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  • Posted: Dec 7, 2022
    Deadline: Not specified
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    GiveDirectly (GD) aims to reshape international giving - and millions of lives - by allowing donors to provide capital grants directly to the world's poorest. The Brookings Institution estimates that $70B of cash transfers would be required to eliminate the poverty gap; the aid sector currently spends $135B each year, much of which is allocated to evidence-free interventions.
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    Country Director

    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.

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to GiveDirectly (GD) on boards.greenhouse.io to apply

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