Location: Milano, Italy
COOPI seeks a Regional Administrator for the Middle East and North Africa, based at its Milan headquarters, covering Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Libya/Tunisia. The role ensures coordination, management, training, and support of all administrative activities across the region's country programmes.
Responsibilities include: overseeing correct execution of administrative activities in countries and projects; supporting Country Administrators; approving financial reports before submission to donors; managing control processes and flagging anomalies to Regional and National Coordinators; coordinating external audits. Duties span budget preparation and verification, project financial management, reconciliation, reporting calendars, and support for country-level audits. The role also contributes to recruitment, onboarding, supervision, training, and evaluation of Country Administrators.
Essential requirements: university degree in Social Sciences, Economics/Business Administration, or technical disciplines; minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience, including at least 3 years in international aid and development in African countries in similar situations; mastery of major donor procedures (EU, ECHO, UN agencies); excellent oral and written communication, negotiation, multitasking, and organizational skills; proven teamwork ability; experience liaising with government/local authorities, international organisations, and NGOs; ability to work under pressure; excellent English (C1-C2); excellent MS Office skills; native or C2 Italian; residency in the Milan area. Desirable: prior COOPI mission experience; experience in similar contexts; logistics, procurement, and security experience; personnel management experience.
Contract: CoCoCo, 12 months renewable, starting September 2026, gross salary range 2450-2750.
DEADLINE 28-09-2026
HOW TO APPLY:
Apply online via the COOPI candidate portal: https://gnurp.coopi.net/candidate/new/it