Regional Coordinator – West Africa

About Greenpeace Africa

Greenpeace Africa was based in 2008 and is a part of the Greenpeace international community that has just lately celebrated 50 years of local weather activism internationally. Greenpeace was based in 1971 by a small group of involved people, who set sail to Amchitka Island off the coast of Alaska to attempt to cease a US nuclear weapons check. Their outdated fishing boat was known as “The Greenpeace”. Right this moment, Greenpeace is current in over 40 international locations world wide. Greenpeace Africa at present operates within the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Cameroon, Kenya, Senegal, and South Africa to problem the event and progress mannequin rooted within the extractive, neo-colonial socio-economic mannequin that’s holding the African continent again and is contributing to the worsening local weather disaster.

Greenpeace Africa’s imaginative and prescient is embedded in collective activism powered by the power of hundreds of thousands of Africans to form higher authorized, political and financial techniques in ways in which place Africa as a world chief and a supply of untapped knowledge. On this new period, Africa’s folks, communities, regional our bodies, training establishments and progressive companies are working collectively to create new approaches to construct a greater future for all of Africa’s folks. Africa is influential and a supply of inspiration to the world – a self-reliant and dynamic folks.

Greenpeace Africa’s technique goals at remodeling Greenpeace Africa to be an organisation engaged on campaigns delivering systemic impacts in Africa with an working mannequin that’s match for goal and aware of the challenges going through Africa. By grounding African consciousness in all points of our work; we aspire to ship a imaginative and prescient of an Africa the place the folks in Africa personal the well-being of the continent within the face of the local weather disaster.

Greenpeace Africa seeks to fill this emptiness with a extremely certified skilled that has the flexibleness to work remotely, as Greenpeace Africa implements a hybrid work location mannequin, with work-from-home being the first mannequin of labor.

Job Description

The Regional Coordinator West Africa is the GPAF consultant within the West African area. The place is chargeable for the administration of the Regional Workplace and work with the Senior Management Crew (SLT) to make sure correct governance and accountability by:

• Offering oversight and general administration of the Greenpeace Africa Regional Workplace and its operations in accordance with Greenpeace’s core values and goal and in cooperation with different related Greenpeace departments.
• Main the event of annual nation/regional workplan with funds in session with Administrators and approval from ED.
• Develing regional strategic choices for SLTs endorsement, consideration or approval
• Making ready the regional parts of the ODP, delivering the targets set out within the ODP via delegation of particular tasks, and energetic enterprise / organizational administration
• Making ready, working and or implementing units of insurance policies and procedures as agreed with the SLT, which have the impact of each motivating and realizing the potential of regional workers in GPAf
• Designing and working preparations to safe the correct and efficient management of GPAf’s regional sources
• Establishing efficient relationships with nationwide and regional companion organizations inside the area, and sustaining good communications with the general public and different stakeholders,notably on the sub-regional degree.
• Implementation of the imaginative and prescient and technique of GPAf, as set out by the SLT, and reporting progress on similar to the Govt Director
• Offering efficient collective day-to-day management and path of the work of GPAf inside the areas and guaranteeing that the group delivers on the targets and key efficiency necessities set out in its regional improvement/strategic plan.
• Taking part within the planning and execution of programmes inside the Area with a purpose to obtain the targets of Greenpeace Africa.
• The place is chargeable for model visibility and profiling of Greenpeace Africa inside the sub-regional context primarily based on a stable understanding of the cultural and social context and viewers dynamics.

