Areas Operations Manager at Save The Children

Job Description

• The Area Operations Manager will lead the transformation of Save the Children’s operations platform in designated States within North West Nigeria to a new operating model, whilst also delivering Save the Children’s strategy and ensuring essential standards are met within the country.
• The Area Operations Manager is expected to lead on all aspects of managing large and or multiple field bases including budget development and management, agency coordination and representation, security emergency preparedness and response, logistics and management of multiple teams.

Qualifications

•     Candidate must possess a minimum of MSc/MA/MEng level in a relevant subject or equivalent field experience with significant management experience working in Northern Nigeria;
•     S/he should have previous experience of managing a team; project management, including multi sector programmes with budget management experience including institutional donors;
•     S/he should also have ECHO and/or DFID/USAID programme management experience; security management experience in insecure environments and field level representation with key stakeholders and co-ordination with other NGOs/UN and also possess strong influencing skills and experience in advocacy;
•     Demonstrable experience of M&E and beneficiary accountability with excellent communication skills and a high level of written and spoken English;
•     S/he must have the capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances; Hausa speaker (desirable)