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COOPI – Head of Mission – Middle East

Data: 06/06/2017

La ONG COOPI cerca una figura da inserire nelMiddle East. Termine per la presentazione della candidatura 15 giugno 2017.


Head of Mission – Middle East

Duration: 6/12 months, starting ASAP.
Closing date: 15 june 2017.
Reporting to: The Head of Mission will report to the Area Manager for the Middle East based in COOPI Milan HQs.
COOPI is seeking for a Head of Mission for the Middle East Region in order to support the opening and development stages of the Mission in the area.

Responsibilities:

The Head of Mission is responsible for the country coordination in its different aspects: staff, logistics, budget and procedures’ respect. He/she represents COOPI in its relations with the donors, institutions, NGOs, local government and international agencies. He/she cooperates with the AM and DCC in the definition of the Country Strategy and the intervention priorities. He/she guarantees the correct project implementation and ensures the Country Regulation presence and respect. He/she guarantees the compliance with the organization and the donors’ procedures.

Institutional relations:
• He/she manages relations with the main institutional donors and with potential ones.
• He/she represents COOPI in the country/area by engaging in relations with institutions, NGOs, local and international organizations and partners.
• He/she also is responsible of the organization’s reputation in the country.

Strategy and planning:
• He/she verifies and proposes to the AM/DCC the intervention priorities to consolidate the organization’s opportunity to be more involved in the country.
• He/she contributes to the definition of the Country Strategy and proposes the country planning (projects and coordination).

Projects’ management:
• He/she coordinates and directly monitors projects, guaranteeing the correct implementation in conformity with the contractual obligations and donors’ procedures, and in line withCOOPI’s procedures and management standards.
• He/she coordinates the elaboration, writing and documents’ preparation for presenting new projects, referring to the AM/DCC and the headquarters support offices.
• He/she is responsible for the preparation of projects reports and all the monitoring documents requested by the central headquarters.
• He/she ensures the transmission of all official and administrative project documents to the central headquarters.

Country office management:
• He/she is responsible for all different aspects related to the country office management: economic and financial situation, local regulations, office organization charts, logistics, local and expatriate personnel management, in conformity with the organization’s guidelines.
• He/she guarantees the respect of the country’s legislation and administrative regulation.

Staff management:
• He/she is responsible for the local staff management.
• He/she participates and supports the AM/DCC and the Human Resources office in the selection of the expatriate staff.
• He/she coordinates and monitors the country’s expatriate staff management.

Safety:
He/she is responsible for the expatriate staff security, for the correct implementation and respect of the general security rules.

Economic and financial management:
• He/she is responsible for the country’s economic result.
• He/she supervises the financial management and ensures – through the administrative function – that all financial reporting deadlines and donor/COOPI’s procedures are respected.
• He/she participates to the projects/coordination budget preparation.
• He/she has the signature for all COOPI’s bank accounts in the country.

Visibility:
He/she cooperates with the Communication and Fund-Raising office for all communication, awareness and fund raising activities implemented in and for the country.

Please note that
Considering that COOPI is now in a start up stage, the HoM, besides the standard, will be directly responsible of i) opening a institutional bank account ii) renting a office and guesthouse iii) selecting local staff.

Requirements:
• University Degree, preferably in the humanitarian field or.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant working experience with NGOs.
• Relevant experience in the Middle East Region and in Emergency contexts.
• Diplomacy, and capacity to develop positive and constructive relation with Donors, Institutional and local partners.
• Capacity to identify, develop and prepare project proposals.
• Knowledge of contractual, procurement, implementation and reporting procedure of main Donors.
• Financial and administrative skills
• Excellent English and Italian.
• Knowledge of Arabic will be a plus
• Excellent computed skills.

Please send your application on this link.


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