Duties

MANAGEMENT & COORDINATION

• In partnership with the SLT set the framework for the workers primarily based within the Area to work based on GP Africa’s mission, strategic targets and strategic priorities for the organisation, develop and nurture its philosophy and core values.
• Present motivation and inspiration to workers and volunteers within the Area, and work with senior administration to make sure a typical imaginative and prescient and sense of goal at each degree.
• Be certain that administration techniques within the Area are applicable to satisfy the organisation’s targets and allow workers to hold out their work successfully and effectively.
• Be certain that the recruitment, administration, coaching and improvement of workers and volunteers within the Area are in keeping with good employment observe and directed in the direction of attaining the organisation’s targets.
• Be certain that immediately managed staffs are clear about their roles and tasks, held immediately accountable for his or her work, obtain the best potential requirements and are appraised recurrently. Present enough assist.
• Take general duty of day-to-day strategic management of GPAf inside the area,
• Lead administration of GPAf within the area inside parameters established by the SLT,
• Assessment and report recurrently to the SLT and related regional stakeholders regarding GPAf’s standing and progress in addition to all materials deviations, together with updating and making modifications as required, and involving the SLT within the early phases,

GOVERNANCE AND KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Be certain that Greenpeace fulfills all its authorized statutory and regulatory tasks within the base nation of operation .
• Be certain that organisational dangers are recognized, understood and monitored and that there are techniques in place to mitigate the dangers, with out compromising the organisation’s model and identification
• Be certain that the SLT are stored knowledgeable of developments that may considerably have an effect on the organisation, and stored abreast of authorized actions affecting the organisation or people inside it.
• Take duty for the monetary well being of the Regional Workplace and be certain that applicable monetary and auditing techniques are carried out, in order to safeguard the organisation’s monetary and different belongings, and make sure the organisation is run effectively and successfully.
• Present the ED with common reviews as to the standing of the workplace and progress towards agreed plans, strategic targets and insurance policies.
• Total duty of all points of the operations within the Area, together with the implementation and analysis of insurance policies, monetary, logistics, Human Assets and administrative programmes.
• Be certain that the amenities and infrastructure within the area are match for goal. This contains web entry and communications tools.
• Be certain that all tools and Greenpeace belongings are stored safe and maintained prepared to be used.
• Be certain that correct monetary controls and practices are adhered to always.

OPERATIONAL SUPPORT TO CAMPAIGNS

• On the steerage of the ED, formulate strategic plans/ODPs and suggest to the SLT for approval,
• Guarantee, inside the area, well timed and top quality implementation, administration efficiency and profitable completion of programmes by efficient administration of threat, time and price, Help programmes groups in figuring out and optimising responsive alternatives within the particular area
• Assessment and report recurrently to the SLT and related regional stakeholders on the general progress and outcomes towards implementation and monetary plans and provoke programs of motion for enchancment, Handle and coordinate administrative, monetary, authorized and logistical points associated to the Regional Workplace and programme improvement and implementation within the Area.
• Align Regional Plans with GPAF programme priorities for alignment in supply of ToC
• Undertake particular marketing campaign challenge work as agreed. Mission work is more likely to contain all or among the following strategies: non-violent direct motion, public communication and engagement actions, media work, political and company work and the usage of authorized and scientific approaches to points.
• Present enter, as a member of a workforce, on the event of world programme methods, initiatives, and funding proposals.
• Hold abreast of exterior actions and tendencies, within the context of the agreed international programme technique, with a purpose to determine native/regional alternatives.
• As directed by the ED, put together technique to take care of and enhance challenge administration info techniques (MIS) that maintain monitor of challenge schedules and implementation performances inside the area,

COMMUNICATIONS

• Set up communication and guarantee collaboration with native, nationwide and regional authorities, UN, NGOs, INGOs,companions, group leaders and all different essential stakeholders inside every challenge as required.
• Preserve correct info administration techniques and procedures to make sure open entry to the marketing campaign by different campaigners.

TEAM WORK

• Work brazenly and co-operatively with different workforce members.
• Talk successfully with different workforce members.
• Reply to problem, discover new concepts and take initiatives in all points of teamwork.
• Adapt function inside the SLT as applicable, together with taking part in supportive function to different members of the SLT as crucial.
• Take full half within the self-evaluation of programme initiatives/initiatives at their completion.
• Settle for joint duty for the administration of programme groups in-region and tackle particular duties as agreed with Programme Unit Heads within the Pan-Africa Workplace.

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