Postion Announcement: Country Director, Ipas Nigeria Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Protecting Women's health ,
Advancing women's reproductive rights
Description: Ipas isan international NGO dedicated to improving women's reproductive health and rights. The Nigerian Country office in Abuja builds the capacity of health systems to expand and provide high quality woman-centered reproductive health services. The Country Director is the chief executive for the Ipas Nigeria program and is responsible for providing strategic direction and managerial oversight for the country team.
Key Responsibilities:
• Provide leadership and strategic direction in planning of country strategies and program objectives to set direction for the Ipas Nigeria country program.
• Responsible to plan and manage the country program, ensure program results are achieved consistent with organizational priorities, donor requirements and budget parameters
• Provides guidance and supervision to the management team working closely with the Program Manager, and encourages strong teamwork, positive communications and a supportive team culture to meet overall country objectives.
• Represents Ipas with donors and provides leadership in donor proposals and reports.
• Represents Ipas with policy makers and stakeholders and advocates for policies and programs that maximizes impact and resources to further the mission of Ipas.
• Leads the Country Results Team and Management and Accountability Group (MAG) meetings.
Minimum requirements:
• Advanced degree in relevant field required
• 10-15 years' related experience required
• least 5 or more years of supervisory and HR experience required
• Must be familiar with women's sexual and reproductive rights and a strong advocate for Ipas mission
• Proven experience with donor relations and in writing proposals and donor reports
• Must be able to work independently with a strong teamwork focus
• Cross cultural experience and international NGO work experience
• Abilitytotravelupt050%timewithin Nigeria
Additional requirements:
• Must possess strong writing and verbal communications skills
• Must possess strong interpersonal, negotiation and representational skills
• Must possess strong skills in planning, financial and human resource management
• Must possess strong computer skills
Applicants should submit a cover letter and CV to: [email protected]. We do not accept phone calls but we wncourage you to vist our website: http:/www.ipas.org before applying or send your queries to [email protected]. The advertisement will remain open until the position is filled. Due to anitcipated volume of applictions, only qualified applicants will be contacted.
Ipas is Equal Opportunity Employer.
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