Regional Manager

Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSPI); Khandwa; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site training opportunities

5-day work week

Medical insurance for employee and/ or

Leave policy as per policy

Job summary

Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSPI) in India seeks a senior program manager to lead a multi-thematic team across natural resources, agriculture, livestock, education, and skill development. You will coordinate with donors and government officers, manage budgets, develop systems and indicators, and ensure timely reporting, while building capacity and guiding regional area managers.

The role requires strong stakeholder dialogue, strategic planning, and a commitment to inclusive development

Qualifications

• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams in rural development contexts.
• Ability to liaise with donors, government officers and field staff.
• Strong budget management and resource mobilization skills.
• Experience developing systems and indicators for project monitoring.
• Capacity building and leadership development of teams.
• Proven ability to engage diverse stakeholders and ensure participation.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multi-thematic team in natural resources, agriculture, livestock, enterprises, education, and skill development.
• Coordinate with donors and government officers; interact with field staff and community members.
• Oversee budget management and resource mobilization for programs.
• Develop monitoring and evaluation systems and indicators for regional work.
• Build capacity of team members and guide senior staff for new challenges.
• Integrate programs across AKRSPI to maximize household impact.
• Ensure timely reporting to donors, government bodies and AKRSPI head office.
• Motivate teams to deliver optimum outcomes and maintain quality across milestones.
• Provide leadership and guidance to area managers; set strategic direction for regions.

Skills

Team leadership

Donor liaison

Budget management

Monitoring & evaluation

Capacity building

Stakeholder communication

Travel readiness

English proficiency

Strategic planning

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• 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

Preferred candidate profile

• 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.