Country Director for BØRNEfonden (Child Fund Denmark) in Burkina Faso
BØRNEfonden
is one of Denmark’s largest development organisation supporting
children and their communities in Burkina Faso, Togo, Mali, Benin and
Cape Verde. BØRNEfonden is part of Child Fund Alliance – a global
network which provides assistance to more than 15 million children and
their communities in 58 countries.
BØRNEfonden´s work is financed
by 3 funding sources. Our main source comes from the 60.000 private
sponsors. In addition private companies and corporate foundations
provide for local projects and know how and finally institutional donors
such as DANIDA, UNICEF and EU support our work.
We are
currently recruiting for a position as Country Director for Burkina Faso
with location in our country office in Quagadougou. As country director
you will in close cooperation with our office in Copenhagen and
Regional Office in Cotonou be responsible for the overall operation of
our country office, including leading strategic planning, program
implementation, human resources, sponsorship service, fundraising,
finance and administration.
The office has approximately 100 staff
members, which includes the office in Ouagadougou with 3 divisions:
Programme Department, Sponsor Department and Finance & HR Department
(approximately 30 staff members) and around 20 field offices.
The main task will be:
· To lead and develop BØRNEfonden’s programme in the country
· To develop the local management team and staff
· To implement and further develop a country strategy, including fundraising
· Overall responsibility for finance and administration, reporting and financial controlling
·
To ensure the adherence to guidelines and operating procedures within
sponsor relations, program, finance, marketing, sales and HR.
Qualifications required
The successful candidate:
·
Enjoys playing the role as leader and has documented and solid leader
experience, preferably with knowledge from a development organisation
· Has strong negotiation, interpersonal and organization skills
· Has extensive fundraising and representational experience
· Has knowledge and working experience with institutional donors such as EU, UNICEF, DANIDA, CISU and the World Bank
· Has a relevant academic background and is fluent in both oral and written French and English
·
Has an outgoing nature, personal commitment, resoluteness in action and
result-orientation, acting in a trustworthy way in all areas of work
and possessing integrity, empathy and respect for the values of the host
country.
We offer
BØRNEfonden
offers an attractive job in an organisation recognized by national and
local authorities as well as beneficiaries for our substantial impact in
the development of the local communities. Your work and collaboration
with highly competent and motivated colleagues will make a tangible
difference for the sponsor children, their families and the communities
in which they live.
Further information on the job is available from Regional Office Director, Poul Hedelund Jørgensen. Please write to e-mail (
pj@bornefonden-bj.org) for further information. You are also welcome to call Programme & People Director Anne Smith Petersen at
+45 22 85 06 65.
Read more about BØRNEfonden on en.bornefonden.dk or
www.bornefonden.dk(Danish site)
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