Israel Director
In Country - Unspecified City
Global Programs – Middle East and North Africa /
Full Time - Local /
On-site
Reports to: Regional Director, MENA
Department: Global Programs
Team: Programs Implementation
Job Overview: As the Director for Israel at Search for Common Ground (Search), you will play a leading role in providing strategic leadership and oversight to our team and program in Israel, driving our mission forward. Working closely with the Palestinian Director in the West Bank and the Operations Director in Jerusalem, you will identify needs, develop programmatic strategies, and foster strategic partnerships to advance our mission in Israel. Applying our organizational values of audacity, tenacity, empathy, and collaboration, the Israel Director holds accountability for steering the strategic direction, nurturing specific competencies essential for reputation-building and resource mobilization, ensuring organizational coherence, implementing policies, and facilitating effective communication within the country team and with Search's regional office. Success in this role requires strong leadership, strategic insight, and adept navigation of complex environments while fostering positive relationships internally and externally.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute comprehensive strategies to achieve organizational goals in Israel.
- Provide visionary leadership to the country team in Israel, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and innovation Proposes and develops a strategy for the programme in the country in line with organizational capacity and expertise;
- Maintain a strategic vision for Search in Israel, driving growth, fostering partnerships, and ensuring overall program quality and impact.
- Lead the development and management of programs aimed at promoting conflict transformation, peacebuilding, and social cohesion.
- Together with the Palestinian director and our teams, identify opportunities for program expansion including cross-border People2People programs and adaptation to address emerging needs and priorities.
- Ensure effective implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of programs to achieve desired outcomes and impact.
- Mobilize resources and secure funding to support ongoing and future program activities.
- Identify, cultivate and secure promotes funding opportunities from from new sources and models and leverage the impact of the organization in the country;
- Develop and implement an effective resource mobilization strategy, in line with the program strategy, to ensure financial viability and promote growth.
- Keep abreast with donors’ strategies, develop strategic partnerships with donors and present Search’s country strategies and achievements;Provide leadership in formulating project proposals in line with the country context and its country strategy.
- Build and maintain strategic partnerships with national and international stakeholders, including government agencies, NGOs, civil society organizations, and donors and philanthropic foundations and individuals, to maximize Search's impact and influence in Israel.
- Negotiate and network at both national and international levels to leverage resources, expertise, and support for program initiatives.
- Represent Search at senior-level meetings, conferences, and events, advocating for our mission and objectives.
- Provide leadership and guidance to the team, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence.
- Support the professional development and capacity-building of staff, promoting a diverse and inclusive work environment.
- Ensure effective communication, coordination, and collaboration among team members and with other country offices and headquarters.
Strategic Leadership:
Program Development and Management:
Resources Mobilization
Partnership Building and Networking:
Team Leadership and Management:
Qualifications:
- Typically Masters degree in International Relations, Conflict Studies, Social Entrepreneurship, Development Studies, or related field.
- Minimum of 15 years of experience in leadership roles within the peacebuilding, humanitarian, development sectors.
- Strong understanding of the Israeli context, including political, social, and cultural dynamics.
- Excellent networking, negotiation, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to engage effectively across multi-faith and religious-secular, left-right political, and public-private sector stakeholders and constituencies.
- Strong leadership and management skills, with experience leading a multipartial team in dynamic environments.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with fluency in English and Hebrew (additional languages a plus).
- Commitment to Search for Common Ground's mission and values.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with experience.
- Opportunities for professional development and advancement within the organization.
- Dynamic and collaborative work environment with a diverse team of talented individuals.
- Meaningful opportunity to contribute to peacebuilding and conflict transformation efforts in Israel and between Israel and Palestine.
Date of Posting March 31, 2024
Date closed May 03, 2024
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling-basis.
Ability to start at the soonest is an advantage.
As job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, the position holder may be required to undertake other duties that are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities.
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Only applicants invited for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please. Please see our website www.sfcg.org for full details of our work. All Search Employees must adhere to the values: Collaboration- Audacity - Tenacity - Empathy - Results. In accordance with these values, Search enforces compliance with the Code of Conduct and related policies on Anti Workplace Harassment, Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Conflict of Interest, and Anti-fraud. Search is committed to safeguarding the interests, rights, and well-being of children, youth, and vulnerable adults with whom it is in contact and to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for children, youth, and vulnerable adults. Search for Common Ground does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. View our code of conduct here and our privacy policy here.
Les descriptifs de pouvant ne pouvant être exhaustifs, le titulaire du poste pourra être amené à entreprendre d'autres tâches qui correspondent globalement aux responsabilités clés ci-dessus.
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Seuls les candidats invités à un entretien seront contactés. Pas d'appels téléphoniques s'il vous plaît. Veuillez consulter notre site Web www.sfcg.org pour tous les détails de notre mission.
Tous les employés de Search doivent adhérer aux valeurs de Search : Collaboration- Audace - Ténacité - Empathie - Résultats. Conformément à ces valeurs, Search fait respecter le code de conduite et les politiques connexes sur la lutte contre le harcèlement au travail, la protection contre l'exploitation et les abus, la protection des enfants, les conflits d'intérêts et la lutte contre la fraude. Search s'engage à préserver les intérêts, les droits et le bien-être des enfants, des jeunes et des adultes vulnérables avec lesquels elle est en contact et à mener ses programmes et ses opérations d'une manière qui soit sûre pour les enfants, les jeunes et les adultes vulnérables.
Search for Common Ground ne fait pas et ne doit pas faire de discrimination fondée sur la race, la couleur, la religion (croyance), le sexe, l'expression de genre, l'âge, l'origine nationale (ascendance), le handicap, l'état matrimonial, l'orientation sexuelle ou le statut militaire, dans aucune de ses activités ou opérations.
Dado que la descripción de funciones no puede ser exhaustiva, el titular del puesto puede tener que realizar otras tareas que coinciden en líneas generales con las responsabilidades clave mencionadas.
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Sólo se contactará con los candidatos invitados a una entrevista. Se agradece no recibir llamadas telefónicas. Consulte nuestro sitio web www.sfcg.org para conocer todos los detalles de nuestro trabajo. Todos los empleados de Search deben adherirse a los valores de la organización: Colaboración - Audacia - Tenacidad - Empatía - Resultados. De acuerdo con estos valores, Search hace cumplir el Código de Conducta y las políticas relacionadas con luchar contra el acoso en el lugar de trabajo, la protección contra la explotación y el abuso, la protección de la infancia, los conflictos de intereses y la lucha contra el fraude. Search se compromete a salvaguardar los intereses, derechos y bienestar de los niños, jóvenes y adultos vulnerables con los que está en contacto y a llevar a cabo sus programas y operaciones de una manera que sea segura para los niños, jóvenes y adultos vulnerables. Search for Common Ground no discrimina ni discriminará por motivos de raza, color, religión (credo), género, expresión de género, edad, origen nacional (ascendencia), discapacidad, estado civil, orientación sexual o condición militar, en ninguna de sus actividades u operaciones. Consulte nuestro código de conducta aquí y nuestra política de privacidad aquí.
