United Purpose recrute un Country Manager

• Country Manager, Senegal & Guinea
• Location: Dakar, Senegal
• Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time
• Reports to: Regional Director, West Africa
• Salary: Competitive with comprehensive benefits package

Organisation Overview

About Self Help Africa & United Purpose

In late 2021 Self Help Africa (SHA) and United Purpose (UP) merged. This merger extended our global footprint to 20 countries – with development programmes in fifteen countries across Africa, in Bangladesh and in Brazil – together with administration, management, support and business development teams in Ireland, the UK and in the United States.

In all jurisdictions apart from Brazil and Bangladesh we are trading as Self Help Africa, with separate trading identities – Self Help Bangladesh and Self Help Brazil – created for these programmes.

In early 2023 we launched a new five-year organisation strategy, which defines our shared mission as the alleviation of hunger, poverty, social inequality and the impact of climate change through community-led, market-based and enterprise-focused approaches, so that people can have access to nutritious food, clean water, decent employment and incomes, while sustaining natural resources.

Our wider organisation also includes social enterprise subsidiaries Partner Africa, which provides ethical auditing and consultancy services, TruTrade, an innovative trading platform in East Africa, and CUMO, Malawi’s largest micro-finance provider.

Our three values are:

• Impact: We are accountable, ambitious and committed to systemic change
• Innovation: We are agile, creative and enterprising in an ever-changing world
• Community: We are inclusive, honest and have integrity in our relationships

Job Purpose

The Country Manager will take ownership for growing operations in Senegal and Guinea. This will focus on growing the funding base and exploring new income streams to increase our footprint and maximise our impact through securing and implementing new projects. The Country Manager will collaborate with international organisations, government, national organisations and the private sector to design and finance innovative programmes that strengthen agricultural value chains, support entrepreneurs and their businesses and drive rural economic development to reduce poverty.

Responsibilities will include:

• Responsible for building relationships in-country to identify new opportunities and leading the process of winning funding for new projects.
• Work with the wider country programme team to develop, present and implement the strategic vision, overall goals and objectives for the organisation.
• Manage a large and diverse team, providing direct line management to members of the programmes and logistics teams.
• Oversee the financial management and will ensure programmes are delivered in a cost-effective manner, ensuring a value for money approach and that major costs are successfully recovered from programme funding.
• Represent the organisation with important stakeholders in Guinea, Senegal and Cameroon.
• To ensure that the safeguarding policy and reporting channels are known, understood and used by staff.

Person specification

• Relevant degree qualification or similar academic achievement.
• Minimum of four years’ senior management experience.
• Previous experience running multi-sectoral teams to deliver complex programmes either in a development or private sector setting in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Proven ability to secure new income opportunities through proactive and sustained business development.
• Proven ability to develop, implement and adapt organisational and business strategy.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both in formal and informal settings.
• Strong financial analysis and management skills.
• Fluency in English and French.

This Job Description only serves as a guide for the position available and SHA reserves the right to make necessary changes.

How to apply

Full English Job Description here. Full French Job Description here.

A cover letter, and CV must be submitted here.

Please note incomplete applications will not be considered for shortlisting.

Closing date for receipt of applications is Sunday 21st May 2023.