Country Director Assistant at the International NGO Safety Organisation (INSO)

Location: Abuja (with possible travels across the Lake Chad Basin Region)

Job Summary

• The Director’s Assistant is responsible for providing administrative and project cycle’s reporting support to the Country Director and in his/her absence to the Acting Director.

Job Description
We are actually seeking for a Director’s Assistant to support the Director of the Lake Chad Basin region in the following areas:

• General management of meetings: agenda, invitations, attendance lists, logistics aspects, taking of minutes, etc.
• Keep updated the electronic and physical filing system
• Management of Director’s agenda
• Collection of project information for donor’s reports
• Follow up of reporting deadlines
• Prepare replies to donor’s correspondence
• Travel and logistics management for the Director and Deputy.

Mandatory Qualifications

• In order to qualify as successful candidate, you should have:
• Degree in Business, Management or administration related studies.
• At least two (2) two years’ experience in supporting organisations’ senior management
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Working knowledge of French
• Desirable experience with humanitarian NGOs.
• Essential computer literacy (word, excel, internet)
• Nigerian nationality.

Key Personal Competencies:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and ability to work in a multi-cultural environment
• Knowledge of project cycle management
• High level of confidentiality and integrity
• Experience of working under high pressure, in fast-paced environments
• Strong service orientation with the ability to proactively approach clients to understand their needs and to find effective solutions
• Strong organizational skills ability to handle multiple priorities in an autonomous manner.