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Assignment :
Your mission will be to ensure the management of technical experts, and provide support to the Project Office Manager while guaranteeing technical and regional coherence as well as learning from interventions on aspects of strengthening the actors of the RESILAC program.
Your main tasks will be to:
Participate in overall management, donor accountability (reporting) and the implementation and review of the program strategy while guaranteeing the territorial (inter-pillar) approach of the program.
Manage the program team according to defined links.
Contribute to strategic orientations, the coherence of approaches and monitor their implementation in the countries and regional level.
Guarantee the quality and accountability of the program (towards the populations and donors).
Ensure, in its regional and cross-border dimension, the establishment and animation of a learning and sharing framework within the project.
Contribute to influential advocacy and coordination with other actors.
Profile:
You have higher education (BAC+5) in the fields of humanitarian or development project management, social sciences or any other field relevant to the project;
You have international professional experience of 3 to 5 years in coordination positions with development projects or nexus projects;
You have experience in managing large-scale consortium, multi-country and/or multidimensional projects;
You claim successful experience in strengthening stakeholders and monitoring partnerships;
Your knowledge of the issues of partnership, localization, and strengthening of stakeholders is detailed and thorough;
You demonstrate excellent analytical, synthesis and writing skills, inclined to writing work;
You have excellent listening, communication and negotiation skills – sense of diplomacy and consensus;
You are fluent in English and French, both written and spoken – these are the two working languages.
Knowledge of at least one of the countries around the Lake Chad Basin would be appreciated.
Travel in difficult conditions (discomfort, insecurity, etc.) will be expected.
Terms of employment
This position is open to both Chadian workers and international workers. The content of the salary package varies depending on this element.
For an employee of Chadian nationality:
24 months of fixed-term contract under Chadian law
Basic monthly salary: from 1,606,888 to 1,948,753 FCFA depending on experience
For a Chadian employee international worker:
24 months of fixed-term contract under French law
Gross monthly starting salary from 2899 to 3376 euros depending on experience
+ other ACF benefits.
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