Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (India) Hiring for Regional Manager (Bihar) Job at Muzaffarpur

• Location : Muzaffarpur, Bihar

• 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 development sector out of which minimum 5 years in a leadership position particularly in a grass root development sector.

Skills & Competencies required:

• 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.

Job Profile:

• This position is expected to lead AKRSP(I)’s operations in the state of Bihar hence it is a senior level leadership position.
• 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