Job Title: Deputy Director of Programmes
Reference No.: req10010
Location: FCT, Abuja
Sector: Program Administration
Employment Category: Fixed Term
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: Yes
Overview
- 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 in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States.
- The IRC’s response to the humanitarian situation includes integrated health and nutrition services, reproductive health care and women protection services, Environmental Health, Child Protection, Economic Recovery and Development, Education, General Protection and community-based disaster preparedness.
- The country program will develop a new strategic plan in the first half of 2021. IRC’s programming in Northeast Nigeria is supported by a team of more than 700 staff
Job Overview/Summary
- The Deputy Director of Programs (DDP) is a member of the senior management team (SMT) (along with the Deputy Director of Operations (DDO), Deputy Director of Field Management (DDFM) and Financial Controller (FC)).
- She/he is responsible for leading and managing the program sectors, grant management, M&E and Consortia teams in the Country Program. The DDP is expected to contribute to high levels of teamwork and inter-departmental and cross-sectoral collaboration.
Qualifications
- At least seven years of international experience with two years of experience in the management of emergency, post-conflict and development programs.
- Demonstrated skills and experience in program design and delivery, including proposal development
- Proven capacity in staff management, multi-tasking, time management and diplomacy.
- 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
Working Environment:
- This position is fully accompanied based in Abuja and accommodation will be in individual house
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Deadline: October 2, 2020
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