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Job Title: Area Support Coordinator
Location: Yola, Adamawa
Job Schedule: Full time
Job Category: Coordination
Job Description
- Under the supervision of the South Area Manager, the Area Support Coordinator(ASC) is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of NRC’s Area Office in Yola by supervising support functions including Finance, HR/Admin, and Logistics, as well as ICT, in the Area Office and thus contributing to smooth and uninterrupted programmatic implementation.
Responsibilities
Generic responsibilities (max 10):
- These responsibilities shall be the same for all positions with the same title. The responsibilities shall be short and essential. Details belong in the Work and Development plan.
- Line management for support staff such as Finance, HR & Admin and Logistics/ICT
- Member of the Area Management Group
- Compliance with and adherence to NRC policies, guidance and handbooks and donor/auditor requirements
- Provide input on operational support to Area Plan of Action, and to coordinate and align operational support with programme plans at Area level
- Responsible for ensuring quality support to project implementation.
- Facilitate Area Support Budget, area level budgets, including support cost
- Responsible for Implementation of new country specific technical SOPs, guidelines and tools in Area (HR, Logistic/ICT and Finance)
- Responsible for technical capacity building of support staff (HR, Logistic/ICT and Finance)
Specific Responsibilities
- These responsibilities shall be adapted to the particularities of the job location and context, phase of operation, strategic focus and type of programme intervention. This section shall be revised whenever a new employee is hired or the context changes significantly.
Job Description:
- Contribute to the strategic direction of the Area office and ensures efficient structures
- Provide leadership of the Support Department in Area while coordinating closely with other areas to ensure system consistency.
- Support Area Manager and Senior Management Team to contributing to the NRC Strategy.
- Line management for support staff such as Finance Team Leader, HR and Admin team Leader, Logistics Team Leader and ICT.
- Member of the Area Management Group.
- Compliance with and adherence to NRC policies, guidance and handbooks and donor/auditor requirements.
- Provide input on operational support to the Area Office Plan of Action, and to coordinate and align operational support with programme plans at the Area Office level.
- Responsible for ensuring quality support to project implementation.
- Facilitate Area Support Budget, area level budgets, including support cost
- Responsible for the Implementation of new country-specific technical SOPs, guidelines and tools in Area (HR, Logistic/ICT and Finance).
- Responsible for technical capacity building of support staff (HR, Logistic/ICT and Finance).
Systems and Procedures:
- Ensure that all rules, regulations, routines, procedures, SOPs are available, accessible to and known by all staff in Area Office
- Responsible for ensuring that HR, finance, logistics and administration systems provide relevant and adequate support to the area Office ’s programmes throughout the whole project cycle
- Leading implementation of new procedure at Area Office level example includes: NRC HR Management System, UNIT4 Procurement and other systems.
- Regular update of the Master Support Budget at Area office.
- Perform regular spot-checks on supporting documentation to identify areas of improvement in regards of the quality of documentation.
- Ensure the recommendations addresses to the Area office are addressed in time.
Qualification
Professional competencies
- Degree in relevant Management courses preferably Business Administration
- These are skills, knowledge and experience that are important for effective performance.
- At least three (3) years of experience working as a Support Coordinator, Finance, HR or Logistics Coordinator
- Previous experience from working in the Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states or similar context will be an added advantage
- Fluency in English, and knowledge of local language such as Hausa and Kanuri is preferred.
Generic Professional Competencies:
- Experience from working as a Finance Coordinator in a humanitarian/recovery context
- Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
- Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal
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Deadline: June 24, 2023
Job Features
Job Category | coordinator |