Main Responsibilities :
The Tdh Country Representative (CR) is responsible for overall leadership and supervisory management of Tdh staff, programming, and operations, including program quality and accountability, stewardship of resources, staff safety and security, performance management and external representation.
The CR will be directly responsible for the overall coordination and strategic direction of the operations. S/He will be in charge of developing the strategic plan of the delegation, including the continuity of the current emergency response, while exploring the possibility of developing “mid-term/long-term needs programs”.
S/He is expected to manage responsive and effective operations implemented both directly and with Nigerian partner organizations.
S/He will run the country delegation in pursuing the objectives identified in the country strategy, bringing them together to deliver high-quality, cost-effective programming results with high levels of accountability.
S/He will provide oversight for directly supervised senior executive/technical officers; leading country management team (CMT) to identify, design and deliver responsive, high-quality programs; ensuring efficient management of public grants and private funds for results, compliance, and focused, timely reporting; and oversight of financial management and compliance systems. To this end, the CR will set-up and lead a country management team (CMT) to identify, design and deliver responsive, high-quality programs, as well as ensuring efficient management of funds.
Specific Responsibilities :
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Leadership and Representation
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Strategic Direction, Program Quality and Growth
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Safety and Security Management
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Staff Management, Learning and Development
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Stewardship and Operational Management
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Communications
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Implementation of Tdh Policies
Profile :
Education
Experience
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Familiarity with UN, US and European donors and their rules, requirements and guidelines.
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Experience of working with local stakeholders – demonstrated ability to collaborate with peer agencies, local government and community leaders to work effectively towards a common and agreed upon results.
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Experience of working with humanitarian (conflict environment) and development contexts.
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Demonstrable experience in capacity building of partners (civil society, public and/or private sectors).
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Africa experience is desirable.
Skills & Competencies
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Proven abilities in all aspects of project design and implementation.
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Excellent communication, negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
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Strong team leadership qualities and high level of integrity.
Languages
IT
Salary :
Expatriate contract under Swiss regulations between CHF 4’770.- and CHF 5’500.- net /month according to experience x 13 times, Vacancy: 25 days annual leaves local accommodation and transportation, Health insurance, accident and medical repatriation insurance, return flight.
Tdh Global Code of Conduct and Risk Management Policies :
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Fully complies with Tdh’s Global Code of Conduct and systematically reports any breach to the Code through the whistleblowing procedure: raises awareness within the Foundation on abuse and violence and the rights deriving therefrom, respecting the rights and dignity of children, members of the communities and our own Staff
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Commits to respecting Risk Management Policies including: Safeguarding Policies (Child Safeguarding Policy, Policy on the Protection against Sexual Exploitation and the Directive on Staff Misconduct at the Workplace), Safety and Security Policy and Anti-Fraud/Corruption and Prevention of the Financing of Criminal Activities Policies
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Commits to reducing the risk of abuse and harm by developing a culture of open and informed leadership within the organization and in our work with children and the communities in which we intervene in.
We offer an exciting and varied work, useful and meaningful, in a team that wants to make a difference for vulnerable children.
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Entry into function: 01/05/2022
General Description
- Coordinate and contribute to the development of project proposals and concept notes
- Coordinate and contribute to reporting processes for current projects
- Country Strategy and program perspectives/prospective
- Communication and Representation of Tdh
Specification
Coordinate and contribute to the development of project proposals and concept notes:
- Participate to the identification of funding opportunities through donor watch in Nigeria.
- Coordinate and contribute to the writing and submission of donor proposals, including coordination exchanges among both Delegation and HQ staff.
- Support the activities for situation analysis, data collection and needs assessments.
- Support timely submission of projects proposals and donor communications and follow up.
- Ensure that program units have sufficient information to contribute towards the development of proposals designs.
- Facilitate processes to ensure that all operational units are aware of their commitments and contribution towards the delivery of proposals meeting donor requirements.
