VACANCY: NGO COUNTRY MANAGER
streSERT Services Limited
10-Sep-2018
₦60,000 - 100,000
LAGOS ,
Administrative
Our client is a leading NGO that caters for the less privileged, widows and orphans in the society.
As a result of expansion, there is the urgent need to fill the role of a Country Manager to oversee the affairs of the Foundation in the following key areas:
1. Operations & Management
2. Leadership
3. Corporate Governance & Communication
4. Strategic Growth
5. Safety, Security & Welfare
Applicants MUST have previous work experience with an international NGO
Responsibilities:
- To provide overall leadership and strategic direction to the Foundation
- To provide leadership for the dissemination of the Foundation's values, vision and mission at country level
- Ensure effective, high quality, consistent implementation & delivery of the Foundation's programmes nationwide and internationally
- Maintain cordial partnership relationships at national and international levels with all stakeholders
- Ensure that all communication infrastructures are set up in the programme and smooth information flow is maintained
- Review and where necessary evolve approach to working with partners
- Oversee the implementation of programmes by the team, and at the same time provide feedback, advice and directions as appropriate and ensure that quality standards are met
- Provide oversight to all finance and administrative services in the Foundation
- Establish and roll-out the most effective way to measure and articulate programme impacts
- Represent the Foundation on key donor/partner and all stakeholders’ relationships thereby raising the profile of the Foundation
- Ensure that all major funds are well managed and reported (attaining the objective) and implemented within agreed budgets and timelines
- Oversee and coordinate the programme portfolio to ensure the highest level of project quality and accountability, while fostering continuity through building local capacity and developing innovative programme interventions
- Ensure that all the local offices comply with and contribute to an efficient funds management system across the Foundation, covering the entire funds cycle
- Cultivation of high level relationships with relevant stakeholders nationally and internationally
- Keep abreast of the trends within the donor environment
- Drawing on programme practice to identify potential advocacy and research agenda
- Develop networks and partnerships with national/regional/international institutions and oversee donor collaboration, fund raising and project development within the country
- Narrative and financial reporting to donors and Foundation
- Responsible for financial feasibility of all country programmes
Requirements:
- Postgraduate/Masters qualification in social sciences, management or a related field
- At least six (6) years’ senior Management experience with an international NGO,
- Project management, planning coordinating skills.
- Monitoring, evaluation and quality management skills
- Systems management skills with advanced levels of computer literacy
- People management and performance management skills
- High level written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to maintain exceptional levels of attention to detail under pressure
- Strong team management skills with experience of working in disparate teams
- Experience of managing projects with a huge budget size
- Experience working in a humanitarian context
- Experience in proposal development and reporting
- Significant experience in budget holding duties
- Willingness and ability to travel nationally and internationally.
Reporting Line
- Founder and Board of Trustees
Salary
- Attractive and negotiable
Application
- Forward all applications and CVs to ‘daprecocious@yahoo.com’ using ‘CM-2018’ as subject of mail before 15th October, 2018.
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