West Africa Regional Compliance and Logistics Business Partner at Tearfund

Tearfund is a Christian international relief and development agency working globally to end poverty and injustice, and to restore dignity and hope in some of the world’s poorest communities.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: West Africa Regional Compliance and Logistics Business Partner

Job ID: 3278
Location: Nigeria
Region: West Africa
Job Category: Global Influencing & Programmes
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Potential Interview Date: 30th June 2026

Job Summary

• Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for humanitarian compliance and robust logistics management?
• Tearfund is seeking a Regional Compliance and Logistics Business Partner to join our West Africa team.
• In this dual-focused role, you will spend 40% of your time ensuring the region meets required standards of compliance regarding Tearfund policies and global systems, and 60% of your time providing critical logistics advice, monitoring, and training to staff and partner organisations.

Duties and Key Responsibilities
Compliance Support for the Region (40%):

• Provide direct processes and systems support to country teams with regard to Global Process Systems (GPS), grant management, and budgeting tracking.
• Ensure correct electronic filing and compliance baseline tracking for all proposals, approvals, and partner information records across the regional systems.
• Monitor and track partner action logs, elevating visibility for high-risk partners to the corporate risk register.
• Act as the Safeguarding Focal Point for West Africa Country Offices and partners, ensuring policies are implemented, risk assessments are reviewed, and required safeguarding training is delivered.
• Complete mandatory Counter-Terrorism checks using specialised software for partner organisations, suppliers, new staff, and sub-grantees.
• Facilitate archiving processes and guarantee data protection compliance in line with GDPR requirements.
• Follow up on country office scorecards, perform spot checks, and review safety and security plans alongside Country Directors.

Logistics Business Partnering (60%):

• Deliver responsive logistics advice and technical support to Tearfund staff, regional partners, and active emergency or disaster response operations.
• Review regional procurement requests and coordinate delivery schedules to destination points smoothly.
• Conduct direct training for Tearfund and partner staff on complete logistics core components, including procurement, asset management, fleet management, stock management, freight, and customs.
• Support regional training and post-rollout utilization of "Coupa," our dedicated procurement and stock management software.
• Accompany country and regional management teams in tracking compliance, managing risks, and monitoring adherence to global logistics policies.
• Review and scrutinise the budgeting of logistics requirements within incoming funding proposals during Project Development Meetings.

Who We Are Looking For (Person Specification)

• Languages: Fully fluent in both French and English with exceptional cross-cultural interpersonal and report-writing skills.
• Highly organized, resilient, solution-focused, and capable of balancing a wide range of operational priorities under tight deadlines.
• The candidate should have the right to live and work in either Togo, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Mali and Chad.
• The candidate should have excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, good interpersonal skills to work in a cross-cultural setting. 
• Proficiency in French Language is required.
• Successful applicants must be committed Christians who are willing to sign up to Tearfund's evangelical statement of faith.  
• Applicants must be committed to Tearfund's Christian beliefs.

Application Closing Date
27th June, 2026.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online