Position Start Date: 16.06.2024
Type of contract: CDM
Duration: 12 months
Location: Maiduguri, Nigeria
Status: Unaccompanied
Terre des hommes does not set closing date for this position. Recruitment is on-going until the position is filled
Tdh:
Terre des hommes (Tdh), founded in 1960, is an independent, neutral and impartial Swiss organisation committed to bringing meaningful and lasting change to the lives of children and youth, especially to those most exposed to risks. To make a difference, we focus on the areas of maternal and child health, children and youth migration, and access to justice.
Context:
Nigeria is a multicultural country with great disparities between the southern regions of the country, which had experienced and still experiences growth and development and the northern regions, seriously affected after 13 years of violent insurgency, leading to massive humanitarian needs for millions of people and provoking terrible socio-economic inequalities in the region for an important part of the population. In the northeast, especially in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe (BAY states), the conflict stemming from the insurgency of non-state armed groups (NSAGs) in continues as intensely as ever. The attacks and insecurity have displaced millions of people, devastated agricultural production and other livelihoods, cut off essential services, and caused a crisis of protection. In 2022, some 8.4 million people of the BAY states will need humanitarian aid. Of these, 2.2 million are internally displaced; 1.5 million are returnees who lack essential services and livelihoods; and 3.9 million are members of communities affected by their hosting of IDPs. About 730 000 people are located in areas inaccessible to international humanitarian actors. Although some retain or have developed a degree of coping mechanisms, most rely at least in part on humanitarian aid.
Tdh has first been established in Abeokuta, in 2008, and implemented development programmes, such as Migration programs. Activities in the South of Nigeria have been closed in 2019. In order to respond to the Lake Chad Basin Crisis, Tdh has established a country office since mid-2017, in Maiduguri, Borno State. Tdh contributes to the crisis’ response by providing child protection services, education in emergencies, wash and nutrition assistance to most vulnerable children and their families.
Moreover, in the line of its expertise and programing positioning at the worldwide level, Tdh also analyzes the situation, as well as the potential response to the crisis on a mid-term basis, regarding the early recovery and nexus approach. Indeed, given its core competencies in term of deployment of a response for primary needs, implementation of development projects, support to the public services and community/social approach of the beneficiaries, Tdh thinks that the organization could have an added value on all the dynamics/programs related to the stabilization or the structuration in other regions of Nigeria.
In terms of Support:
The Support Services Unit is located in Maiduguri, as the rest of the country coordination.
Each sector of the unit (HR, Fin, Log and HoB) is supervised by the Support Services Coordinator. He/she will be supported by 5 national positions: Finance Manager, HR/Adm Manager Logistics Manager and 2 Head of Bases. Coordination team provide financial, HR, administrative, logistics and risk management service to Tdh Country Office in Nigeria by developing business intelligence that supports program decisions and performance management.
The Support Services Coordinator (SSC) will provide strategic overview and management of Finance, Logistics and Human Resources as well as General Administration; leading on business process reengineering initiatives that will ensure appropriate integration with user departments.
The SSC will reinforce value for money criteria in close cooperation with the program and management units.
Responsibilities:
- Performance Management & Program Intelligence
- Financial Management
- HR/Admin Management
- Logistics Management
- Transversal responsibilities :
- Grant Management and Donor Reporting
- Risk Management
- Leadership, Coordination and Capacity Building
- HR Policies Management
- HR routine Management
- Office Management
The full job description will be shared with the candidates selected to start the recruitment process.
Conditions offered:
- Swiss contract
- Gross monthly salary between 5000 CHF and 5800 x13,36 months
- Insurances: sickness, accident, repatriation
- Annual leaves: 25 days/year
- Transport: Flights to duty station and back
Education :
Master University degree in relevant field
Profile:
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar position.
- Mastering Saga (accounting), Homère (HR) software and the Office pack, in particular Excel
- Master the procedures for supply, inventory management / vehicle fleet / IT Telecommunications
- Mastering institutional donor procedures
- Be able to mobilize a team around common objectives in a work environment favorable (trust, constructive dynamics, friendly and professional atmosphere)
- Ability to monitor budgets and accounts, plan and meet deadlines, anticipate and proof of autonomy in daily tasks, prioritize tasks and delegate, carry out the preparation, support and follow-up of financial audits
Tdh Global Code of Conduct and Risk Management Policies:
- Fully complies with Tdh’s Global Code of Conduct and systematically reports any breach to the Code through the whistleblowing procedure, raises awareness within the Foundation on abuse and violence and the rights deriving therefrom, respecting the rights and dignity of children, members of the communities and our own Staff
- Commits to respecting Risk Management Policies including: Safeguarding Policies (Child Safeguarding Policy, Policy on the Protection against Sexual Exploitation and the Directive on Staff Misconduct at the Workplace), Safety and Security Policy and Anti-Fraud/Corruption and Prevention of the Financing of Criminal Activities Policies
- Commits to reducing the risk of abuse and harm by developing a culture of open and informed leadership within the organization and in our work with children and the communities in which we intervene in.
We offer an exciting and varied work, useful and meaningful, in a team that wants to make a difference for vulnerable children.
Are you interested to join our committed team to face this challenge?
Procedure:
Please apply by sending your CV & Cover Letter to: [email protected]
Application files sent will be processed only if complete (CV + cover letter). Additional documents (diplomas, work certificates, etc.) will be requested at a later stage.
