Head of Operations

Position: Head of Operations

Contract Length: August 2024, 18 months with possibility of extension

About African Humanitarian Action

African Humanitarian Action(AHA) is a striving pan-African international non-governmental organization, launched in response to the Rwandan genocide in 1994. AHA has been providing effective humanitarian relief, recovery, and advocacy services to refugees, internally displaced persons, and local communities across Africa. We reached over 27 million people through healthcare, nutrition, WASH, livelihoods, food security, protection, and shelter programmes in 20 different African countries in the past decades. We work with a wide range of partners to strengthen Africans’ humanitarian response capacity. If you are interested in partnering with us to do so much, then check out our partner page: https://africahumanitarian.org/get-involved/partners/

About the role:
Under the direct supervision of the Country Director, the Head of Operations (HoO) will be responsible for providing technical support, guidance and supervision to the logistic department. HoO will ensure that procedures and processes are in place, unified and in line with PIN´s and donor guidelines. HoO also directly leads the process of the development and staff capacity building across the departments in terms of the systems and operations.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:
Manage the Operations (Logistics, Procurement) national team while ensuring it has sufficient capacity both in number and qualification and securing their continuous capacity building based on personal development plans;
Ensure that Systems and Operations support the implementation of the Country Strategy and that procedures and regulations are implemented in full transparency and in compliance with donors´ and PIN rules;
Ensure that key support policies are continuously updated as required and adjusted to the context;
Ensure standardization of processes/procedures related to operations of logistics, procurement, HR and administration.
Main requirements:
Previous work for INGO abroad of the country of residence
Significant previous experience with managing systems, particularly logistic
Experience of working within a humanitarian and/or development organization, preferably direct experience from the country program level
Experience with team management and supervision
Ability to work in difficult conditions and under pressure
Strong coordination, organizational, critical analysis and problem solving skills
Excellent communication skills, including fluent spoken and written English, good level of French is an advantage
IT literacy, advanced knowledge of MS Excel, working experience with accounting and economic software
University degree preferably in Finance/Economics, Logistic, Public Administration, Law or a related discipline
Experience with finance management of a projects is an advantage
How to apply:
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