Company Description
Search for Common Ground SFCG is an international non-profit organization that promotes peaceful resolution of conflict. With headquarters in Washington, DC, SFCG’s mission is to transform how individuals, organizations, and governments deal with conflict – away from adversarial approaches and toward cooperative solutions. SFCG seeks to help conflicting parties understand their differences and act on their commonalities. With a total of approximately 750 staff worldwide, SFCG implements projects from 56 offices in 35 countries, including in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States.
Job Title: Country Director
Job Description
The Country Director manages the overall program in Nigeria from a programmatic and operational perspective, as well as leading on fundraising and donor relations. He/she leads the Leadership and Management Team comprised of key senior staff and leads the team in ongoing improvements. This position reports to the Regional Director for West Africa and collaborates closely with various Washington and Brussels-based divisions of SFCG, including the Africa Team, the Institutional Learning Team, Communications, Finance and Operations. The position is located in Abuja, with substantial travel to the other field offices as well as other states around the country.
Define programme priorities, plans and long-term strategy in close collaboration with the SFCG Regional Director
Oversee implementation of funded projects, collaborating with donors, partners, and other staff
Manage the country program with the highest quality standards and with well-documented results
Ensure sharing of results across different offices of SFCG Nigeria, across SFCG and with external stakeholders.
Responsible for ensuring lessons are learned and applied to future programming
Ensure that program planning and management effectively utilize available resources, and respond to gaps with fundraising and/or operational adjustments as needed
Report to donors according to contractual deadlines with quality narrative and financial data
Contribute analysis and programmatic capacities to the implementation of programming in Nigeria and other countries in the region as appropriate
Stay abreast of the international conflict transformation field to ensure that the program’s work remains innovative and professional
Be directly engaged in the continuing development of the organization, its mission and its staff, through the sharing of experience and knowledge, particularly contributing to its Institutional Learning efforts
Strengthen existing funding relationships and identify and pursue new potential donors in collaboration with headquarters in Washington, DC and Brussels, Belgium
Job Qualification
BA, BSc, HND
Job Category
Administration, Secretarial, NGO, Non-Profit
Job Experience
5 years
Job Location
Abuja
Method of Application
APPLY HERE
Search for Common Ground SFCG is an international non-profit organization that promotes peaceful resolution of conflict. With headquarters in Washington, DC, SFCG’s mission is to transform how individuals, organizations, and governments deal with conflict – away from adversarial approaches and toward cooperative solutions. SFCG seeks to help conflicting parties understand their differences and act on their commonalities. With a total of approximately 750 staff worldwide, SFCG implements projects from 56 offices in 35 countries, including in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States.
Job Title: Country Director
Job Description
The Country Director manages the overall program in Nigeria from a programmatic and operational perspective, as well as leading on fundraising and donor relations. He/she leads the Leadership and Management Team comprised of key senior staff and leads the team in ongoing improvements. This position reports to the Regional Director for West Africa and collaborates closely with various Washington and Brussels-based divisions of SFCG, including the Africa Team, the Institutional Learning Team, Communications, Finance and Operations. The position is located in Abuja, with substantial travel to the other field offices as well as other states around the country.
Define programme priorities, plans and long-term strategy in close collaboration with the SFCG Regional Director
Oversee implementation of funded projects, collaborating with donors, partners, and other staff
Manage the country program with the highest quality standards and with well-documented results
Ensure sharing of results across different offices of SFCG Nigeria, across SFCG and with external stakeholders.
Responsible for ensuring lessons are learned and applied to future programming
Ensure that program planning and management effectively utilize available resources, and respond to gaps with fundraising and/or operational adjustments as needed
Report to donors according to contractual deadlines with quality narrative and financial data
Contribute analysis and programmatic capacities to the implementation of programming in Nigeria and other countries in the region as appropriate
Stay abreast of the international conflict transformation field to ensure that the program’s work remains innovative and professional
Be directly engaged in the continuing development of the organization, its mission and its staff, through the sharing of experience and knowledge, particularly contributing to its Institutional Learning efforts
Strengthen existing funding relationships and identify and pursue new potential donors in collaboration with headquarters in Washington, DC and Brussels, Belgium
Job Qualification
BA, BSc, HND
Job Category
Administration, Secretarial, NGO, Non-Profit
Job Experience
5 years
Job Location
Abuja
Method of Application
APPLY HERE
Application Closing Date
2 January 2016
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