Overview
Lead NRC's operations in Cameroon with strategic vision and strong management, ensuring effective program delivery, active representation in inter-agency coordination, and alignment with organizational priorities. Drive resource mobilization, advocacy, and build high-performing teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Analyse the humanitarian context and adapt the NRC programme ensuring relevance to the evolving context in Cameroon, CAR and the Lake Chad Basin
- Prioritize continuous improvement and innovation to ensure the highest quality of humanitarian and protection programming with a focus on timely delivery
- Motivate and coach staff to create effective teams, with particular attention to ensuring an efficient and empowered Country Management Group
- Promote accountability, the highest standard of ethics, including safeguarding, and adherence to the Humanitarian Principles
- Responsible for all NRC advocacy efforts in the country and ensure that contributions are made to NRC regional and global advocacy efforts
- Develop and enforce policies to promote and maintain diverse staff at all levels
- Provide vision, promote ideas, gain agreement and act as a role model
- Serve as a proactive member of the Regional Management Team, promote collaboration with other COs and the Regional office and contribute to the development of the Central and West Africa Region as a whole
- Actively engage with the Nigeria and Chad Country Offices as part of the Lake Chad Basin crisis as well as the CAR Team to ensure holistic advocacy and programming
Required Experience
- Minimum 5 years’ experience from working as a Senior Manager/Country Director in humanitarian/recovery context
- Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
- Documented/proven results related to the position’s responsibilities
- Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
- Knowledge of the context in Cameroon and CAR
- Experience from advocacy work
- Experience with change management processes
