Palladium recrute un directeur adjoint pour le bureau des conflits, de la stabilisation et de la médiation H/F, Royaume-Uni
Company Overview:
About Palladium
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Project Overview and Role:
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
The Humanitarian and Stabilisation Operations Team (HSOT) is contracted by Palladium to deliver FCDO humanitarian responses and conflict stabilisation activity around the world, working with FCDO’s Humanitarian Response Group (HRG) and Office for Conflict, Stabilisation and Mediation (OCSM), as well as multiple UK Government teams and partners in 130 countries. This role is at the forefront of HSOT’s support to the UK government’s OCSM.
Key Responsibilities
As a Deputy Director – OCSM you will be responsible for the operational management of all HSOT conflict stabilisation projects and deployed personnel. You will lead the HSOT OCSM team to enable more effective and efficient operations, compliance and risk management.
- Manage and continue to develop the strategic relationship between the OCSM and Palladium, identifying new opportunities and working with the client to deliver on UK Government conflict stabilisation priorities ;
- Lead (and take responsibility for) the risk based decision making process for deployments to vulnerable, failing and failed states ;
- Lead and be responsible for deployee contract management (performance and welfare management) ;
- Be responsible for the delivery of operational training to OCSM and the Humanitarian Response Group on behalf of HSOT ;
- Work closely with the security team and the training provider to manage the contract, innovate and deliver exemplar training through a robust governance process ;
- Work collegiately to identify and deliver business development opportunities, including bid work with multiple stakeholders ;
- Provide strategic direction ensuring that all activities apply a consistent approach to cost effective, timely and specification-compliant delivery ;
- Provide direct management to ensure that all projects and activities are adhering to client’s specifications and the company’s standard operating procedures and requirements ;
- Develop and institute a mechanism, in collaboration with the HSOT COO and HR unit, for rapid surge support personnel to the OCSM when called upon, including the maintenance of rosters of surge support personnel (recruitment, communication, terms and conditions) ;
- Develop and institute a mechanism for the preparation, deployment, management and recovery of self-sufficient field teams, including at short notice ;
- Oversee the development and maintenance of systems, procedures and processes enabling the operational management of HSOT services in support of the OCSM, including ;
- Lead efforts in assuring compliance with all relevant company policies and standard operating procedures as well as client specific rules and regulations.Ensure the effective investigation and resolution of complaints, incidents or queries relating to HSOT personnel in the UK or overseas, or any aspect of the HSOT service ;
- Ensure contractual compliance and limit undue risk for any non-employment contracts, including but not limited to team agreements, joint ventures and other commercial agreements.
Required Qualifications:
Requirements
- Ability to work independently ;
- Be comfortable making risk based decisions affecting personnel safety in vulnerable, failing and failed states ;
- Experienced in BD work including bids ;
- Financial acumen and the ability to develop budgets, interpret and analyse financial reports;
- Proven experience in executing contract mechanisms (e.g. subcontracts, purchase orders, work orders, grants, consultant agreements, etc.) ;
- Strong people management skills/experience, including managing for results, mentoring and coaching and creating an environment that encourages agile team-work across competencies ;
- Excellent planning, management and coordination skills, with the ability to organise a substantial workload comprised of complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities and work calmly under pressure ;
- Be prepared to deploy overseas when required, including at short notice and/or to hostile environments.