Niger: Country Director Niger

Country Director Niger

Based in Niamey

Accompanied posting

Starting date as soon as possible

Purpose of the Job

The Country Director contributes and implements Oxfam’s Global Strategy and the Niger Oxfam Country Strategy, by providing vision and strategic direction to all of Oxfam’s work in Niger. The program of Oxfam in Niger is focused on governance & active citizenship, humanitarian, resilience and conflict transformation and food security and livelihoods. This includes Oxfam’s advocacy, policy and influencing, long-term development program design and implementation and humanitarian responses. The Oxfam program in Niger is delivered through partnerships with Niger organisations. Furthermore he/she is responsible and accountable for the strategic direction and effective management of the Country Program ensuring development, continued improvement in quality and impact of programs and effective financial and human resource management in line with Oxfam Policy.

The Country Director will be responsible to implement the Oxfam 2020 Vision which aims to create a stronger Oxfam that is globally coordinated and relevant in every country in which we work. Oxfam Novib is Executive Affiliate for the Oxfam program in Niger. The Country Director Niger is accountable to the Oxfam Regional Director West Africa for the delivery, effective management (which includes budgets and plan), monitoring and evaluation, and learning from the program.

Key responsibilities

• Provides strategic leadership and management of Oxfam’s program in Niger including all development, advocacy and humanitarian programming to maximize Oxfam’s influence and impact, in the framework of the Oxfam Strategic Plan and based on the Oxfam Country Strategy for Niger.

• Works closely with other Oxfam affiliates with strong interests in Niger in order to develop, resource and deliver high quality programs which are attractive to institutional donors.

• Leads the team and is responsible for Oxfam’s work in relation to Niger: staff, budget, funding, program, policy, media and communications and security management.

• Leads the implementation of the One Oxfam organization, in a participatory process with the support of the Change Management Task Force.

• Delivers effective management and monitoring, evaluation and learning of the program on the basis of approved annual budgets and plans.

• Takes the lead in representing Oxfam and the program in towards external counterpart and stakeholders, in Niger, the region, EU Member states including in the Netherlands and globally. Builds influential relationships and develops networks for impactful change and is committed to maximizing our influencing capability.

• Creates and supports an environment which results in strong partnerships, influence, knowledge sharing and innovation.

• Ensures that an appropriate strategy is developed and implemented to seek out and maintain new funding sources to support program implementation. Accountable for all donor relations and contract management in relation to the Country Program.

• Plays an active role in drawing on learning from across Oxfam and external sources and sharing evidenced based learning with others.

• Accesses and uses Oxfam shared services appropriately and responsibly where applicable.

• Responsible for Talent Management and development of Oxfam staff.

Skills, experience and knowledge

• Master’s degree in a relevant field.

• Senior management experience in leading the development and ensuring the delivery, of programme strategy, either through partners or directly, in one or more challenging locations. Experience with management of humanitarian programs and with policy development;

• Proven analytical skills and ability to think strategically;

• Ability to manage the development of, and contribute to, the high level analysis of factors driving poverty, marginalization, conflict and vulnerability in developing country contexts, including the ability to ‘think politically’.

• Brings in and draws on a wide INGO and NGO network in Niger and/or the West Africa region.

• Experience in leading and motivating multi disciplinary and partially geographically remote teams; a high degree of self awareness and an understanding of how to drive and support excellent team performance and individual development; experience with people management;

• Experience of managing complex change processes and relationships involving a wide range of both internal and external multi-cultural stakeholders;

• Experience in representing an organization with partners, government agencies, private sector organizations, legal advisors and donors at senior level: locally, regionally and globally ideally in the West Africa region;

• An active commitment to promoting gender equity and the interests of marginalized people;

• Good financial management skills to steer the operational budget and monitor program budgets;

• Experience in fundraising from diverse donors and institutions, experience with multi country programming an asset;

• Understanding of and experience with managing security and risk within an INGO context;

• Excellent written and verbal communication and strong diplomatic skills;

• Fluent in French and good understanding English.

Competencies

• Self Awareness

• Vision Setting

• Agility, complexity and ambiguity

• Relationship building

• Decisiveness

We offer

A competitive and fair pay and benefits package that is justifiable to our donors. We offer a gross monthly salary in the range from € 3,706 to € 5,700, this is excl. 8% holiday fee.

Are you the exceptional leader we’re looking for? Please submit your application here. Your application must be received by February 6, 2017 at the latest. For questions you can contact Aletta van der Woude, program director Oxfam Novib (aletta.van.der.woude@oxfamnovib.nl).https://career2.successfactors.eu/career?company=OxfamNovibP&career_ns=job_listing_summary&n...