Area Manager

Responsibilities & Context

• Job Location: Kurigram
• Line Manager: Operations Manager
• Budget to Manage: 1.5 million
• Type of Contract: Fixed-term
• Duration of the Contract: As early as possible to October 2025.

Missions/responsibilities (*)

Mission 1: Management

• Manager as a role model: embody HI’s values daily, and be a role model.
• Manager as a coach for meaning: understand the strategy, make it explicit, translate it into operational objectives for his or her team, and lead the necessary changes. Give meaning to each management action. Encourage inter- and intra-departmental exchanges of practice. Encourage innovation and risk-taking.
• Operational manager: organizes the operational management of his or her team, structures the workaround identified processes, steers performance, and facilitates the resolution of problems.
• First HR & Coach: contribute to developing his or her staff, creating the conditions for their commitment, professionalism, and attachment to HI. Ensure compliance with the code of conduct, institutional policies, mindset, and expected individual and collective behavior.

Mission 2: Strategy and steering

Responsibility 1: Contribute to the development of the programme operational strategy, and its implementation and annual monitoring

• Contribute to the process of elaborating the StratOp of the programme and steer the operational aspects of the StratOp
• At least once a year, contribute, with his/her portfolio of projects and data, to the annual monitoring of the StratOp and the following year’s programme planning (support missions and evaluations).
• In a crisis/emergency, implement the framework and set-up decided by the HI Operations Director.
• Take part in the programme steering committee led by his/her line manager where required.

Responsibility 2: Implement the project part of the Programme’s Operational Strategy

• Size and plan necessary resources, recruit the project managers (ensuring a fit between skills and the projects’ challenges and ambitions), and develop and monitor their skills development plan, in connection with the corresponding jobs and with HR.
• Where relevant, develop regular contact with current and potential donors at the field level and liaise with their line manager to check coherence with institutional programming and fundraising strategy.
• Within the operational framework defined in the StratOp, identify and transform funding opportunities in the area of assignment. Undertake (or contribute to) the design and drafting of new projects, and institutional fundraising for major multi-country projects, based on the decisions taken by the Authority regarding the opportunities.
• In conjunction with the Technical Unit, identify, develop, and ensure the management and progression of local partnerships and/or consortia with CSOs, NGOs, institutions, and companies; on technical priorities or important topics in the area and going beyond the project timeframe.

Responsibility 3: Contribute to organizational transformation, particularly through changes to managerial practices, and continuous improvement, and contribute to the improvement of working processes.

Mission 3: Standards and expertise

• Ensure deployment and compliance with HI global frameworks, institutional policies, and standards
• These include the mandatory reference frameworks (such as HI Mission & Values or HI Theory of Change: Access to Services), all HI’s institutional policies (Security, Code of Conduct and Safeguarding, Anti-fraud, Bribery, and Corruption, PME, and Project Quality Framework/AAge-Gender-Disability), all institutional directives and processes; delegation thresholds; security levels.

Mission 4: Operational implementation

• Responsibility 1: Ensure the sound management and monitoring of projects under his/her responsibility
• In conjunction with the [Technical Unit and the MEAL Unit, ensure that HI quality standards (including technical standards) are applied in the projects, and monitor the implementation of recommendations from support missions, evaluations, and audits.
• Ensure compliance with project donors’ rules and adherence to contractual commitments: consolidation, oversight, and reporting to his/her line manager operational and organizational information in his/her area (dashboards, corrective action, use of own funds, beneficiary data, etc.)
• Concerning the concerned departments, deploy all appropriate tools to enable project monitoring (operational, financial, logistics, human resources, and technical monitoring) respecting HI and donors’ financial framework and in compliance with HI’s policies and frameworks.
• Undertake expenditure and manage the project activity-specific budget lines according to the delegation he/she received based on the programme signature delegation table
• Facilitate audits (operational, financial, and organizational), and ensure that their recommendations are implemented in their area of responsibility.

