Action Against Hunger Field Manager Job Vacancy

Action
Against Hunger works to save lives by combating hunger and diseases that
threaten the lives of vulnerable communities, through nutrition, food security,
water and sanitation, health and advocacy.

We
are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job
Title: Field
Manager
Location: Dutse, Jigawa

Job
Summary

The
Field Manager position is based in Dutse, Jigawa and reports to the
Country Director.
The
Field Manager is responsible for managing the field office and portfolio,
ensuring safety and security of the staff and assets including the
management of support team.

Responsibilities
The tasks and responsibilities includes:

Monitor
the PCM (Project Cycle Management) as well as implementation of project
activities in line with different work plans.
Develop
clear guidelines, working styles and tools to ensure a more effective
support to program development and implementation.
Build
relationship with stakeholders at the local level of responsibility and
liaise/exchange information to ensure common ACTION AGAINST HUNGER
strategic positioning in humanitarian issues.
Establish
performance objectives for team members and provide effective feedback.
Contribute
to the professional development and improvement of team members.
Brief
staff on security and context changes as needed.
Analyze
and submit bi-weekly situation reports.
Monitor
the effectiveness of procedures and processes and followed to provide
coordinated support for program departments from support departments
(log/fin/HR).
Maintain
and update security plans (procedural, SOP, MOSS, health, evacuation) and
security network at the field level.
Monitor
the compliance of ACTION AGAINST HUNGER financial, logistics and HR
guidelines including donor policies and guidelines.
Facilitate
meetings with support department and project managers on a regular basis
to ensure coordination of all crossâ€�over
issues.
Develop
effective communications between Field Coordinators, and field level
support managers to ensure support department performance remains optimal.

Requirements
The successful candidate will have:

Have
a degree in accounting, management, finance, or related field; MBA or
similar higher degree a plus with at least three years of experience with
donor funded programs.
Be
able to provide effective feedback, foster teamwork, promote diverse teams
and maintain positive working environment to align with work plan and organizational
objectives.
Have
the ability to manage stress effectively, juggle competing priorities,
balance various programmatic, logistics and team needs.
Be
committed to ACTION AGAINST HUNGER Charter values of: Professionalism,
Transparency, Neutrality, Access to Victims and Non-Discrimination.
Have
previous management and supervisory experience including management of
multiple teams/departments.
Have
exceptional organization and planning skills with experience in
supervising and managing a large team.
Have
strong interpersonal, communication and leadership skills.