Country Director - Lake Chad Basin at International NGO Safety Organisation (INSO)

Job Summary

• You will provide direct leadership, coordination, representation, supervision, and management in relation to all staff and services of the Country Office and set the overall strategic framework.
• You will possess solid program and human resources managements skills and will be a natural and confident leader, communicator, consensus-builder and networker.
• You will combine keen intellect and analytical skills. The Lake Chad Basin platform is well established.

Main Duties and Responsibilities
Program Strategy and Management:

• Manage the Country Office team, including direct supervision of senior management staff (Deputy Director, Finance Manager and Operations Manager), and general oversight of the program, operations, and finance teams.
• Develop overall strategy and deliver annual programme planning.
• Steward INSO resources effectively and transparently in full compliance with internal and donor policies.

Representation and Synergies:

• Maintain and build the reputation of the organisation, both internally and externally.
• Maintain donor engagement and actively track country-specific funding opportunities.
• Ensure compliance with donor regulations and requirements.

Program Support and Monitoring:

• Oversee the overall delivery of INSO services.
• Deliver strategic analysis to senior humanitarian leadership, including through monthly directors’ briefings and quarterly analytical reports.
• Lead crisis management support to individual NGO partners or the NGO community at large during critical incidents.

Mandatory Requirements
Essential:

• Master's Degree-level of education or equivalent work experience.
• Fluency in English. Knowledge of French is an added value.
• 3 - 5 years relevant work experience as an NGO Country Director or equivalent senior management experience in conflict/post-conflict contexts.
• Experience with management of multi-donor projects. Knowledge of donor policies and procedures (DG ECHO, SDC, USAID-BHA).
• Experience with budget management and monitoring, donor liaison and reporting.
• Proven analytical skills.
• Solid understanding of principles and practices in broad humanitarian action, NGO safety and risk management, humanitarian access, and civil-military coordination.
• Excellent networking, diplomatic, and representative communication skills.

Nice to Have:

• Recent experience in the Lake Chad Basin region.
• Direct experience and involvement in a crisis management role.
• Experience in an interagency role.
• Detailed understanding of INSO mandate and services.
• Previous INSO experience (as a team member, member of INSO’s country advisory board or as a beneficiary).

Personal Attributes:

• Ability to identify issues and find a resolution.
• Excellent communication, organizational and managerial skills.
• Strong work ethic and capacity to take responsibility for your actions.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Confidentiality, integrity and an ability to sense conflicts-of-interest.

Terms & Conditions
Twelve-month contract, 4 calendar days annual leave per month and 3 days of R&R every 3 months with 1000 R&R allowance each cycle, global medical coverage (excluding USA), and USD200,000 AD&D coverage.