Responsibility 2: Keeping both potential opportunities and risks in mind, contribute to the monitoring and analysis done by the line manager, and propose mitigation measures where relevant

• In conjunction with the line manager, implement analysis and monitoring of risks & opportunities related to HI’s presence and activities; implement risk mitigation actions at his/her level; and ensure the implementation of a humanitarian watch and, when decided by the Country Director, an emergency preparedness plan in the area.

Responsibility 3: Develop HI’s external influence (forums, operational and strategic alliances, etc.) and the external representation of the organization (events, media) in his/her area of responsibility.

• *A detailed job description will be shared later on with the shortlisted candidates.

Requirements

Education

• Master’s Degree in Management, Development Studies, MPH, Social Science, Rehabilitation Science (Occupational Therapy/Physiotherapy/Prosthetics and Orthotics, Speech and Language Therapy), or any other relevant disciplines.
• “You are cordially requested not to apply if you don’t have the academic qualifications mentioned in the job advertisement.”

Experience

• At least 6 years

Additional Requirements

• Age at least 18 years

Skills

Management skills

• Being capable of helping team members progress: developing his/her staff‘s ability to work autonomously.
• Knowing how to position oneself so things can move forward.
• Knowing how to simplify and prioritize.

Professional Experience Requirements
Essential:

• At least 6 years of Professional experience in the humanitarian or development context
• At least 4 years experience in a senior position (base manager, field coordinator, office in charge, etc.) in a field /programme including security management
• 3–4 years experience in project management

Preferred:

• Previous experience in the same position would be an asset.
• Previous experience with HI would be an asset.
• Solid work experience in one or more core sectors is a strong asset: health and rehabilitation, psychosocial support, DRR, livelihood, emergency responses, disability, age, and gender inclusion.

Competencies:

Essential:

• Fluent in English is mandatory (oral and written)
• Good understanding of logistics, HR, and finance management
• Strong computer skills (use of MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and other relevant software).

Preferred:

Personal qualities:

Essential:

• Strong organizational skills
• Autonomous, reactive, and able to deal with priorities
• Extremely rigorous and precise, attention to details
• Strong sense of diplomacy
• Able to work collaboratively in a team
• Strong interpersonal and intercultural skills
• Practical and problem-solver
• Ability to summarize, share, and consolidate information

Special Attention: “You are cordially requested not to apply if you do not have the required Skills, Professional Experiences, Competencies, and Personal Qualities mentioned in the advertisement that do not match with you and your profile.”

• Vacancy: 01
• Age: at least 18 years
• Location: Kurigram
• Salary: Tk. 183498 – 205767 (Monthly)
• Experience: At least 6 years

• Workplace: Work at the office

• Employment Status: Full Time

• Job Location: Kurigram

Compensation & Other Benefits

• Mobile bill, Tour allowance, Medical allowance, Provident fund, Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance, Gratuity
• Festival Bonus: 2
• “Salary will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and budget availability.
• Medical Coverage: Staff and dependents will get general/outpatient, hospitalization, dental, and optical medical insurance facilities as per the HI policy.
• Maternity Coverage: Staff & dependents will get maternity medical coverage facilities per the HI policy.
• Group Life Insurance Coverage: Staff will get the death benefit, accidental benefit, permanent partial disability, permanent total disability benefit, and critical illness benefit as per the HI policy.
• Leave: Staff will get sick leave, annual leave, casual leave, medical leave, and event leave as per HI policy.
• Allowance for Children’s Education: Staff will get an allowance for Children’s Education as per the HI policy.
• National travel cost of child caretaker: Female staff will get a reimbursement for the cost of national travel of the child caretaker as per the HI policy.
• Additional Responsibility (Interim) Allowance: Staff will get an allowance for additional responsibility (Interim) as per the HI policy.
• Relocation Allowance: Staff will get an allowance for relocation allowance as per the HI policy.
• Work From Home: Staff will get work-from-home facilities as per the HI policy.