West Africa Director
• CDD
• Dakar, Senegal
• Management - Gestion de Projet
• ONG et Ambassades

Practical Action hiring West Africa Director.

About the role
The Practical Action Consulting – West Africa Director is an exciting, senior opportunity to lead and grow a young, strategic consultancy business and contribute to Practical Action’s group strategy.

Practical Action Consulting (PAC) West Africa team is a relatively small, start-up business with considerable potential for growth. The PAC Director needs to be comfortable engaging with all aspects of the work including financial oversight, compliance with regulations, resource allocation, and operational decisions.

Reporting to the International Director, The PAC Director will shape, grow and deliver an ambitious regional consultancy strategy. The post holder will also serve as an active member of the Strategic Leadership Team for the overall Practical Action group, lead specific aspects of the strategy globally and coordinate with PAC teams in other countries.

About us
Practical Action is an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.

We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality.
We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy.
And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.

We’re a global change-making group. The group consists of a UK registered charity with community projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, an independent development publishing company and a technical consulting service.
We combine these specialisms to multiply our impact and help shape a world that works better for everyone.