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An exciting opening has arisen in our West Africa cluster. Tearfund is looking to recruit a Country Director for Burkina Faso / Niger.

Are you passionate about ending poverty in Haiti and around the world? Our ideal candidate will be based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and will have substantial experience in:

  • Strategic planning and thinking
  • Leadership and people management
  • Project and budget management
  • Community development
  • Disaster risk reduction
  • Acquiring and managing institutional funding and building donor relations
  • Working in accordance with corporate structures, policies and practices.
  • Building relationships with and influencing senior leaders of partner organisations, church denominations, donors and other key actors.

In addition, we are seeking someone fluent and competent in written and spoken French and English with excellent communication, interpersonal, negotiation and coaching/mentoring skills in cross cultural settings.

Does your skill set match the above? Then this is the role for you!

The position will be based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Applicants must therefore possess a valid passport/visa stating the right to live and work in Burkina Faso (without the need for a work permit).

Salary: 28,969,171 XOF (annual gross salary) plus local benefits package. This role is fixed term for 24 months

There are no expatriate benefits offered with this position.

Applicants must be committed to Tearfund’s Christian beliefs.

The recruitment process will include specific checks related to safe-guarding issues

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Tearfund is a UK Christian relief and development agency which works in over 50 countries. It is a member of the Disasters Emergency Committee.Tearfund supports poor communities, marginalised groups, vulnerable adults, children, churches, education, HIV victims, conflicts, injustice, hunger, water and sanitation.

The charity was created out of the Evangelical Alliance (EA) and the Evangelical Refugee Fund created by the United Nations.

The organisation was originally called The Evangelical Alliance Relief Fund Committee (abbreviated to TEAR Fund).

George Hoffman headed up the fund.[In January 1969 Cliff Richard did two fundraising concerts for Tearfund at London's Royal Albert Hall.:29 He has served as the charity's Vice President and in 1999 served as its president.In 2009 Richard gave the proceeds of his first 50th anniversary concert in Wembley Arena to Tearfund.

Tearfund was registered as a charity on 6 March 1973.

Tearfund Ireland was launched as an independent charity in 2008 and now works closely with Tearfund UK as a sister organisation.

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An exciting opening has arisen in our West Africa cluster. Tearfund is looking to recruit a Country Director for Burkina Faso / Niger.

Are you passionate about ending poverty in Haiti and around the world? Our ideal candidate will be based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and will have substantial experience in:

  • Strategic planning and thinking
  • Leadership and people management
  • Project and budget management
  • Community development
  • Disaster risk reduction
  • Acquiring and managing institutional funding and building donor relations
  • Working in accordance with corporate structures, policies and practices.
  • Building relationships with and influencing senior leaders of partner organisations, church denominations, donors and other key actors.

In addition, we are seeking someone fluent and competent in written and spoken French and English with excellent communication, interpersonal, negotiation and coaching/mentoring skills in cross cultural settings.

Does your skill set match the above? Then this is the role for you!

The position will be based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Applicants must therefore possess a valid passport/visa stating the right to live and work in Burkina Faso (without the need for a work permit).

Salary: 28,969,171 XOF (annual gross salary) plus local benefits package. This role is fixed term for 24 months

There are no expatriate benefits offered with this position.

Applicants must be committed to Tearfund's Christian beliefs.

The recruitment process will include specific checks related to safe-guarding issues

2019-07-29

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