Operations Manager Atlas Logistique - Darfur Response - Sudan

Operations Manager – Atlas Logistique

Reporting to the Area Manager, with functional links with the Atlas Deployment unit manager (HQ), the Operations Manager leads the Atlas Logistique components of HI’s intervention in the area, ensuring sound analysis of the context, subsequent strategic developments and operational oversight, and fostering close coordination with partners, other humanitarian stakeholders, donors and authorities.

• Developing and overseeing Atlas Logistique’s programming in Darfour, as well as contributing to HI’s strategic frameworks on all relevant aspects related to the Atlas Logistique component of HI’s intervention in Darfur.
• The operational design, management and monitoring of the Atlas Logistique projects, as well as pilot projects structuring Atlas Logistique's development, ensuring compliance with applicable standards and frameworks.
• The identification and analysis of the overall humanitarian community’s needs to ensure that the Atlas Logistique intervention meets these needs and fills observed gaps.
• Participating in various coordination mechanisms (clusters, other inter‑agency meetings, bilateral coordination) and ensuring representation towards authorities.
• Contributing to the identification of funding opportunity and steering of fundraising efforts to ensure sustainability of Atlas Logistique operations in the country in compliance with HI’s strategic frameworks.
• Ensuring sound internal coordination with relevant departments (humanitarian access and security, logistics, HR, finance, etc.).
• Supervising the Atlas Logistique teams in Darfur and ensuring capacity‑building as per needs.
• Overseeing the smooth and qualitative service provision to user organizations and ensuring accountability towards them and other relevant humanitarian stakeholders.

• Manager as a role model: embody HI's values on a daily basis and be a role model.
• Manager as a coach for meaning: understand the strategy, make it explicit, translate it into operational objectives for his or her team, lead the necessary changes, give meaning to each management action, encourage inter‑ and intra‑departmental exchanges of practice, encourage innovation and risk-taking.
• Operational manager: organise the operational management of his or her team, structure the work around identified processes, steer performance and facilitate the resolution of problems.
• First HR & Coach: contribute to the development of his or her staff, creating the conditions for their commitment, professionalism and attachment to HI. Ensure compliance with the code of conduct and institutional policies, the mindset and expected individual and collective behaviour.

• Contribute to the development of the Atlas Logistique-related components of the programme operational strategy, and to its implementation and annual monitoring.
• Implements the Atlas Logistique component of the Programme’s Operational Strategy, including through sound context monitoring, appropriate planning and deployment of resources, development of partnerships, participation to key coordination mechanisms and steering of fundraising efforts.
• Contribute to organisational transformation, particularly through changes to managerial practices, continuous improvement, and contribute to the improvement of working processes.

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

• Ensure the sound management and monitoring of Atlas Logistique field 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 other relevant departments, and propose mitigation measures where relevant.
• Develop HI’s external influence and positioning (forums, development of operational and strategic alliances, contribution to ethical positioning definition, etc.) and the external representation of the organisation (external coordination mechanisms, events, media) in his/her area of responsibility.
• Coordinate the teams in his/her area and facilitate…