JOB DESCRIPTION: REGIONAL MANAGER (MADHYA PRADESH)
Aga Khan Rural Support Programme India (AKRSP India) is a non-denominational, non-political, non-government organization. AKRSP India was established in 1983 and it seeks to contribute to rural poverty reduction through community involvement and empowerment that leads to efficient management and an improved environment.
Post: Regional Manager
Location : Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh
Education: Post graduation in Rural Management/ Natural Resource Management / Social Sciences /Agriculture/ Management or any other related field.
Experience: Minimum 10 years of experience is expected in rural development sector preferably in out of which minimum 5 years in a leadership position particularly in a grass root livelihood development.
Job Description:
- Leading a multi-thematic team of professionals in the areas of natural resources, agriculture, livestock, enterprises, education, skill development, etc. along with support departments like accounts, M&E, reporting and administration.
- Liaise with donors and government officers and interact with field staff and community members.
- Budget management and new resource mobilization.
- Actively engage in developing systems and indicators from existing areas of work.
- Capacity building of the team and prepare senior team members towards new challenges and new geographical areas.
- Integration of all programmes and projects of AKRSPI to achieve maximum impact at household level.
- Ensuring timely submission of all reports to donors, government and AKRSP head office.
- Motivate team members to deliver optimum outcomes.
- Develop conceptual clarity of the Organization vision, mission & objectives to team on long term development issues and ensuring the peoples participation in programmes.
- Provide overall administration for the team and all offices and financial oversight
- Set up and operationalize the monitoring and evaluation systems for all the work in the regions
- Provide leadership and overall guidance to the area managers working in the regions
Skills:
- Good understanding of development needs of rural and tribal communities, government priorities and schemes, new trends and future opportunities.
- Strong program implementation and management skills including strategic planning and work plan development with a strong focus on maintaining quality across project milestones.
- Strong orientation for long term vision achievement along with annual and quarterly milestone achievement.
- Confident communicator, with the ability to dialogue on complex issues with different stakeholders.
- Efficient at multitasking with field orientation.
- Skilled at interacting and developing relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Willing to travel and maintain a very flexible working pattern.
- Secular orientation and non-discriminating on any basis.
- Sound knowledge about budget and finance
- Proficiency in English with a working knowledge of Hindi.
Key Benefits:
- Opportunity to work with a renowned NGO.
- On-site and off-site training opportunities.
- 5-day work week.
- Comprehensive medical insurance for employee, spouse, and children.
- Maternity and paternity leave as per organizational policy.
- 15 General Leaves and 16.5 earned leaves annually (earned leaves can be encashed if not utilized).
- 10 declared public holidays and 3 optional holidays.
- We strongly encourage women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and specially abled candidates to apply
Please note that we will begin the search immediately, and if a suitable candidate is found, we will close the application process!