Call - Area Manager

Humanity & Inclusion is an independent and impartial aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. The organisation works alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, taking action and bearing witness in order to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.

Since its creation in 1982, HI has run development programmes in more than 60 countries and responded to numerous emergencies. Today, we have a budget of approximately 255 million euros, with 4794 employees worldwide.

At Handicap International-Humanity & Inclusion, we truly believe in the importance of inclusion and diversity within our organisation. This is why we are engaged to a disability policy to encourage the inclusion and integration of people with disabilities.

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This is a call for applicants interested in joining our pool of Operations and/or Area Managers in one of our 50 countries programmes around the world. Depending on the set‑up of the mission:

• The Operations Manager is located in the capital city.
• The Area Manager is located on a base, in the field.

Under the responsibility of the Program Director, you, as the Area Manager, contribute within the country where you are based to the implementation of the mandate and the 10‑year strategy of Handicap International. You ensure optimal quality and impact of the projects implemented in the country, through a delegation system with appropriate control mechanisms. You share with all HI managers the responsibility of a sound management and successful functioning of the global organization, through paradigm chain.

Your priorities will be to:

• Structure the base in terms of means and process (teams, premises, coordination etc.)
• Launch and develop emergency intervention in the geographical perimeter while taking into consideration contextual changes.

• The manager should embody HI's values on a daily basis, serve as a role model, and guide the team by giving meaning to the strategy and translating it into operational objectives.
• He/She should encourage innovation, inter and intra‑departmental exchanges, and risk‑taking.
• As an operational manager, he/she organizes the team's work, manages performance, and solves problems.
• As a coach, develops team's skills, ensures commitment and professionalism, and compliance with the code of conduct and expected behaviours.

• Contribute to the development of the programme operational strategy, and to its implementation and annual monitoring.
• Implement the project part of the Programme’s Operational Strategy.

• Ensure deployment and compliance with HI global frameworks, institutional policies and standards.

• Ensure the sound management and monitoring of projects under his/her responsibility.
• 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.
• 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.
• Coordinate the teams in his/her area.
• Support the Director/Country Manager in monitoring security in their area and ensure adequate resources according to the context.

Please send us on this page your CV + the below questions completed (in place of the cover letter, in a PDF file) at: