Deadline: 28 April, 2022

Location: Abuja, Nigeria

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Media Action is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the role of Country Director.

BBC Media Action was founded in 1999 by the BBC as its international development charity that applies the editorial standards of the BBC, builds on its values and often works closely with the BBC World Service and other BBC departments.

Responsibilities

• Provide dynamic, inspirational leadership and management, and lead senior management team to ensure BBC Media Action meets commitments to funders, partners and audiences in Nigeria
• Manage and develop a diverse team, ensuring that staff are appropriately inducted, trained and developed, and performance is appropriately managed
• Through effective line-management of the senior project manager and other team leads, take final responsibility for ensuring all activities are delivered within agreed standards, timescales and budgets, and all outputs adhere to BBC editorial standards
• Ensure effective office management so that finance and administrative functions are carried out in line with donor rules, local regulatory requirements and BBC guidelines
• Lead the expansion of the organisation’s portfolio in Nigeria, including identifying future business development opportunities and overseeing the writing of new project proposals
• Update and implement the country strategy, ensuring work in Nigeria is relevant and appropriate

Requirements

• Substantial experience in the management of diverse teams of staff, including recruitment, management, discipline and professional development
• Experience managing large-scale, donor-funded projects in a developing-country context, preferably in Africa
• Proven ability to deliver complex projects to deadlines and within budget
• Experience developing and securing international development or media projects, including the ability to develop new project ideas and present these persuasively to potential partners and funders, and write successful proposals
• Significant budget management experience, demonstrating effective use of resources and responsibility for large budgets
• Record of forming effective relationships with a range of local and international partners, including at the highest levels of government and media, and managing effective teamwork between partners and stakeholders, including those with differing agendas
• Experience managing security planning, including overseeing processes to understand and minimise risks to staff, and ensuring security and safety training for staff

To apply and for more information, click here.

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