Area Coordinator Vacancy-Job Ref: JKMLACTED/1201/202466

Area Coordinator Vacancy-Job Ref: JKMLACTED/1201/202466
Gao (Mali)
JOB DESCRIPTION
For the past 30 years, international NGO Acted has been going the last mile to save lives. Currently, Acted supports 20 million people across 43 countries to meet their needs in hard-to-reach areas – and pursues a triple mandate as a humanitarian, environmental and development aid actor. Acted relies on an in-depth knowledge of local territories and contexts to develop and implement relevant long-term actions, with a wide range of local and international partners, building together a “3ZERO” world: Zero Exclusion, Zero Carbon, Zero Poverty

ACTED MALI
Since 2012, Acted has been responding to the complex crisis in Mali due to structural and cyclical challenges. The need for a holistic response, linking emergency response and development programming has been at the center of our interventions. Over the years, Acted has supported more than 1 million people in 6 regions (Ségou, Mopti, Gao, Menaka, Timbuktu and Bamako), with a current team of 11 international and 160 national staff.

YOU WILL BE IN CHARGE OF
The Area Coordinator is responsible for representing Acted’s interests with local authorities, donors, beneficiary communities and other key stakeholders. The Area Coordinator is member of the senior management team and works to ensure program quality and operational implementation, as well as growth where appropriate and feasible, and strong representation. The Area Coordinator directly supervises Project Managers ensuring that projects and programs address beneficiary needs and are implemented according to Acted’s global strategy, donor guidelines, approved work plans and budgets The Area Coordinator also oversees day-to-day operations and security in the respective area.

Positioning

Context analysis
Strategy Implementation
Networking, positioning and general representation:
Proposal development
Advocacy
Promotion of Acted network
Management and Internal Coordination

Staff Management
Internal Coordination
Project Implementation Follow-up

Project Implementation Tracking
Project Quality Control
Partner Management
FLATS Management

Finance Management
Logistics & IT Management
Administration and HR Management
Transparency/Compliance Management
Security Management
EXPECTED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
Background in international development, emergency operations, humanitarian programmes etc. ;
Extensive project management experience in emergency and/or development programmes;
Basic management skills preferred (HR, finance, logistics);
At least four years’ relevant professional experience, preferably including security management;
Proven leadership and team management skills required;
Ability to work under pressure;
Strong negotiation and interpersonal skills and flexibility;

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