skills
• Strong analytical and advocacy skills
• Ability to adapt the changing needs and operate at strategical level and operationalize plan in field
• Demonstrates problem-solving ability, accuracy, and attention to details
• Takes initiatives for services expansion and sustainability
• Excellent communication skills in English & Nepali and proficiency in computer applications (e.g.MS Office)
• Willingness to travel as and when required

Age criteria for National Director & Deputy National Director: Below 55 years