Director of Humanitarian Programs at Mercy Corps International

Mercy Corps, an international humanitarian organisation is looking for candidates to fill in various positions under the humanitarian aid response. We are looking for motivated individuals, members of targeted community ready and willing to work in dynamic team.

Mercy Corps, International Humanitarian Organisation is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title:  Director of Humanitarian Programs

Location: Abuja (with extensive travel to Gombe and other IDP hosting states)

Responsibilities

• The Director of Humanitarian Programs is a member of the country senior management team and will be responsible for developing and implementing Mercy Corps Nigeria's humanitarian response strategy. This involves coordinating and implementing the delivery of humanitarian response programming that might include livelihoods, cash, food, non-food items and wash interventions for families affected by conflict or unrest from both host and displaced communities.
• The position includes overall leadership of humanitarian program, management of daily program activities and staff, ensuring appropriate systems and support mechanisms are in place to track, analyze and report on results as well as engagement with senior management on the strategic direction of the overall emergency and recovery program.
• The post holder will represent Mercy Corps on various humanitarian coordination platforms in Nigeria.
• He/she will be responsible to grow and strengthen our humanitarian and transitional programming.

Requirements

• MA or equivalent in relevant field
• At least 10 years of field experience in international relief and/or development programs, including demonstrable success in managing humanitarian programs in transitional environments; previous working experience in Africa highly desirable
• 5 years of senior-level leadership, capacity building and field management experience.
• Demonstrated success working effectively and respectfully with host country governments, private sector, INGO, NGO partners and other stakeholders in complex environments
• Proven skills in finance and grants management; prior experience with emergency response grant management for both private and institutional donors desired
• Knowledge of SPHERE and other humanitarian programming standards
• Successful and proven negotiation, communication and organization skills
• Excellent oral and written English skills
• Ability to work effectively with an ethnically diverse team in a sensitive environment.

Application Closing Date
17th of October 2014.

How to Apply
Interested candidates are encouraged to submit CV and Cover Letter, addressing the position requirements to: [email protected]

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Note

• All applications must include the position title in the subject line.  Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
• We are an equal opportunity organization and we encourage women to apply to these positions.