WHO ARE WE ?
Doctors of the World is an international medical development NGO and part of a global network. We provide medical assistance to vulnerable groups in Belgium and around the world. We advocate for universal health coverage where everyone has access to healthcare without barriers.
In Belgium and around the world, our projects are aimed at all people who do not have or no longer have access to healthcare. In particular, they are structured around five areas: marginalized people, vulnerable children, women, migrants or displaced persons, and victims of crises or conflicts.
To successfully carry out our mission, we rely on three pillars:
- Providing care : giving populations real access to healthcare.
- Change : more than helping, we want to change things in the long term.
- Bearing witness : we do not remain silent. Thanks to our experience and our presence on the ground, we challenge the authorities (local, regional and (inter)national) with facts, figures and realities.
Our projects follow a series of values common to our entire organization: Social Justice, Empowerment, Independence, Commitment, Balance.
THE ESSENTIALS
Under the supervision of the Regional Director for the Sahel, you will be responsible for designing, managing, adapting, and evaluating the MdM Belgium (MdM-BE) program in Niger. You will propose and implement strategies, objectives, and action plans for the Niger program, taking into account internal and external developments and constraints. You will also be responsible for leading, managing security, and supervising a team.
The role involves supervising a group of 5 to 9 collaborators (indicative range) as well as coordinating and collaborating with various national partners.
TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Country operational strategy management:
- Is responsible for defining and deploying the country institutional strategy of the program in Niger.
- Participates in defining the strategy and logical framework of the regional program in conjunction with the Sahel Regional Director and the Sahel technical coordinators.
- Is responsible for planning, coordinating the implementation of activities and setting up appropriate monitoring tools.
- Supervises the collection and analysis of data and guarantees its quality, ensures the monitoring of activities and the tracking of indicators.
- Is responsible for implementing MdM-be’s localization approach in Niger in conjunction with state actors and local associations.
Program Management:
- Supervises accounting management and ensures budget monitoring.
- Ensures the operationalization of the Country Institutional Strategy (CIPS) and departmental action plans.
- Develops and maintains the network of partners and represents the organization to stakeholders and partners of ongoing projects/programs in the country on political, strategic and advocacy aspects.
- Validates and contributes to the drafting of internal project documents, positioning documents (reference documents, activity reports, diagnostic report, notes and advocacy documents, logical frameworks etc.) and donor documents (grant applications, reports, etc.).
- Leads project evaluations and monitors the resulting recommendations.
- Ensures follow-up of recommendations resulting from budget monitoring of projects, and issued during project reviews or during audits.
- Ensures the quality, reliability and regularity of information exchanges between the Niger program and the Sahel region of the organization.
- Monitors the health, political, security and humanitarian context. Oversees the drafting and updating of the country context analysis according to MdM-BE’s internal templates.
- Oversees the rational and compliant use of the organization’s resources.
- Ensures that the project management tool is updated and used in accordance with the MdM-BE process by the project coordinators.
Human Resources Management:
- Applies and ensures compliance with the management charter and protection policies.
- Design the team with regard to the needs, challenges, resources and objectives of the program.
- Participates in the recruitment and management of positions directly related to his/her function and indirectly supports those of other positions on the program.
- Supervises and leads the program team (coordinators/managers/responsibles/program/project officers): defining objectives, managing leave, recruitment and training.
- Coach, referee and takes the necessary steps in case of difficulty or malfunction.
- Strengthens the transferable skills of people on his team.
- Ensures compliance with the organization’s integrity standards, including PSEAH, and the prevention of fraud, corruption, and abusive behavior.
Fundraising:
- Supervises and/or carries out an update of the mapping of the different health actors (donors, institutions and civil society) and their short, medium or long term strategic priorities.
- Develops and monitors the local fundraising strategy.
- Identifies opportunities for international and national consortiums and partnerships.
- Monitor potential calls for proposals concerning MdM-BE’s priority themes in Niger and the Sahel region.
Representation:
- Represent MdM-BE to authorities, partners, donors and the media.
- To monitor collaboration agreements with partners and donors, to seek and develop new partnerships and to carry out or supervise the search for funding.
- Represent the organization to external and internal bodies, analyze, communicate and make the necessary improvements to allow the optimal running of programs.
- Participating in working sessions at the Cluster level, working group of international NGOs, among others
These responsibilities will be implemented in a specific and cross-functional manner based on the annual individual action plan, established in collaboration between the manager and the person holding the position in question.
YOUR PROFILE
Studies/Training and Experience
- University degree in political science, management, law, health or equivalent
- You have a minimum of 5 years of experience in project management, ideally in the humanitarian and development sector.
- Experience in consortium management
- Experience in migration-related projects
- Experience or skills in advocacy
Skills and qualities required
- Knowledge of the Sahelian context and prior experience in the area.
- Knowledge of the main donors present in the Sahel region
- Knowledge of the development field with proven experience in managing development projects
- Fluent in French and good knowledge of English
- Analytical and synthesis skills
- Excellent personal organizational skills
- Skills in team management and coaching
WE OFFER
- A field mission at the heart of Doctors of the World’s activities.
- A fixed-term employment contract under Nigerian law , running from March 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026, with a one-month probationary period, renewable based on performance.
- Monthly base salary between 1,707,290 and 1,811,790 FCFA, depending on experience
- A Tabaski bonus of seventy-five thousand (75,000) CFA francs, payable at the time of Tabaski
- A housing allowance of fifty thousand (50,000) CFA francs per month, prorated to the number of days of attendance
- A school allowance of sixty thousand (60,000) per enrolled child, up to a maximum of three children, payable at the start of the school year.
- A transport allowance of one thousand (1,000) CFA francs paid pro rata to the number of days worked
- Medical coverage of 80% for all outpatient treatment (consultations and medical care) and 100% in case of hospitalization, with local insurance, for you and your dependents.
- Leave: 2.5 paid calendar days of leave per month
- Start date: As soon as possible
- Mission location: Niamey
How to apply
Please submit your application before 22/02/2026 using the appropriate recruitment form.
MdM-BE reserves the right to finalize recruitment before the application deadline. We respond to all applicants. MdM-BE does not request any financial contribution as part of the recruitment process.
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