Director-General (Volunteer)

*Note that this a remote, voluntary-based role, with part-time commitment (8-10 hours) per week.*

SPAG is an independent, non-partisan association established under the French Law of 1 July 1901. Its mandate covers strategic planning, public policy research, governance advisory, institutional capacity development, analysis, stakeholder dialogue, innovation and sustainable development.

The Association is governed by its General Assembly and administered by its Executive Bureau, supported by a professional executive structure comprising Deputy Directors-General, thematic working groups and specialised committees. Much of SPAG’s work concerns fragile, transitional and politically contested settings, and engages Sudanese, regional and international counterparts. The Association therefore places a high premium on evidence, impartiality, confidentiality, and a do-no-harm approach in everything it produces and every relationship it forms.

The Director-General is SPAG’s principal executive officer. The role exists to convert the decisions of the General Assembly and the Executive Bureau into planned, resourced and delivered work, so that the Association’s governance bodies can concentrate on direction, oversight and assurance rather than on day-to-day administration.

The Director-General is the single point of executive accountability for whether SPAG’s approved priorities are delivered: to standard, on schedule, within budget, and in a manner consistent with the Association’s values, statutes and policies.