To lead ActionAid Sweden into a new phase of development, to be more activist and engaged in the Swedish society, we are now looking for a

Secretary General

EXPECTATIONS:

While maintaining ActionAid’s work in developing countries, increase ActionAid’s membership and supporter base and will forge further relations and engagements with people’s organisations, Sida, the Government and the corporate sector

TASKS

• Lead ActionAid Sweden into a new phase of development
• Responsible for implementation and management of programs, external relations, finance and human resources
• Represents and guides ActionAid Sweden in its dual citizenship role within the ActionAid International federation
• Manage diverse teams with deep knowledge across professional disciplines that enables them to make significant improvements to policies and processes that lead to success
• Responsible of financial management including good business planning, always strive for efficiency
• Take an active part in communication, networking and debates

FACTS

Secretary and advisor to the Board and Head of the Secretariat 4-6 travels/year.
Based at HQ Stockholm

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

EXPERIENCE

• Strong leadership and management skills
• Experienced in working with international development, having experienced multiple different geographical, cultural and social setting
• Experience from managing organisational change
• Excellent experience from negotiation, contracting or fundraising
• Experience of campaigning and lobbying
• Experience of activism, voluntarism or experience from a politically driven organisation

COMPETENCE

• University degree in a relevant field of studies
• Good sense of financial management including good business planning and have a strong drive for efficiency
• Competent forward looking and visionary leader capable of understanding the big picture, analyse trends in the external environment, see opportunities and master strategic management
• Excellent team building and personnel management competences
• Able to build trustworthy relationships with peers and partners
• Able to inspire and drive, but also to listen adapt and delegate
• Fluent in Swedish and proficiency in English

PERSONALITY

• Great networking skills and a strong spokesperson for ActionAid
• Dynamic, visionary and innovative
• Excellent social skills
• Strong communicator, persuasive and strong in debates
• Result oriented, decisive and not afraid of conflicts
• Good humour and being unpretentious

WHO WE ARE

ActionAid is an international federation that works in 45 countries to promote social justice and fighting poverty. ActionAid Sweden has been a member of the federation for the past 10 years. ActionAid has an annual income of around 40 million SEK and around 17.000 monthly givers, and receives support from foundations, institutional donors and corporates. Based on feminist and Human Rights principles and approaches ActionAid supports excluded and marginalized communities in developing countries and their linkage to national organisations and movements.

ActionAid Sweden was formed in 2006 as a new member of ActionAid international. Now ten years later, we are building a strategic direction for the second phase of our development. During the first ten years ActionAid has created a brand in Sweden as a rights based development organisation with a focus on the rights of Women and girls. ActionAid have grown a voluntary fundraising programme based on 12.000 Child Sponsors, 7.000 other regular givers, and a portfolio of grants funded by institutional donors, foundations and corporates.

ActionAid’s Vision: An equitable, just and sustainable world in which every person enjoys their rights to a life of dignity.

HOW TO APPLY

Attach an application and a CV in English (before Sunday 30th October 12 noon) to an email addressed to:

In the email itself, please answer the following questions: 1) ‘What is your highest degree of education?’ 2) ‘How many years have you been in a management position?’ 3) ‘What is the highest number of staff you have managed in one work place?’ 4) ‘What budget size have you been responsible for?’ 5) ‘Which countries outside Europe have you visited?’

Interviews will be held in November