Plan International Senior Strategy Manager Jobs in Nigeria
Plan International Senior Strategy Manager Jobs in Nigeria
The OpportunityPlan International are embarking on an ambitious and exciting change process as part of our global strategy All Girls Standing Strong Creating Global Change (FY23-FY27) to ensure that we are relevant, bold, engaging and effective in a dynamic and fast-changing global context.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Regional Director to lead Plan International’s strategies, programmes and operations in the West and Central Africa region.
The region currently includes 15 Country Offices, organised by clusters to ensure balance in complexity and distribution of work to facilitate effective management oversight and support, and a Regional Hub, based in Dakar, Senegal and has an annual budget of €265m for FY23.
The Regional Director has overall responsibility for the portfolio in the region and plays a significant role in driving changes to this footprint.
The Regional Hub oversees the realisation of Plan International’s country facing programming and influencing activities in the Region and holds business units to account for achieving maximum and timely impact in accordance with our purpose, values and behaviours, global policies, and as directed by the Members Assembly and International Board.
Role Purpose
Plan International is an independent child rights and humanitarian organisation committed to children living a life free of poverty, violence and injustice.
We actively unite children, communities and other people who share our mission to make positive lasting changes in children’s and young people’s lives. We support children to gain the skills, knowledge and confidence they need to claim their rights to a fulfilling life, today and in the future. We place a specific focus on girls and women, who are most often left behind.
We have been building powerful partnerships for children for more than 85 years, and are now active in over 80 countries.
We are embarking on an ambitious and exciting change process, to make the organisation more relevant, bold, engaging and effective in a dynamic and fast-changing global context in line with Plan International’s global strategy All Girls Standing Strong Creating Global Change (FY23-FY27)
The purpose of this role is to lead, manage and be accountable for Plan International’s strategies, programmes and operations in the WACA region. This currently includes 15 countries and a regional hub, based in Dakar, Senegal with an annual budget of €265m for FY23.
The Regional Director has overall responsibility for the portfolio in the region and plays a significant role in driving changes to this footprint.
Dimensions of the Role
The role oversees a regional hub management team consisting of Directors of Sub-Regions who hold the line management for the Country Directors, Regional Finance, People & Culture, Safety & Security, Programme & Influencing, Humanitarian, and other related functions.
The Regional Director has overall accountability for regional performance and is the CEO representative for influencing, strategic engagement, fundraising and external representation within the region. The Regional Director sits on the Plan International Inc Leadership Team, the Plan International Global Team and periodically joins and contributes to International Board and Committee meetings.
Responsible for the successful development and delivery of Plan International’s strategy, programmes, and operations in the WACA region in-line with Plan International’s global strategy and standards:
Drive forward our ambition under the global strategy to achieve 100 per cent gender transformative programmes and courageous local, national, regional and global influencing for maximum impact.
Continuously improve all elements of our operations in the region (grants and sponsorship management, security, supply chain and planning and performance) to ensure they demonstrate excellence in performance and deliver maximum value to all stakeholders including the girls we work with and for, National Organisations, donors, sponsors and partners. Ensure that Plan International’s dual mandate in development and humanitarian work is adequately reflected in all the region’s operations.
Actively advance intersectional feminism and anti-racism and ensure all leaders and staff exercise our values and behaviours. Strengthen the line of delegation and information sharing from the CEO of PII through to Country Offices to further promote
decision making closest to the point of impact while achieving a strong culture of end-to-end accountability. Effectively address non-performance through decisive action. Promote the use of data driven evidence and digital solutions.
Develop and lead a high performing and value-based leadership team within the region, ensuring that people with the right competencies and values perform in the right roles. Managing and supporting the high performance of Directors of Sub Regions, Country Directors, and senior regional staff, strengthening attention to equity, diversity and inclusion within staff teams, and ensuring optimal regional organisational structures.
Sustaining attention of the whole team on wider strategic resourcing issues and the strengthening of talent pipelines both for leadership roles and technical capabilities., Attracting, developing, progressing, and retaining a highly skilled, motivated and diverse workforce. Role modelling and encouraging others to have honest and empowering conversations with individuals about their performance, potential, career direction and development. Driving and supporting our succession and talent processes at the global, regional and country levels and ensuring that staff across all levels feel empowered and supported to deliver at their best, feel pride in their work and develop their potential.
Lead overall strategic planning and alignment, providing direction and leadership for the region, and contributing to leadership of the global organisation. The Regional Director plays an active role in helping the Global Hub to align and work effectively with Country Offices, developing products that will be assets to the delivery of the mission at Country Office level.
Technical Expertise, Skills and Knowledge
Essential:
Significant experience in progressive senior international management roles
Demonstrable knowledge as a result of study, training or practical experience on the key debates in development, particularly around child rights and gender equality
Practical knowledge of the requirements of donor compliance and financial management
Practical knowledge of programming for development and emergency response
Working experience in West/Central Africa, with experience in other regions desirable
Business level fluency in English and French
Leadership Skills and Behaviours:
Striving for high performance: Strongly drives performance forward in area of the business for which they are responsible; involves others in setting and achieving goals; creates a strong sense of purpose within own part of the business and with stakeholders.
Strategic thinking and innovation: Sets strong strategy in own part of organisation; makes an effective contribution to wider strategy; sees contribution of own part of the organisation in wider Plan and external context; balances future vision with practical delivery; critically evaluates work effectiveness and searches for better ways of working.
Decision making and risk management: Sound judgement and decision-making in complex situations; alerts others to risks inside and outside the organisation; willing to make judgements about managing risks and ready to take responsibility for such judgements
Influencing and Communications: Effective communicator using clear messages drawn from Plan’s work; cross-culturally adept; ready to work to influence leaders in governments, international bodies, partners, and communities; can reach out and influence large groups of people; effective communicator with children and young people.
How to Apply
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