- Ensure the adequate filing and archiving of final documents (physical and electronic), as well as update the grant follow-up tools.
- At the beginning of a new project, coordinate the preparation of the kickoff meeting with relevant colleagues of program units.
Coordinate and contribute to reporting processes for current projects:
- Coordinate the preparation and finalization of donor reports for current projects, ensuring consistency, accuracy, clarity and timely submission in compliance with donor contractual requirement and Tdh standards.
- Consolidate the contribution of technical staff and the ensure the internal validation of the outputs within the Delegation.
- Contribute to the quality of the presentations regarding the results of the current projects and to their dissemination to donors and other partners.
- Prepare retro-planning and send the reminders to ensure the timeline.
- Support the preparation and review of capitalization documents and evaluation reports.
- Ensure the adequate archiving, filing, and disseminating of the final documents.
- Coordinate and contribute to the internal annual report process.
- Coordinate the collection of information for the dissemination of SMT minutes and monthly sitreps.
- Ensure smooth communication and collaboration with partners when included in consortium.
Country Strategy and program perspectives/prospective:
- Support the regular update of donor mapping informed by the ambitions and outcomes articulated in the Tdh Country Strategy.
- Provide on-going research, strategic donor intelligence gathering, and trends analysis and generate information to enable engagement with country level donors.
- Support the appraisal of new funding opportunities.
- Work with affiliates program units in identifying and sharing new opportunities with home donors.
- Support the fundraising strategy review processes, by documenting the tracking tools.
Communication and Representation of Tdh:
- Represent Tdh in external engagements with donors if necessary.
- Support the work to ensure that communities are informed about Tdh's programs/activities in Nigeria, are aware of their entitlements, and have the opportunity give feedback which could be used to improve the quality of Tdh’s programs.
- Support the supervision the organization of communication events: project’s opening and/or closure ceremonies.
- Liaise with communication sector at HQ to manage a database of professional photos and videos, as well as other communication output, related to Tdh’s activities and/or beneficiaries.
Others:
- Collect data from programmes monitoring tools related to the project's implementation situation/impacts.
- Undertake all other duties that may be determined by the Country Representative and that are compatible with the job.
- Maintain and ensure a culture of strict confidentiality - inter Tdh staff and between Tdh staff and non Tdh employees.
Profile
Education:
- Masters / Post-graduate from a recognised University / College in International Development, Social Sciences or any other related area that can bring added value to the job.
Experience:
- Relevant experience of 1-2 years in programme cycle management, preferably in an international NGO/Institution.
- Management experience in securing and managing funds from institutional donors, such as ECHO, EU, SDC, OFDA, CIDA, and UN agencies.
- Experience with working in multi-cultural environment.
Skills & Competencies:
- Excellent planning skills, and a sound understanding of Programme Cycle Management in emergencies and/or development environments.
- Highly developed interpersonal, influencing and relationship skills.
- Good administrative and numerical skills and attention to details.
- Demonstrated organisational awareness and understanding of knowledge management.
- Proven analytical skills and the ability to think strategically in relation to fundraising and donor engagement.
- Strong analytical and conceptual thinking skills. able to understand complex issues and translate them into simple, workable actions and plans.
- Ability to represent an organization to donors and external institutions.
- Ability to adjust to constantly changing situations while maintaining focus on delivery and follow-through.
- Great sense of flexibility and adaptation capacity to difficult living conditions (volatile security context and environment with limited social interactions).
Languages:
- Excellent personal communication skills, in written and verbal English, with high impact influencing and persuasive skills. Able to use different approaches to achieve follower-ship.
IT:
- Excellent in the use of computers and Microsoft, especially spreadsheet (Excel), accounting packages, word processing (Word) and Power Point. Competent in the use of email packages.
General Conditions
- Expatriate contract under Swiss regulations CHF 2’400 CHF brut / month according to experience x 13 times, Vacancy: 25 days annual leaves local accommodation and transportation, Health insurance, accident and medical repatriation insurance, return flight.
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