Our client is a reputable, private, voluntary, not for profit, faith based, non-governmental Organisation in Lagos state. The Organisation’s mission is to alleviate the plight and burdens of widows and orphans across the country.
In a bid to foster growth, professionalism, and take on new challenges, it seeks the services of an experienced Director/Coordinator.

Responsibilities
• Support the development of strategies and programmes regarding the growth and development of the NGO, ensuring good relations with government bodies and other policy influencing organizations.
• Ability to conduct workshops and create awareness among the communities for sustainable use of natural resources, respect for cultural diversity and human rights.
• Developing and implementing staff development program, training schedule for new volunteers, developing appropriate tools and methods to build organisation and strong teams.
• Documenting the best popular practices in the development of the community, preparing sets of necessary materials and submission of reports as per the situation, handling correspondence, drafting the reports and evaluations.
• Scheduling meetings with local NGOs and support organisations, arranging conference calls, making travel arrangements, planning and organizing workshops to identify their needs for development and training.
• Ability to work independently, effective in time management skills and meet deadlines.
• Creating new sets of administrative procedures if required as per the rules, regulations of the Government bodies and ensuring effective information flow.
• Helping volunteers in designing ideas, as well as making available effective tools for fund-raising and providing assistance.
• Responsible for recruiting volunteers according to requirements and vacancy needs
• Forming a partnership and devising polices with support companies and organisations.
• Planning strategies and implementation of the organization’s programs and services.
• Resolving problems and reviewing programme evaluations
• Serving as a representative of the NGO while attending community and charitable meetings.
• Identifying new Companies for attaining funds and providing administrative guidance to volunteers and staff while assigning and scheduling their work and motivating them to complete the target inside deadlines.
• Documentation of new policies and decisions
• Attending meetings with donors, governmental official, and other policy-influencing bodies for implementation of new policies and settings.
• Having good knowledge regarding rules and regulation of the government agencies, as well as reviewing financial transactions and reports

Experience
• NGO activities
• Orphan care
• Widow care
• Fund-raising
• Demonstrating/safeguarding ethics and integrity
• Demonstrating corporate knowledge and sound judgment
• Self-development, initiative-taking
• Acting as a team player and facilitating team work
• Facilitating and encouraging open communication in the team, communicating effectively
• Creating synergies through self-control
• Managing conflict
• Learning and sharing knowledge and encourage the learning of others.
• Promoting learning and knowledge management/sharing as the responsibility of each staff member.
• Informed and transparent decision making

Academic Qualifications
• University/Masters Degree in Health Economics, Public Health, or other relevant Health System Strengthening studies
• At least 4 to 6 years of professional experience in health systems strengthening or capacity building programs.
• At least 4 years relevant experience in administration or programme support
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and web-based management systems.
How to apply
Remuneration is very attractive.
Please ONLY those with the aforementioned experience need apply. Send applications and resumes to olusholag@stresert.com using NGO_SOR_12 as the subject of the message. Application closes 25th November, 2012.