Overview
The Area Manager will provide leadership in the design, delivery, and quality of DRC programs/projects in the area, ensuring compliance with DRC policies and procedures. The role involves managing administration, HR/Finance, Supply Chain, and program implementation, with a focus on safety and emergency response.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead strategic development of Area/Field Offices and ensure relevance to needs.
- Provide leadership, coordination, and integration of DRC activities.
- Ensure DRC projects align with global and country strategies.
- Implement an area-based approach to respond to population needs.
- Represent DRC at relevant forums and liaise with local authorities and stakeholders.
- Supervise effective, efficient, and timely implementation of all projects.
- Provide guidance and synergies to multi-sectoral emergency and longer-term projects.
- Oversee project work plans and ensure alignment with annual planning and funding.
- Ensure relevant beneficiary data is collected, compiled, analysed, and distributed.
- Monitor budgets and flag any issues.
- Provide regular area information and flash reports.
- Ensure complaint handling mechanisms are in place and promote accountability.
- Oversee preparation of program portfolios and identify opportunities for new projects.
- Manage all area program managers and coordinators.
- Quality control and monitoring of key result contract performance indicators.
- Coordinate with Head of Operations, Head of Programme and Program Managers on technical gaps.
- Develop and monitor detailed operational plans for emergency response activities.
- Update Somalia EPRP based on current context.
- Identify and prioritize geographical areas for assessment and innovative response.
- Manage DRC staff and resources in the area.
- Ensure activities of support teams comply with DRC policies.
- Ensure key staff functions are adequately staffed and master budgets are available.
- Ensure monthly technical and support function reports are sent timely.
- Lead on all financial management, area master budget management and maintain efficient financial control.
- Oversight and management of Bank Accounts.
- Proactively engage in proposal budget development, implementation and revision.
- Directly responsible for control on procurement and management of supplies, vehicles, assets & stock.
- Coordinate with CO IT department and manage IT and communications systems.
- Ensure that HR activities are effectively managed.
- Ensure national staff continuously develop their abilities.
- Responsible for ensuring DRC Safety protocols are implemented.
- Continuously review security situation and coordinate with country safety team.
- Ensure DRC Area operations comply with all local labour laws and legislations.
Required Experience
- Minimum 5 years of work experience in a similar or equivalent role in an INGO in areas of humanitarian/development sector, in a conflict & post conflict environment.
- At least 5 years of experience in managing large and diversified teams consisting of national & international staff.
- Minimum of 4 years of experience managing humanitarian emergency response programmes, including leading teams and implementing interventions in complex and rapidly changing environments.
- Demonstrated experience working in hard-to-reach and access-constrained locations, delivering assistance to conflict-affected and displaced populations while ensuring effective programme implementation and operational oversight.
- Strong hands-on experience of managing safety & security in a high intensity conflict zone.
- Experience of proposal development for multiple donors and in-depth knowledge of project management and all aspects of project cycle.
- Demonstrated experience in representation with donors & external actors and managing emergency response.
- Experience with strategy development and understanding of linkage between strategy and programming.
- Experience of advocacy and communications.
- Basic understanding of conflict resolution and peace building programming.
Qualifications
• University degrees ; Master’s degree is an added advantage.
