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The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

The Opportunity:

The Director of Operations serves as a Deputy Country Director in charge of operations and is responsible for leading, managing and developing a team of functional experts, including Finance, Administration, logistics and procurement and compliance to support the delivery of quality and integrated programme in line with Plan International standards, frameworks and procedures.

The Individual:          

You will report to the Country Director and will work closely the operational leads in Finance and Admin team. The DCD may sometimes be required to take on the responsibilities of the Country Director position in their absence.   This role sits within the Country Management Team along with other country managers and is expected to contribute to Plan International Nigeria’s understanding and strategic direction in the country. You will deputise for Country Director as required and if needed in relation to external stakeholders. You will have;

1. Previous line management experience, as you will manage two support managers in the areas of finance, administration & logistics, and work closely with the grant team. This will be done in recognition that the Finance function has a secondary reporting line with the Regional Finance Manager
2. Team building and maintenance skills: establish, agree, communicate and monitor standard of performance and behaviours for the operations support unit. Team objectives, and key performance indicators (KPI’s) are agreed, and monitored and updated quarterly
3. Workforce planning: Identify areas for action based on this analysis to deal with any imbalances and gaps and work strategically place them
4. technical oversight and support to Programme Units (PU) in managing risks and remaining compliance in the delivery of cost-effective programmes.
5. Responsibility for designing, adapting and ensuring compliance with organizational internal policies, SOP and country regulation
6. Ensuring full project costings, and maximising cost recovery from donors to ensure fully funded interventions
7. Risk Management skills – Ensure systems and processes are in place to identify and manage risks including developing, updating and submitting countrywide risk register to the RO in line with the Global Risk Management policy, and ensuring that risks are adequately identified, assessed, mitigated and reported on through risk registers at all levels in the country

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