Deadline: Not specified
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Première Urgence Internationale (PUI) is seeking to fill the position of Deputy Head of Mission for Programmes.
PUI is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political and non-religious international aid organisation supporting civilian victims of marginalisation and exclusion, or hit by natural disasters, wars and economic collapses, by answering their fundamental needs.
Responsibilities
- Ensure that programmes progress in accordance with PUI charter and comply with internal technical guidelines and contractual procedures
- Lead the needs and gaps analysis, and suggest new operations according to the needs identified in direct coordination with the field and technical coordinators
- Lead the donor mapping to develop the fundraising strategy
- Manage directly the technical coordination team, and ensure that the field coordinators and deputy field coordinators are properly supported
- Ensure and coordinate PUI’s representation at national level among partners, donors and authorities
- Ensure the effective interaction between the technical coordination team and the bases
- Ensure that the technical coordination department is properly liaising with the support coordinators
- Be involved in direct collaboration with the technical coordinators in the global oversight of links between the technical coordination department and logistics, HR and administrative departments
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Project Management, International Development or Social Sciences
- Training in Public Health/Protection/Livelihood and/or Shelter will be a plus
- Four years, minimum, of multi-sectorial humanitarian projects, with two years, minimum, in a coordination position and a strong experience in project management
- Experience in assessing needs and developing proposals, in external representation and in team management
- Strong knowledge of donor requirements and expectations
- Excellent writing skills (especially for proposals and reporting)
- Strong leadership skills and ability to make decisions, a sense of analysis (discernment, pragmatism) and synthesis
- Good negotiator and communicator, both in writing and speaking
- Fluency in English
- Fluency in Arabic and/or French will be a plus
To apply and for more information, click here.
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