Job Title: Country Manager
Salary: pa ($36413-$41245)
Location: Nigeria
Closing Date: 5pm, 17th March 2010
Christian Aid is working with others to end poverty in Africa. At the heart of this vision is transformation of the lives in poverty, empowering them to have a brighter future
We are looking for a dynamic and motivated person to lead the Nigeria country team in delivering their exciting programme and achieving even greater levels of innovation with our partners, allies and donor.
As Country manager you will bring the entrepreneurial skill to develop new opportunities, alliances and partnership. You will have excellent people and performance management skills. Your experience in programme management needs to be matched by your ability to act as an ambassador for Christian Aid and your commitment to communications and advocacy within the organization as a whole. You will have a proactive approach to leading and delivering the changes needed to ensure we maximize the quality and impact of our Nigeria programme. You will be committed to your own learning and development and that of your team
EVIDENCE OF COMPETENCY: Please show your suitability for this post by giving answers to the following questions: Using the guidance notes may help you formulate your answers.
- 1. Decision making (level 4)
Can you describe an example of a situation where you took a risky short-term decision in order to ensure that a longer-term goal would be achieved or a future problem avoided
- 2. Stewardship of resources
When identifying opportunities or negotiation business relationships, how have you gone about determining best return on investment or maximum benefits for both your organization and the partner/client? Please give a specific example
- Leading and Managing change (level 5)
Talk about a time when you communicated a broad organizational change to employees in a way that helped them gain a clearer vision of the impact of the change and support and embrace it in their work
- 4. Risk taking (level 4)
Describing a time when you assessed the various risks associated with a strategic plan of action that you were proposing
BENEFITS: When we value the contribution on each person makes to the success of our organization. That’s why you can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance
We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our work force. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irresponsive of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religious belief.
To apply for this post, please download an application pack from www.christianaid.org.uk/jobs and email your completed form to: echenge@christian-aid.org with Cc to hlabo@christian-aid.org (quoting the reference number). Alternative your completed application form, together with the equal opportunities forms, can be printed put posted to us at:
Christian Aid
35-41, Lower Marsh
London SEI 7RT
Please note CVs will not be accepted
Job reference: CM/NG/01
Closing date for this application: 5pm, 17 March 2010
Interview date: 29 March 2010
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