Innovations for Poverty Action Job Vacancy

Here is the Innovations for Poverty Action Job Vacancy. The company is hiring a Regional Director, West Africa.

Responsibilities:

Country Office Oversight

Providing strategic and inspiring leadership to the country offices in West Africa and oversight to the overall financial and operational health and sustainability of country offices with a focus on award/ project financial management and high-quality programme delivery.

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Recruit country office leadership when required, with responsibility over the leadership of country offices during transition periods (both planned and unplanned) and oversee succession planning for country leadership roles in the region.
Provide individualized support and mentorship to country leadership with an emphasis on staff retention and development and organizational structure innovation.
Guide and oversee Country Programs with annual planning and oversee country teams throughout the year to ensure that plans are executed successfully.
Collaborate with IPA’s functional teams to support and advise Country Programs on strategic, managerial, and operational issues, contribute to, roll-out and ensure compliance with operational manuals and policies to standardise operations across country offices.

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Regularly review IPA’s presence in West Africa, conduct systematic assessments (risk, safety and security, sustainability, etc.) of existing country offices and recommend and actively support expansion of IPA into new geographies.
Act as the main point of Contact for any cross-country efforts in West Africa to donor, partners, and researchers.
Act as the main point of contact on safety and security and crisis management for the West Africa region.

At minimum, MPA, MPP and/or Masters in a relevant subject area such as economics, statistics, public policy, development, etc. as well as at least 6 years of senior leadership experience required.

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Strong communication skills, team-player attitude, and a creative approach to work is required.
Excellent management and organizational skills and strong ability to multi-task.
Ability to coordinate with cross functional teams at a variety of levels.
Ability to deal with a wide variety of cultures and personalities gracefully.

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Ability to present academic research in clear simple language and to engage policymakers and donors in discussion on using and scaling rigorous evidence.
Ability to deal with ambiguity, cope with change, and comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
Experience advising others on how to approach complicated management, human resource, financial, and logistical challenges.
Experience in an IPA Country Program, or similar organization, strongly preferred.

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Experience working with donors, government agencies, policymakers, and researchers on evidence-based policy making.

Passion for and experience with quantitative research.
Experience developing or managing research projects in multiple sectors, ideally randomized controlled trials, is strongly preferred.
Experience working in the West Africa region is strongly preferred.
Willingness and ability to travel frequently within the region.

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