COOPI Cooperazione Internazionale is an humanitarian, non confessional and independent organization that fights against all kinds of poverty to make the world a better place. Founded in 1965 by Vincenzo Barbieri (Italian “father” of international volunteering), COOPI is based in Milan and it has 20 local offices in the South of the World. It works to assist populations struck by emergencies (disasters and conflicts) and to facilitate their civil, economic and social development. The association intervenes in Africa, Latin America and the Middle East in collaboration with local actors (civil society, public administration and so on). In 2013 it has implemented 160 projects. COOPI works in different sectors: agriculture, water and sanitation, health care, humanitarian assistance, human rights, education, socio-economic services, migration. All sectors are related to one another in the programs launched by COOPI all of them interrelated. COOPI is also committed to the Child Sponsorship programme in 8 countries (Perù, Haiti, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Uganda and DR Congo), and provides food, education, health and protection to 2.700 children. COOPI also operates in Italy, through awareness and fund-raising campaigns, volunteering activities (almost 400 volunteers), the promotion of the Cooperation and Development Master course at the Institute for Advanced Study of Pavia, and finally the participation to several NGOs associations, among which Link 2007 and AGIRE (Italian Humanitarian Emergency Response Agency) are the most important. The organization is supported by important institutional donors, local institutions, foundations, companies and citizens among the main donors, the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) recognizes COOPI as an important partner.
- Job Type: Full Time
- Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
- Experience: 5 years
- Location: Lagos
- Job Field: Administration / Secretarial , NGO/Non-Profit
The countries covered by the Regional Coordination are: Burkina Faso, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal.
Responsibilities
Coordination:
- Provides support for the annual budget preparation of the Countries;
- Plans the regional budget and its monitoring on a periodic basis;
- Supports the organization of the work of the Country Administrators by providing indications (priority, modality) of the work;
- Ensures the financial solidity of the Regional Coordination;
- Verifies financial strength, administrative percentages and monetary quotas;
- Ensures active and regular monitoring of the financial aspects of each country concerned, either remotely or through follow-up missions;
- Takes care of the update for the development of budget sheets.
Project management:
- Ensures that the Italy Costs of the countries of competence from the Milan headquarters are transmitted to the Country Administrator;
- Ensures the implementation and development of the purchasing plan by the Country Administrators;
- Provides support, if necessary, to monitor the consistency between the project accounts and those of the country, by verifying the consistency between the accounts and other internal documents;
- Verifies and monitors grants to be received.
Human ressources:
- Participates in the selection phase: interviews, tests and final reports;
- Ensures the evaluation of Country and Project Administrators at the end of the contract.
Balance sheet:
- Verifies that the data provided by the countries is correct and complete for the annual review and that it is transmitted to headquarters.
Reporting:
- Plans and monitors the production time of the reports to be presented at Headquarters and abroad in the Countries under the Coordination;
- Provides support to countries for the verification of intermediate or final reports produced at the local level;
- Verifies the final reports that must be sent by Headquarters;
- Provides support for audits carried out by headquarters;
- Periodically checks and analyzes country bank account reconciliations.
Candidate profile
Essential
- University education in Social Sciences, Business Sciences or Techniques;
- A minimum of five years of relevant professional experience;
- At least three years of demonstrated experience in the field of international aid and development in African countries, in a similar situation;
- Mastery of the procedures of the main donors (eg EU, ECHO, UN Agencies);
- Excellent level of oral and written communication, negotiation skills, multitasking and great organizational skills;
- Demonstrated ability to work in a team necessary;
- Experience liaising with government/local authorities, IOs and NGOs;
- Demonstrated ability to work in stressful and pressured environments;
- Excellent knowledge of the French language;
- Excellent knowledge of MS Office package.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the Italian language;
- Previous experience in a COOPI mission;
- Experience working in conflict-prone environments;
- Experience in logistics, supply and security;
- Experience in personnel management.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified? Go to COOPI – Cooperazione Internazionale on coopi.org to apply
