Chief of Staff – Yaoundé
GRASSLAND CAMEROON
Yaoundé, Centre, Cameroon
·30 Jan. 2025
·Temporaire / CDD
·Administration
·Autres
Delivery, Corporate Planning
- Lead key reports, including staff responsible for the production of financial metrics, risk report, program reports, country reports and daily briefings for the CEO;
- Develop data analysis from reviewed reports in collaboration with all Team Heads for use in strategy design & decision-making;
- Where required, serve as the project lead on cross-institutional project teams and taskforces to carry out critical initiatives and projects prioritized by the CEO;
- Prepare an agenda for each strategy meeting and provide a summary of discussions and follow-up on action items resulting from each meeting to attendees, with coordination and support from the CEO. Occasionally represent the CEO in strategy meetings where required.
- Proactively elevate and surface issues that could impact the successful execution of the organization’s commitments;
- Maintain a high-level awareness of all ongoing work throughout the organization and coordinate projects or commitments involving multiple teams, ensuring alignment, communication, and leveraging of resources;
- Lives and drives the company’s values of Integrity, Respect, Innovation, Stewardship and Equity by role modeling behaviors in line with those values, and coaching a wider leadership team on the same.
- Help prepare press releases and work with the company’s business development team to provide high quality inputs and direction to media organizations;
- In collaboration with the CEO and Finance Manager, ensure that the institution’s financial and risk metrics and dashboards are kept up to date;
- Design executive-level presentations: create proposals, materials for key donor discussions, Board meetings, and enterprise-wide conversations;
- Envision and supervise the drafting of company presentations/briefings and ensure that the CEO is well- prepared for routine quarterly conference calls as well as other engagements with Donors;
- Direct projects that require coordination of several different offices and/or areas of the organization including personnel/management reviews, and special studies;
- Design reporting materials and/or reports for regulatory compliance;
- Support the CEO in strategic initiatives and special projects, providing research, analysis, and coordination as needed that move the organization forward in its mission and sustainability goals;
- Developing, together with staff and C level peers, new business lines and service models from concept and testing to productization and scale.
- Ensuring continuous operational performance improvement by managing changes to strategy, structure, and resources;
- Manage operations, procurement and logistics and business development staff;
- Responsible for performance monitoring and reporting standards;
- Ensuring operational adherence to applicable industry practices;
- Responsible for health and safety within the Company and suppliers’ compliance;
- Responsible for product and projects regulatory compliance to standards, norms and practices in the industry;
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
- Master’s degree in agriculture, economics, business, or related disciplines
- Strong speech-giving/writing and report-writing experience and capabilities
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, including the ability to set out a coherent analysis in presentations. Working knowledge of French is an additional advantage.
- Strong diplomatic and communication skills, ability to develop a close and effective working relationship with the internal client at all levels.
- Client orientation – able to balance responsiveness and pro-activity in meeting internal client needs and concerns and to ensure the provision of value-added services as appropriate.
- Able to lead and manage major change and transition programs.
- Recognized management skills in a multicultural setting.
- Creative and lateral thinker able to recognize opportunities and propose solutions to problems.
- Inspirational leader, able to foster cooperative teamwork and outstanding achievement.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work both as a team leader and player.
- At least 3 years of experience in a senior leadership role.
- The ability to prioritize work actions and follow-up with meticulous attention to detail and accuracy.