Interim Head of Delegation Burkina Faso (3 months) At Land of men

Entry into office: 01/20/2025

Duration: 3 months

Activity rate: 100%

Work location: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Status: Unaccompanied

Application Deadline: Terre des hommes does not set an application deadline for this position, recruitment is open until the position is filled.

Tdh:

The Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh), headquartered in Lausanne and with an office in Zurich, is the largest Swiss children’s rights organisation with over 2,000 employees worldwide. We work alongside children to guarantee their rights, protect their lives and improve their well-being. We achieve this through our innovative programmes in the areas of health, migration and access to justice, designed to have a positive and lasting impact.

Context :

Burkina Faso has been operating in a complex security and humanitarian crisis context since 2014, generating significant and complementary humanitarian, development and peace promotion needs.

The Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh) is an independent, neutral and impartial Swiss organization, present and legally recognized in Burkina Faso since 1986.

The Terre des hommes Foundation in Burkina Faso is one of the largest in terms of financial volume (annual budget of CHF 10M) and number of employees at the global level. It develops its entire programmatic approach through projects related to health, justice and migration, but also its cross-cutting expertise: child protection, WASH, ICT4D.

In 2024, Tdh operations are carried out in the majority of the country’s regions, with a strong concentration in the Boucle du Mouhoun and North regions. In addition to its national office in Ouagadougou, Tdh has offices in Dédougou, Ouahigouya, Tougan, Boromo and Zorgho. Tdh’s interventions in Burkina Faso, carried out by more than 200 employees, have directly reached more than 300,000 children and members of their community.

In this context, the Terre des hommes Foundation is looking for an Interim Head of Delegation for a period of 3 months to ensure the transition between the departing Head of Delegation and the new Head of Delegation currently being selected.

Main responsibilities:

As representative of the Foundation in his/her country of assignment, the Head of Delegation:

• Represents Tdh (including legally) and promotes the entirety of its mandate in its country of assignment.
• Develops and guarantees the implementation of the multi-year Strategy, the Annual Operational Plans (POA) of the Delegation in compliance with Strategic Planning and internal processes (budget management, HR and logistics management, quality and accountability).
• In collaboration with the programs, coordinates the development of projects in his/her country of assignment.
• Directs and supervises all activities related to Terre des hommes projects in his/her country of assignment.
• Ensures the implementation of an operational risk management system in the Delegation.
• Manages the Delegation teams.
• Ensures the internal and external communication of the Delegation.

Specific responsibilities:

As representative of the Foundation in his/her country of assignment, the Head of Delegation:

• Represents Tdh (including legally) and promotes the entirety of its mandate in its country of assignment.
• Develops and guarantees the implementation of the multi-year Strategy, the Annual Operational Plans (POA) of the Delegation in compliance with Strategic Planning and internal processes (budget management, HR and logistics management, quality and accountability).
• In collaboration with the programs, coordinates the development of projects in his/her country of assignment.
• Directs and supervises all activities related to Terre des hommes projects in his/her country of assignment.
• Ensures the implementation of an operational risk management system in the Delegation.
• Manages the Delegation teams.
• Ensures the internal and external communication of the Delegation.

The full job description will be shared with candidates selected for technical testing.

Profile :

Training: Master’s degree or training/experience deemed equivalent within the framework of international cooperation, bachelor’s or master’s degree in health are an asset.

Experience / Skills:

• Experience in the fields of Health, Justice, Social Cohesion and Migration, experience in the fields of child protection, WASH and ICT4D are an asset
• Experience in managing triple nexus projects and programs (Humanitarian, Development, Peace Promotion)
• Experience as Country Director of at least 5 years in an NGO.
• Experience in consortium development and management
• Proven experience in managing a large delegation
• Excellent knowledge of institutional donors (ECHO, INTPA, BMGF, FM, UNICEF, USAID, etc.)
• Experience in West Africa – Sahel desired
• Experience in a volatile security environment

LANGUAGES :

• French, English an asset

IT knowledge:

• Perfect mastery of IT tools (Office Pack)

Salary :

Expatriate contract under Swiss law, gross monthly salary between CHF 4,850 and CHF 6,610 x13 (+ AVS deduction for Swiss candidates). Insurance, illness, accident, repatriation. 25 days of leave/year. Return plane ticket/year.

Tdh Global Code of Conduct and Risk Management Policies:

• Commits to respecting the Global Code of Conduct and systematically reporting any violation of the Code through Tdh’s reporting procedure: raising awareness within the Foundation about violence and abuse, and the rights that result from it, with regard to children, community members and our own employees
• Commits to complying with the Risk Management Policies, including: Safeguarding policies (Child Safeguarding Policy, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Policy, Abusive Behaviour at Work Directive), Safety/Security Policy and Anti-Fraud/Corruption and Prevention of the Financing of Criminal Activities Policies
• Committed to reducing the risk of abuse by developing an open and informed management culture within the organisation and in our work with children and the communities in which we operate

We offer you exciting and varied work, useful and meaningful, within a team that wants to make a difference for children in situations of great vulnerability.

Have we piqued your interest? Are you up for the challenge?