Job For Country Director at Voluntary Service Overseas

Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), is the world's leading independent international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries. Our high impact approach brings people together to share skills, build capabilities, promote international understanding and action to change lives and make the world a fairer place. We are recruiting to fill the position below:     Job Title: Country Director - Nigeria Location: Abuja Contract Type: Permanent Full Time: 35 hours per week Start Date: October, 2018 Role Overview

• VSO is looking for an exceptional leader to be our next Country Director in Nigeria
• You’ll lead VSO Nigeria’s strong team of staff and volunteers as we go from strength to strength, building on our existing portfolio of programmes in secure livelihoods and inclusive education
• As one of the VSO’s global team of senior leaders you will have plenty of scope to apply your passion, experience and skills to the challenge of bringing about the change we want to see both within Nigeria and beyond, and we will have correspondingly high expectations of what you will achieve.

• Excellent representational, networking and donor engagement skills and experience;
• Successful experience of managing complex programmes and operations;
• Energy, determination, and a commitment to VSO’s values and programming principles.
• A passionate commitment to delivering evidence-based programming developed in partnership with primary actors;
• Very strong leadership qualities, with the ability to inspire and support a diverse team of staff and volunteers;

• N20,837,910