Contract length: 12 months starting from December 2013
Place: Freetown, with travels on the field
Request date: 2013-10-16
COOPI – Cooperazione Internazionale has been working in
Sierra Leone since 1971. Under its Country Strategic Plan 2009-11, COOPI is
working in three main programme areas: (1) Livelihoods, Food Security and Youth
Employment (2) Women’s Rights (3) Children Rights.
The Head of Mission must demonstrate capability directly
related to the proposed Work, including technical qualifications, supervisory
skills, relevant academic background, and demonstrated experience in African
countries or similar operating environment. This role will be responsible for
overseeing the technical and management expertise present on the field,
liaising with the governmental institutions, the donors and other key
stakeholders of the program, fulfilling the principal responsibilities as outlined
below.
DESCRIPTION AND REQUIREMENTS
Coordination Activities
- Represent
the Organization in the country, by liasing with the major governmental
institutions, local authorities, donors and international agencies;
- Consolidate
COOPI’s role in the country by defining the organization strategies, the
new project phases and intervention areas and by analysing funding
possibilities, in close coordination with the HQ Desk Officer;
- Local
and Expatriate staff management, together with the Country Administrator;
- Close
management of the ongoing projects in terms of support to the
administrative and logistic aspects of the activities implementation;
- Check
of all administrative issues of the Freetown base and supervision of COOPI
bases in the country;
- Participation
to Coordination meetings with other NGOs and International Humanitarian
agencies based in Sierra Leone;
- Supervise
all issues related to Staff security in the intervention areas;
- Coordination
with the Milan Headquarters and definition of the country strategy;
- Responsible
for the strengthening/updating and implementation of the Country
procedures.
Project Implementation Activities
- Supervision
and monitoring of the ongoing project activities;
- Support
to the Project Managers in the project implementation, in the donors and
COOPI procedures application and in the solution of specific problems
arisen during the operational phases of the project implementation;
- Periodic
Report Writing and report revision before submission to donors;
- Research,
identification and drawing up of project concept notes and proposals.
Minimum Requirements
- At
least five years working experience, out of which three in projects
programming and management;
- Previous
experiences in project writing;
- Good
report writing skills;
- Good
knowledge and use of the English Language;
- Good
administrative skills;
- Proactive
aptitude in terms of planning and coordination with different bodies,
institutions and Reference Points;
- Target
oriented and problem solving aptitude;
- Good
leadership skills, aimed at managing and motivating a team;
- Positive
ability to bear stressful and complicated situations;
- Diplomatic
and confidentiality skills;
- Advanced
IT skills
- Previous
experience in Sierra Leone or West African country will be an asset
Contract Length: 12 months – Renewable
Starting date: Beginning of December 2013
