Administration and Finance Coordinator at Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh)

Responsibilities:

• The Administration and Finance Coordinator will have to ensure that the financial, HR and administrative rules and procedures for the delegation are followed and respected in Nigeria. S/he will have to coordinate the administrative, financial and human resources management in close connection with the Tdh administrative teams She/he will provide financial, administrative and risk management service to the team, focusing on the follow up of financial risks, harmonized tools use and approaches. She/he will accompany the teams on the transversal and efficient cooperation between finance, logistics, HR and program teams.
• The Administration and Finance Coordinator works closely with the Financial Controller of Africa portfolio, the Head of Delegation and the Logistic Coordinator to ensure compliance with policies.

Specific responsibilities:

The full job description will be shared with the selected candidates participating in the recruitment process.

Profile:

Training/Qualifications:

• This function requires a degree in Business Administration, or other relevant HR/Business Administration training. University degree (Master’s or equivalent) from an accredited educational institution in a relevant field (finance, management, HR)
• Chartered accountant qualifications is an asset;

Experience:

• At least 5 years previous experience of seniority in an ING0 at a management position in the field (expatriation), ideally Administration— Finance & HR Coordinator.
• Experience managing campaign and long term program budgets of over S7 million and reporting to relevant donors.
• Extensive project management experience (management: planning: staff development and training skills) in emergent Management experience and strong team leadership qualities

Languages:

• Excellent oral and writing skills in English, French an asset.

SKILLS:

• Proven ability to interpret financial procedures and standards and put them into practice and influence others in their implementation.
• Proven success of developing innovative solutions to resolve intricate problems that impact critical areas of an organization's work and ensuring the development of standards, procedures and practices to secure a stable and effective systems environment.
• Ability to identify and plan for future needs: develop and disseminate best practices.
• Critical focus on providing a superior service level to managers and colleagues and delivering agreed results within time and budget constraints and to expected standards
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written) and report writing skills
• Strong analytical skills and experience using a computerized information management system (Ms. Word, Excel, SAGA and Homere etc.)
• Good leadership skills: experience of working in a supervisory position with a team structure
• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to work as part of a dispersed, multi-disciplined, multicultural team
• Well-developed conceptual, critical, and analytical thinking with the ability to convey complex information in a straightforward, interesting way.
• Ability to represent an organization in a professional and competent manner with external individuals and organizations'
• A high level of self-awareness, personal energy, stamina and flexibility.
• Proven experience as a team worker and demonstrably cooperative with members of other teams, responding quickly and accurately to queries and issues
• Commitment to an organization overall aims and policies and experience of promoting women‘s rights and the interests of marginalized people in all aspects of the organization work
• Knowledge or appreciation of the context in terms of its political, economic and social trends plus a good
• understanding of the key development and humanitarian issues in the region.