Country Director, Nigeria

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Organization-First Mindset – Sees beyond individual programs and functions and makes decisions in the best interests of RTSL's mission, long-term impact, and organizational sustainability.

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Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL) is a global health organization that partners locally and globally to create and scale solutions to the world’s deadliest health threats. Millions of people die from preventable health threats. We collaborate to close the gap between proven, life-saving solutions and the people who need them. Since 2017, we’ve worked with governments and other partners in more than 60 countries to save millions of lives. We work toward a future where people live longer, healthier lives, communities flourish, and economies thrive. This is an ambitious vision, and it inspires us and our partners to make progress every day.

Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL) partners with governments, public health institutions, civil society, and development partners to strengthen health systems, improve population health, and build sustainable country capacity. We focus on cardiovascular health, epidemic prevention, and healthier food systems and environment. To find out more about our work, visit: Resolve to Save Lives: Developing global health solutions

Resolve to Save Lives Nigeria LTD/GTE (RTSL Nigeria) operates as an affiliate within the wider Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL) global network. The RTSL Nigeria Board of Directors plays a pivotal role in setting strategic direction and providing oversight to RTSL Nigeria. 

The Country Director is the senior-most representative and leader of Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL) in Nigeria. The role serves as the principal steward of RTSL's affiliate, Resolve to Save Lives Nigeria LTD/GTE (RTSL Nigeria), which is part of the wider RTSL global network. This role is accountable for the organization's reputation, external relationships, integrated country portfolio, people leadership, operational performance, and legal and fiduciary responsibilities.

The Country Director serves as the bridge between RTSL's global initiatives and Nigeria's local context, ensuring that evidence-based approaches are adapted and implemented in ways that reflect country needs, government priorities, and operational realities. The role helps translate RTSL's technical expertise into locally relevant action, working in partnership with global program teams to ensure approaches are responsive to country priorities while generating learning that can inform RTSL's work globally.

The Country Director leads RTSL's Nigeria office, builds trusted partnerships with government and key stakeholders, develops a high-performing team, ensures strong governance and operational excellence, and helps capture and share lessons from implementation in Nigeria to inform learning and strengthen impact across RTSL's priority initiatives globally.

Success in this role is demonstrated through trusted partnerships, measurable public health impact, an integrated country portfolio, a strong organizational culture, effective stewardship of resources, and a respected long-term presence in Nigeria.

Responsibilities

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Resolve to Save Lives prides itself on cultivating a supportive, connected remote team doing work that matters. We do everything possible to ensure our employees are connected and set up for success.

The salary for this role is competitive and set according to national labor rates for the international NGO sector in Nigeria. The exact offer will be determined by various factors, such as the candidate’s skills and experience relative to the requirements of the role.

In addition to a competitive salary, Resolve to Save Lives provides a generous package of benefits, including:

→Health insurance for you and your dependents
→Contributions toward retirement
→Paid annual leave and sick leave, in addition to public holidays
→Two paid, week-long organization-wide breaks at mid-year and end-of-year
→Professional development and home office setup benefits
→Up-to-date computer equipment

RTSL believes its programs are strengthened when they are developed and supported by individuals with diverse life experiences whose understanding of social and cultural issues can help make our work and workforce more inclusive. We encourage applications from and provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, ancestry, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, organ donor status, or status as a veteran. Resolve to Save Lives complies with all applicable US EEO laws.