Position: Sub-Office Manager – Tahoua (Niger)

Reporting to: Country Programme Director (CPD) or to the manager during their absence

Context of the organization

The African Initiative for Relief and Development (AIRD) is a non-partisan, secular, non-profit, non-governmental organization with country offices in Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Niger, Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

AIRD’s objective is to provide technical and operational support, particularly in supply chain, logistics, infrastructure management and capacity building, in partnership with humanitarian and development organizations.

AIRD works for and with partners such as United Nations agencies, bilateral cooperation agencies, as well as international and institutional donors.

Job Summary

The Head of Sub-Delegation provides strategic, operational and programmatic leadership for the AIRD Sub-Delegation in Maradi or Tahoua. He/she is primarily responsible for managing the MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning) system and the programmatic quality of activities, ensuring consistency between planning, implementation and accountability to donors and beneficiary communities.

In parallel, he/she supports the design, formulation and monitoring of multi-donor projects, in close collaboration with the Country Program Director.

He/she acts as a driving force for analysis, capitalization and innovation, transforming operational data into levers for improvement and optimization for AIRD Niger’s performance.

The position requires excellent mastery of MEAL tools and approaches, as well as a good knowledge of the project management procedures of United Nations agencies (UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, UNDP) and major institutional donors (ECHO, GIZ, AFD, BMZ, JICA, SRF etc.).

Main responsibilities

1. Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL)

• Design, deploy and supervise the Sub-Delegation’s MEAL framework.
• Develop and harmonize tools for monitoring performance indicators (quantitative and qualitative).
• Ensure the collection, consolidation and analysis of data from programs to support decision-making.
• Produce quality analytical reports for country management and partners.
• Implement community accountability mechanisms and monitor feedback.
• Promote a culture of learning and continuous improvement within teams.

2. Project development and partnerships

• Contribute to the formulation, planning and monitoring of multi-donor projects.
• Participate in strategic monitoring of calls for proposals and funding priorities.
• Be familiar with project submission platforms (UN Partner Portal, ECHO Portal, Grant Solutions, etc.).
• Capitalize on the results, lessons learned and innovations from AIRD projects.
• Support the CPD in the co-management of technical and institutional partnerships with donors.

3. Operational coordination and management

• Supervise the technical and support teams of the Sub-Delegation, ensuring compliance with AIRD SOPs.
• Ensure consistency between operations and MEAL indicators for results-based management.
• Ensure that activities comply with institutional and donor standards.
• Facilitate internal communication between logistics, administrative and technical teams.

4. Capacity building and innovation

• Identify staff training needs and design capacity building plans.
• Support teams in the use of digital and analytical tools ( KoBo , ODK, Power BI, advanced Excel).
• Promote innovative approaches to strengthen project performance, transparency and impact.

5. Reporting , planning and strategic analysis

• Prepare consolidated reports for country management and headquarters.
• Contribute to national strategic planning 2026–2030 and monitoring of institutional indicators.
• Support institutional capitalization (impact sheets, activity reports, learning reports).
• Ensure the quality, reliability and timeliness of technical and financial deliverables.

Required languages

Must be fluent in French, with a good working knowledge of English (written and spoken).

Minimum qualifications

• Master’s degree – M&E, Data Science, Economics, Development Studies, Project Management/ equivalent.
• Minimum 7 years of experience, including at least 5 years in MEAL coordination or project management roles in the humanitarian or development sector.
• Strong experience in data collection, management and analysis ( KoBo , ODK, Power BI, Advanced Excel, SPSS).
• Good command of the project cycle (PCM), logical frameworks, and donor procedures (UN, ECHO, GIZ, AFD, BMZ, JICA, etc.).
• Proven experience in report writing, budget monitoring and multi-donor reporting .
• Knowledge of the humanitarian and institutional context of Niger and the Sahel.
• Demonstrated skills in leadership, communication, strategic analysis and inter-sectoral coordination.

Personal characteristics

• Collaborative leadership and sense of initiative.
• Professional ethics and respect for institutional values.
• Strong analytical, planning and synthesis skills.
• Innovative spirit and results orientation.
• Good ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and diplomacy in internal and external interactions.