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Regional Program Development Manager (Middle East)
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Position: Regional Program Development Manager (Middle East)
Location: Homebased in a country of RI’s operations or expat in Amman as budget allows; frequent travel in the region and donor headquarter countries at estimated 30% of time
Reports to : Regional Program Director – Middle East; dotted line technical management to Head of Program Development (Global Support Office)
Direct Reports : dotted line technical support to Program Development focal points in all Country Offices of Middle East region
About Relief International:
Relief International (RI) is a leading non-profit organization working in 15 countries globally to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty.
RI combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact. Our signature approach – which we call the RI Way—emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.
RI includes the four corporate members of the RI Alliance: RI-US, RI-UK, MRCA/RI-France and RI-Belgium. Under our alliance agreement, we operate as a single, shared management structure.
About our Country/Regional Programs:
RI operates in five countries in the Middle East region: Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and Yemen, with a focus on the four RI sector pillars: Health, WASH, Education and Economic Opportunity. RI currently employs more than 4,000 staff (direct and indirect) in the Middle East region and implements a range of emergency response and development programs valued at approximately $70 million USD on an annual basis.
POSITION SUMMARY :
The Regional Program Development Manager (RPDM) reports to the Regional Program Director (RPD), with technical supervision of the Head of Program Development based in Washington DC. The RPDM will take on a rigorous leadership role as a thought leader working with RSO and GSO to set strategy for the region as well as to support and guide the country offices in various key aspects of developing and accessing funding for new programs, in addition to focusing on improving the consistency and quality of proposal development processes at country level. The RPDM will be responsible for working closely with the RPD and country offices on capture management, networking planning, leading on program design workshops for strategic proposals, coordinating proposal development among various departments, ensuring full packages ready for review at regional and global level , and managing contributing directly on proposal writing as necessary. The job holder will need to undertake short-term travel to support country programs in the development of large strategic bids and/or providing surge capacity if needed. This role will be critical to overall leadership and management of managing and reporting the ongoing and forecasted opportunities related to program development in the region and facilitate resource availability in coordination with GSO.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :
Strategic Support
Proposal Development
Risk Management
Safeguarding
Position requires:
RI Values:
We uphold the Humanitarian Principles: humanity, neutrality, impartiality and operational independence. We affirmatively engage the most vulnerable communities.
We value:
- Inclusiveness
- Transparency and accountability
- Agility and innovation
- Collaboration
- Sustainability
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