Country Director at GiveDirectly (GD)

Role Overview

• You will be responsible for managing all aspects of the GiveDirectly Nigeria country office.
• Your role will involve building the processes, team, and partnerships that both enable the achievement of short-term goals (i.e. funding targets, annual KPIs) and create the conditions for long-term growth.
• You will be able to draw on resources from the partnerships, data & tech, finance and operations verticals, but will ultimately be accountable to both recipients and donors for delivering a gold-standard product.
• We are particularly interested in candidates with demonstrated success driving growth of programs, as measured by dollars raised..
• This will be an important part of performance evaluation for this role. 
• This role is being offered as a 12-month contract with extension based on performance against key metrics. 

Responsibilities
Fundraising and Partnership Development:

• Own revenue targets: drive fundraising opportunities, build and manage high quality relationships with donors 
• Develop and leverage an in-country network of funders and partners
• Identify strategic partnership opportunities and build a robust pipeline of projects to enable growth
• Design ambitious work-plans and accompanying budgets

Program Management:

• Ensure operational excellence across all programs
• Backstop, manage, and guide an operations team in overcoming challenges, staying on schedule, and delivering quality results
• Be accountable for annual KPIs associated with recipients paid, recipient experience, and operational efficiency

Internal Audit:

• Collaborate and coordinate with GiveDirectly’s Recipient Advocacy team to prevent misconduct, including designing appropriate controls
• If necessary, provide leadership and oversight of investigations of alleged misconduct, ensuring best in class safeguarding and zero tolerance of fraud

Relationship Management:

• Work with national and local government officials to secure permissions for maintenance and expansion of programs
• Communicate about GD to donors, media, and other partners

Team Management:

• Motivate and coach a team, including direct management of the country management team
• Build capacity of managers at all levels by ensuring that they have clearly defined metrics for success and regular feedback on progress
• Promulgate practices and norms that animate GD’s core values
• Take reasonable steps to ensure the safety and security of the GD team
• Identify key areas in need of hiring / redundancy planning and buffering to reduce the impact of unanticipated operational roadblocks

Strategic Planning:

• Lead strategic planning for GiveDirectly in Nigeria
• Set and manage towards country goals, that create a roadmap for our success in Nigeria

Required Skills and Experiences

• 8+ years of relevant experience - e.g. in program management, consulting, entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, partnership development, or country office management - with a track record of demonstrated excellence and increasing responsibility 
• Enthusiasm for fast-paced, innovative environments lacking pre-defined playbooks
• Experience in partnerships and business development. 
• Team management experience, including hiring and building teams
• Strong relationship management abilities
• Exceptional communications skills: written and verbal, including with senior audiences
• Strong organizational and/or project management skills
• A high degree of autonomy and resilience
• Problem solver: you look at problems with an analytical and iterative mindset, with a strong framework for prioritization. You can run robust analyses to inform management and programming decisions
• Experience working in Nigeria
• Fluent in English; fluency in another principal language of Nigeria preferred
• Alignment with GiveDirectly Values, including the ambition to pursue industry-changing success
• Active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem-solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity.

Desired Skills and Experiences

• Experience working in disaster and conflict.