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Central Africa – Desk / Regional Director

at COOPI
Location Yaoundé, Cameroon
Date Posted May 27, 2021
Category Administration
Job Type Full-time
Currency CFA

Description

The Regional Director (DR) represents COOPI and supports the Organization's intervention in the geographical area of ​​competence, ensuring that the mission and vision of COOPI are respected in national strategies and in the implementation of programs and projects.

Also responsible for all of the Organization's activities in the countries of the region and for promoting relations with the various national and international actors, the DR carries out periodic monitoring missions to the Country and Program Coordinators.

REPORT TO: Headquarters in Milan

We encourage international staff present in the country to apply.

Activities

  • Participate in the Headquarters Strategic Committee;
  • In collaboration with the countries concerned, defines and proposes to the Management the regional strategy, Country and the corresponding action priorities;
  • Collaborate with the Country Coordinators in the identification of project activities with the various donors;
  • Ensures, in the Countries of competence, the application and control of the Organization's procedures and internal regulations, respect for ethical principles, anti-corruption tools and prevention of abuse, the correct implementation of projects , in particular with regard to the actors and the beneficiaries, and the respect of the procedures established by the donors;
  • Responsibility for coordination management, coordination economic results and countries and human resource management.

Responsibilities

Institutional Relations

  • Encourages the Country coordinators to develop relations with the various local and international actors present in the geographical area (donors, institutions, authorities, international and national NGOs, local partners) in order to ensure the best possible management of current activities and identification of possible new programs / interventions in accordance with strategies defined with countries and headquarters;
  • Coordinates with the Management the development of relations with actors in Italy and in Europe .

Program Strategy and Planning

  • Defines and proposes to the Organization the development and updating of Zone and Country strategies and ensures with the Country Coordinators the development and periodic update of the respective documents of strategic planning and plans operational;
  • Ensures systematic monitoring of the operational plan of the Coordination and Countries of competence.

Monitoring and management of projects / programs

Supervises all the phases necessary for the presentation of new projects , referring to the support offices at headquarters;
  • Ensures the sending of all official project documentation (contracts, official correspondence, narrative and financial reports, agreements with partners, etc.) and all monitoring documentation requested by headquarters.

Administrative and financial management

  • Responsible, with the support of the competent offices, for analyzes of the provisional and final budget and of the financial and economic operations of the Countries of its competence (preparation of the annual budget and revisions).

Human Resources Management

  • In coordination with the Human Resources office and Country Coordinators abroad, ensures the selection and recruitment of expatriate staff for whom the contractual amount is established (TOR, the mission plan at headquarters and in the country the contractual amount, security and any benefits) and participate in interviews;
  • Controls the correct flow of expatriate human resources management documents and between headquarters and the competent countries: activates and concludes the negotiation process, supervises the process of preparing, signing and sending the contract;
  • In coordination with the dedicated support offices, participates in the definition of the training plan for the selected personnel and the performative evaluation process;
  • Supervises the management of local and expatriate staff carried out by the country coordination including the correct application of security procedures.

security

  • Supervises the security situation in the countries concerned in contact with the country coordinators and takes the necessary decisions in crisis situations in coordination with the competent offices at headquarters;
  • Ensures contact with UN agencies dealing with security in countries of jurisdiction.

Institutional communication

  • Collaborates, with the Communication office, to promote and coordinate the visibility and communication activities of the organization in the geographical area of ​​its competence.

Internal procedures and relations (Headquarters - Country)

  • In coordination with the competent headquarters offices, ensures the drafting and updating of country regulations and security procedures in accordance with COOPI's internal procedures;
  • Checks compliance with donor procedures and contractual constraints as well as COOPI management procedures.

Candidate profile

  • University or post - graduate training in Development Economics, Management, Social Sciences, Political Sciences or other relevant profiles, or mix of training and equivalent experience;
  • 10 years of experience in project management in precarious or post-conflict security contexts;
  • Excellent knowledge of the Project Cycle;
  • Mastery of the procedures of the main Donors (European Commission, USAID, UNDP, ECHO etc.);
  • Excellent knowledge of French and English ;
  • Excellent knowledge of the MS Office package.

Transversal skills

  • Great sense of organization, capacity for independent decision-making, responsibility;
  • Very good attitude to problem-solving and versatility;
  • Strong leadership and diplomacy;
  • Ability to manage stress;
  • HR management capacity;
  • Ability to work in a multicultural environment with very different personalities;
  • Demonstrated ability to work in a team.

Assets

  • Knowledge and experience in writing projects and methodology for monitoring and evaluation;
  • Knowledge of the Italian language.
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