Organisation Background
Founded in 2011, the International NGO Safety Organisation (INSO) is a British charity that supports the safety of aid workers by establishing safety coordination platforms in insecure contexts. INSO provides registered NGOs with a range of free services including real-time incident tracking, analytical reports, safety related data and mapping, crisis management support, staff orientations and training.
INSO services help NGOs with their day-to-day risk management responsibilities and improve their overall situational awareness to support evidence-based humanitarian access decisions.
The Organisation has grown from innovative start-up to become a globally recognised charity and a valuable component of the humanitarian safety coordination system.
Today the Organisation provides daily support to more than 850 NGOs in twelve of the world’s most insecure countries and has earned a strong reputation for performance, principles & professionalism.
INSO Central Mali Country Office
Since 2014, INSO Mali provides services to enhance the delivery of humanitarian aid and preserve the safety of staff employed by 135 Malian and International NGOs that deliver humanitarian and emergency assistance. INSO Mali is strongly engaged with NGO partners in coordination on humanitarian safety and access.
We are currently seeking an experienced humanitarian professional to lead our team as Director of Mali programme.
Job Summary:
The INSO Director sets the overall strategic framework within which all other programme elements occur and provides leadership, coordination, representation, supervision and management in relation to all staff and services. The Director will be an experienced and emotionally mature individual with advanced understanding of humanitarian operations at leadership level. He/She will be a committed and accountable humanitarian professional.
The Director will possess solid programme and human resources management skills and will be a natural and confident communicator, consensus-builder and networker. Successful candidates will combine keen intellect and analytical skills with pragmatism, patience and a good sense of humour. They will enjoy the challenge of translating strategic concepts in to workable practices in difficult environments. Ideal candidates will come from an NGO/humanitarian background (senior management and programs) and are not required to have military/police backgrounds.
Major Responsibilities:
- Coordination of all staff and resources in the delivery of INSO services, including production of information and analysis (monthly briefings, quarterly and biweekly analytical reports, situational reports), high-level engagement and briefings, surveys, training and capacity building, and emergency support as needed.
- Staff management
- Professional development of INSO staff; recruitment as required.
- Ensuring quality, relevance, and value of INSO’s services, making changes when necessary.
- Programme management, including annual funding strategy, budget management, donor reporting and contractual compliance.
- Compliance with INSO’s global policy in operational and administrative areas.
- Building and maintaining a strong network of relevant contacts.
Mandatory Requirements:
- Previous experience as an NGO Country Director. Relevant experience in humanitarian safety.
- Minimum of one year of recent experience in Mali, and advanced knowledge of local history and current social, political, and security contexts within the region.
- Master’s Degree-level of education or equivalent work experience in a relevant field (please specify).
- Minimum of five (5) years in conflict affected contexts.
- Minimum three (3 years) in an NGO senior management role and crisis management.
- Exemplary command of written and spoken French language.
- Proven analytical skills
- Experience with humanitarian grant management, donor proposals and reporting
- Experience with budget management and monitoring.
- A strong understanding and acceptance of humanitarian principles.
- Solid understanding of principles and practices in broad humanitarian action, NGO safety and risk management, humanitarian access, and civil-military coordination.
- Outgoing and confident personality, and a calm demeanour during crises. A self-starter who takes initiative to achieve results.
- Excellent networking, diplomatic, and representative communication skills.
- Flexibility to frequently work within irregular hours and within austere environments.
Preferred Characteristics:
- Direct experience and involvement in a crisis management role.
- Experience in a highly-visible interagency role and in NGO coordination (humanitarian safety platforms, NGO coordination platforms, etc).
- Previous INSO experience (as a team member, a member of INSO’s country advisory board or as a beneficiary closely involved with the programme) Detailed understanding of INSO mandate and services.
- Fluency in English.
- Existing (relevant) local information networks and contacts.
Key Personal Competencies:
- Ability to lead projects and people to deadlines
- Excellent analyst, able to deliver quality briefings and analytical reports
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- A good listener
- An effective communicator
- Team player
- A people manager
- Quiet demeanour in stressful or crisis situations
*Terms & Conditions: 12-month contract with expected start date of 15 January 2018, €5500 per month salary, 4 days annual leave per month and 3 days of R&R every 3 months, global medical coverage, AD&D coverage
How to apply:
Interested applicants are requested to send the following to [email protected] and reference “INSO Director Mali” in the subject line of the email. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
- Cover Letter in French specifying how you meet the mandatory requirements, any preferred characteristics, your motivation for applying, and what you hope to bring to INSO (2 page maximum).
- Updated CV (5 page maximum).
- One relevant and substantive writing sample in French, which demonstrates your analytical and reporting abilities (10 page maximum, but may be less).
Please do not send any additional information (such as copies of certificates, copies of diplomas, other writing samples, etc.) and keep the total size of your application under 2MB if possible.
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