Under the responsibility of the Country Director, the Technical Head of Program contributes to the implementation of HI mandate and 10-year strategy within the programme he/she is assigned to. He/she is the driving force behind the programmatic development of the social missions within his/her scope, and ensures that the quality and impact of the projects implemented in the programme are optimised, in line with the priorities defined in HI’s strategic frameworks. The Technical Head of Program is responsible to oversee the field technical specialists team, the MEAL/IM team, and programmatic development.

Responsibilities:

• Management
• Exemplary Manager: embodies HI’s values on a daily basis, and is a role model.
• Meaningful manager: understands the strategy, makes it explicit, translates it into operational objectives for the team, leads the necessary changes.
• Manager Manager: organises the operational management of his or her team, structures the work around identified processes, steers performance, and facilitates problem solving.
• Manager 1st HR&Coach: contributes to the development of its employees.
• Strategy and management
• Contributes to the development of the operational strategy (StratOp) in line with HI’s strategic frameworks and to its monitoring
• Proposes the design and evolution of the programme’s technical support to projects and according to the key priority sectors defined in strategic frameworks and the skills available within the Program
• Ensures the deployment of cross-cutting approaches within programming and promotes cross-sectoral synergies.
• Development of the social mission
• Contributes to the development of the fundraising strategy, in coordination with the Country Director / Operation Managers / Business Developer Specialist, and support the development and implementation of the fundraising plan
• Steers the geographical development of HI sectors, and ensures the compliance of project proposals or evolutions with technical/strategic priorities defined and nexus-related aspects
• Quality standards and expertise / With the MEAL and technical profiles of the Program
• Controls and monitors the technical quality and relevance of HI activities within its scope
• Contributes to improving compliance with key MEAL-related policies and standards as well as on cross-cutting approaches, supporting improvement of their ownership and of related practices within the program
• Ensure external representation and promotion of HI’s expertise within his/her scope of work
• Emergency preparedness and response responsibilities
• Leads the emergency preparedness actions in his/her department and, in case of emergency, reorganizes the priorities of his/her team according to the humanitarian imperative, in order to ensure a rapid and efficient response from HI.

Requirements

• You hold a master degree in the intervention sector: international cooperation, development and humanitarian
• You have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in humanitarian development with experience in project management (multi or complex)
• You have work experience in programming in multi-site, multi-sector programs, for humanitarian and/or development programs
• You have experience of working with INGO and experience of working with teams of people with varying experience of program development
• You have management and leadership of multi-cultural and multi-sector teams, on-site and remotely experiences
• You are fluent in English