Country Director

Country Director

Solidarites International

Abuja, Nigeria

Description:

General objectives:

The Country Director is Solidarités International’s ofÏcial representative in the country. He is in charge of the overall management of the mission, which includes security overview, strategic positionnning, operations monitoring, program quality and resources management

Issues and specific challenges:

• Security overview to supervise operations in hard to reach areas
• Access Strategy in Hard to Reach areas (NW & NE)
• Strategic positionning in a global trend of funding decrease
• Transition to absorb with new staff dynamic

Priorities for the 2/3 first months:

• Security & Access, Roll-out of SI 2025 Country Programming, Context monitoring and strategic adaptation, Partnership strategy & External Representation, Adaptation of SI operations and sizing

Security constraints:

• No walk policy everywhere in the country/Security situation calm in Abuja, level 3 in Maiduguri, level 4 in sub-bases.

Life conditions:

Several possibility of entertainement and outings in Abuja, limited but existing in Maiduguri, inexisting in sub-bases/Collective Guest House in Maiduguri/Appartment of CD also used for expats transit in Abuja (possibility to walk in the residence, with gym and swimming pool)

Other:

Based in Abuja, with periodic presence in Maiduguri (where the coordination is), and occasional field visits.

Your profile

Education:

• Bachelor or masters in a related degree: Logistics, Transport, Warehousing, IT, Supply Chain, Management.

Experience:

• EXPERIMENT IN THE HUMANITARIAN SECTOR: +5 years
• EXPERIMENT ON SIMILAR POSITIONS: 3-4 years

Technical skills:

• Strategic thinking.
• Ability to communicate diligently internally and externally.
• Knowledge of general operational and support frame of INGOs.
• Strong team management capacities.

Transversal skills:

• Excellent sense of organization.
• Ability to develop resourceful networking.
• Self-control and calmness.
• Solution oriented.

Language:

• English.

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