Area Manager - Maradi, Niger

About the role

NRC Niger is recruiting an Area Manager for the Maradi / Tillabéri / Dosso / Tahoua area. The role leads the area office and supervises several field offices, including the Field Manager in Tillabéri, and ensures high-quality, cost-effective project implementation. It also contributes to multi-country coherence through the Multi-Country Management Group.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the Maradi / Tillabéri area office and its potential sub-offices, with close supervision of the Field Manager in Tillabéri
• Oversee staff security, including completing security risk assessments for the area and possible new areas of intervention
• Support needs assessments and ensure projects meet standards and donor requirements, including data collection, storage and analysis
• Help identify programming gaps, take part in assessments for new areas and aid the development of programme strategy
• Lead the access strategy for hard-to-reach areas, adapting SOPs and procedures with the Country Director
• Liaise with donors on new funding and operational areas, and with local authorities, donors and humanitarian actors; support concept notes, project proposals and budgets for scaling up post-emergency activities
• Represent NRC at area-level coordination platforms and contribute to advocacy initiatives
• Recruit qualified staff, lead by example on core values, ensure training and capacity building, and hold performance feedback sessions at least quarterly
• Ensure sound financial management, including keeping the Master Budget up to date

Required profile

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience as a Senior Project Manager or field manager in a humanitarian and recovery context
• Previous experience in complex and volatile contexts, and in insecure or hard-to-reach locations
• Knowledge of the West African and Niger context, and experience managing safety and security
• Fluency in French and written and spoken English

Required skills

• Humanitarian and access negotiation
• Strategic thinking, leadership, managing performance and resources, coping with change

What we offer

• Duty station: Maradi, Niger
• Fixed-term contract of 12 months with possibility of extension
• Grade 10 on NRC's national salary scale