Administration & Finance Coordinator at Terre des Hommes (Tdh) - Nigeria

Terre des hommes (Tdh) is the leading Swiss child relief agency. The Foundation has been helping children in need for over 50 years, defending their rights regardless of their race, creed, or political affiliation. In over 30 countries, Tdh protects children against exploitation, and violence, improves children’s and their mother’s health, and provides emergency psychological and material support in humanitarian crises.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Administration & Finance Coordinator

Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• The Administration and Finance Coordinator will have to ensure that the financial, HR and administrative rules and procedures for the delegation are followed and respected in Nigeria. 
• S/he will have to coordinate the administrative, financial and human resources management in close connection with the Tdh administrative teams 
• She/he will provide financial, administrative and risk management service to the team, focusing on the follow up of financial risks, harmonized tools use and approaches. 
• She/he will accompany the teams on the transversal and efficient cooperation between finance, logistics, HR and program teams.
• The Administration and Finance Coordinator works closely with the Financial Controller of Africa portfolio, the Head of Delegation and the Logistic Coordinator to ensure compliance with policies.

Specific Responsibilities:

• The full job description will be shared with the selected candidates participating in the recruitment process.

Profile
Training / Qualifications:

• This function requires a degree in Business Administration, or other relevant HR/Business Administration training. 
• University degree (Master’s or equivalent) from an accredited educational institution in a relevant field (finance, management, HR)
• Chartered accountant qualifications is an asset;

Experience:

• At least 5 years previous experience of seniority in an ING0 at a management position in the field (expatriation), ideally Administration— Finance & HR Coordinator.
• Experience managing campaign and long term program budgets of over S7 million and reporting to relevant donors.
• Extensive project management experience (management: planning: staff development and training skills) in emergent Management experience and strong team leadership qualities

Languages:

• Excellent oral and writing skills in English, French an asset.

Skills:

• Proven ability to interpret financial procedures and standards and put them into practice and influence others in their implementation.
• Proven success of developing innovative solutions to resolve intricate problems that impact critical areas of an organization's work and ensuring the development of standards, procedures and practices to secure a stable and effective systems environment.
• Ability to identify and plan for future needs: develop and disseminate best practices.
• Critical focus on providing a superior service level to managers and colleagues and delivering agreed results within time and budget constraints and to expected standards
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written) and report writing skills
• Strong analytical skills and experience using a computerized information management system (Ms. Word, Excel, SAGA and Homere etc.)
• Good leadership skills: experience of working in a supervisory position with a team structure
• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to work as part of a dispersed, multi-disciplined, multicultural team
• Well-developed conceptual, critical, and analytical thinking with the ability to convey complex information in a straightforward, interesting way.
• Ability to represent an organization in a professional and competent manner with external individuals and organizations'
• A high level of self-awareness, personal energy, stamina and flexibility.
• Proven experience as a team worker and demonstrably cooperative with members of other teams, responding quickly and accurately to queries and issues
• Commitment to an organization overall aims and policies and experience of promoting women‘s rights and the interests of marginalized people in all aspects of the organization work
• Knowledge or appreciation of the context in terms of its political, economic and social trends plus a good
• Understanding of the key development and humanitarian issues in the region.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Position Start Date
1st August, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online