Position: Regional Manager– Western Region
Organization: SEEDS
POSITION
The Regional Manager – Western region, shall lead the Western region. The region includes Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Goa, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. He/she will be accountable for entire operations and programmatic delivery, irrespective of number of projects within the region. He/she will directly report to the Director – Planning and Mobilization. The position will be under the Program vertical in SEEDS. The position is independent and home‐based with periodic travel.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Representative of the organisation in the region
Partnership development and management
Develop strong government relations and liaison with Government and other stakeholders
Organise preparedness and response in local emergencies
Oversee project implementation in the region.
Mobilise and engage with local volunteers, community associations, educational institutions
Facilitate and assure effective Administration, Accounting and Logistics
Needs from the region for potential projects
Development and Management of partnerships.
Monitoring and ensuring effective project management with key focus to timely completion, quality assurance and effective budget management
Regular communication and coordination with the head office at Delhi.
Troubleshoot issues raised by Managers and staff
Facilitate visit of donors to project sites.
Human Resource Management
Ensure expected delivery of outputs from reporting personnel and guide them to ensure high quality outputs.
Escalate critical projects issues to Senior Director – Impact and Inclusion in timely manner.
Represent the organisation to external stakeholders related to programmes as and when required.
Motivate regional staff, ensure friendly environment ensuring they are delivering expected results.
Candidate must have:
A Master’s degree in disaster management, social work, business administration or any equivalent degree in social science/humanities or related fields (or additional experience in lieu of degree)
Ability to work independently.
Minimum 10 years of professional experience in Program management, finance, and Human resource management
Ability to strongly infuse, track and analyse impact
Ability to coordinate strongly with diverse team of internal and external experts and resources
Ability to coordinate inputs and activities across diverse teams spread across locations, and to coordinate with other teams and liaise with external stakeholders
Candidate must decisive, action‐oriented, and able to manage deliverables effectively in an ambiguous environment
In addition, the person must possess strategical thinking and tactical actions at the same time, have a proven record of delivering projects with measurable results, and possess strong written and oral communication skills
Proven ability to manage people, resources, and finances.
The ability to support, supervise, motivate, and manage a large team including skills and experience in effective delegation, coaching and development of staff.
Good interpersonal skills: the ability to communicate clearly and effectively at all levels, considering cultural and language difficulties.
We value:
Ability to respond efficiently to complex emergency situations in the field.
Relevant experience in delivering on time, quality and on target
Ability to make considerable and effective decisions and take clear action to address issues
Attention to detail to spot challenges and opportunities
Ability to collaborate with teams in a multi‐cultural, multi‐disciplinary environment
Ability to work in partnerships
Strong analytical and persuasion/negotiation skills, with the ability to influence, negotiate, motivate, advocate, and resolve conflict
Ability to succeed in often interrupt‐driven, ambiguous, and highly flexible environments
Ability to work and deliver independently as well as part of a team
Ability to understand the implications and assess the appropriate degree of acceptable risk and take actions to minimize risk
Term 1 Year Extendable
Administrative Staff College of India
Haqdarshak