BBC Media Action

Country Director

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Last update: Apr 11, 2022 Last update: Apr 11, 2022

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Deadline: Apr 28, 2022 Deadline for applications has passed
Location: Nigeria Nigeria
Organization: BBC Media Action
Job type:Contract, 12 months +
Languages:
EnglishEnglish
Work experience: <1 year
Date posted:Apr 11, 2022

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Job Introduction

BBC Media Action is the BBC’s international development charity, which uses media and communications to help reduce poverty, address development goals, and support people to understand their rights. We do this through partnering with media, civil society and others to produce creative programmes and other outputs which inform and engage audiences on key development issues. We also strengthen the media sector through building professional capacity and infrastructure of local media organisations in the countries in which we work.

BBC Media Action delivers a portfolio of projects in Nigeria. We seek to expand this portfolio of work, but also to ensure that existing projects are delivered on time, on budget, to the highest standards and in accordance with BBC editorial values as well as Media Action methodologies.

This exciting and influential role will be responsible for the overall running of BBC Media Action’s office in Nigeria. The Country Director will take overall responsibility for ensuring strong management and high-quality delivery of a range of development projects which use the power of media to tackle issues of governance, health and resilience. The post holder will ensure effective office management so that finance and administrative functions are carried out in line with donor rules, local regulatory requirements and BBC guidelines.

The Country Director will lead the expansion of our portfolio in Nigeria, including identifying future business development opportunities and overseeing the writing new project proposals. The Country Director will represent BBC Media Action to the Nigerian government, donors, media partners and other key stakeholders.

BBC Media Action works to ensure that everyone we work with remains safe during their time with us. The Country Director is responsible for ensuring that safeguarding is factored into project design and budgeting, staff and freelancers receive relevant safeguarding training, and relevant safeguarding due diligence is conducted with any local partner organisations that may be working with vulnerable adults or children as part of our projects.
Role Responsibility

Provide dynamic, inspirational leadership and management, and lead senior management team to ensure BBC Media Action meets our commitments to funders, partners and audiences in Nigeria.
Manage and develop a diverse team, ensuring that staff are appropriately inducted, trained and developed, and performance is appropriately managed.
Through effective line-management of the Senior Project Manager and other team leads, take final responsibility for ensuring all activities are delivered within agreed standards, timescales and budgets, and all outputs adhere to BBC editorial standards.
Ensure effective office management so that finance and administrative functions are carried out in line with donor rules, local regulatory requirements and BBC guidelines.
Lead the expansion of our portfolio in Nigeria, including identifying future business development opportunities and overseeing the writing of new project proposals.
Update and implement the Country Strategy, ensuring our work in Nigeria is relevant and appropriate.

The Ideal Candidate

Substantial experience in the management of diverse teams of staff, including recruitment, management, discipline and professional development.
Experience managing large-scale, donor-funded projects in a developing-country context, preferably in Africa. Proven ability to deliver complex projects to deadlines and within budget.
Experience developing and securing international development or media projects, including the ability to develop new project ideas and present these persuasively to potential partners and funders, and write successful proposals.
Significant budget management experience, demonstrating effective use of resources and responsibility for large budgets.
A record of forming effective relationships with a range of local and international partners, including at the highest levels of government and media, and managing effective teamwork between partners and stakeholders, including those with differing agendas.
Experience managing security planning, including overseeing processes to understand and minimize risks to staff, and ensuring security and safety training for staff.

Package Description

Band: E
Contract type: 2 year FTC
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
About the Company

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We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

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