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Borno Maiduguri |
Posted 4 years ago |
Deputy Director of Field Management is needed at the International Rescue Committee (IRC)
JOB TITLE: Deputy Director of Field Management
Requisition ID: req8805
LOCATION: Maiduguri, Borno
Employment Type: Full-Time
Sector: Program Administration
Employment Category: Fixed Term
Open to Expatriates: Yes
Background
IRC entered Nigeria in October 2012 in response to a widespread flood disaster. Since then, the IRC has expanded its scope and size of the programs as new areas became accessible after prolonged conflict and insecurity, in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States. The IRC’s is responding at scale to the humanitarian situation across sectors including integrated Health and Nutrition services, Reproductive Health care and Women Protection services, Environmental Health, Child Protection, Economic Recovery and Development, Education and General Protection. In 2015, IRC Nigeria developed a five-year long term Strategy Action Plan: The plan has Health, Education and Economic Wellbeing as high priority program areas.
Job Overview / Summary
- The Deputy Director of Field Management (DDFM) is a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT). Reporting to the Country Director (CD), the DDFM will lead IRC field operations in Nigeria in close coordination with other members of the SMT and key operations and finance personnel based in Abuja.
- The DDFM is responsible for ensuring cohesion between programs and operations through a close working relationship with the Deputy Director for Programs and Deputy Director for Operations.
- The DDFM advises senior management about programming directions and opportunities, and ensuring that program activities are carried out effectively, efficiently, and safely, in furtherance of objectives as laid out in the Strategic Action Plan and taking into consideration all internal and external factors affecting the operational environment.
Qualifications
- Advanced degree in relevant technical or managerial subject area
- At least seven years of international experience with four years of experience in the management of emergency, post-conflict or development programs.
- Demonstrated skills and experience in program design and delivery, including proposal development and/or strategic level operations design and delivery
- Proven capacity in staff management, multi-tasking, time management and diplomacy.
- Experience of working hostile environments as well as security analysis and management
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Must be an innovative and creative problem solver, and a team player, with experience working with multi-cultural teams.
- Fluent in English
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