General Manager required by NGO in India

POSITION TITLE: GENERAL MANAGER - EAST

LOCATION: Muzaffarpur, Bihar

REPORTING TO: CEO


OVERVIEW:

The Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (India) is a non-denominational, non-political, non-government organization. The Aga Khan Development Network’s rural development efforts started in the early 1980s when the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) was established in Gujarat. Rural development programmes seek to contribute to rural poverty reduction through community involvement and empowerment that leads to the efficient management and improved productivity of natural resources. Today, over 100,000 beneficiaries across 900 villages in three states (Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Bihar) have organised themselves into more than 4000 village-level institutions.



THE OPPORTUNITY:

The Aga Khan Rural Support Program is looking to hire their General Manager - East. The key responsibilities in this role will be as follows:
• Establish AKRSP’s presence in newer areas in Bihar.
• Provide leadership to the new multi-sectoral programme and team working with the poor and marginalized rural communities in Bihar.
• Network and build sustainable working relationships with multiple in-country stake-holders such as Government, donors and partners.
• Budget management and revenue generation.
• Actively engage in developing systems and indicators which engage new information technology processes and systems in NRM.
• Capacity building of the team and motivate team members towards new challenges and new geographical areas.
• Integration of all programmes and projects of AKRSP.


QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS SPECIFICATIONS:

Must Haves:• Post graduation in Rural Management/ Natural Resource Management / Social Sciences from a reputed national level institute.
• Minimum 8 years of experience out of which minimum 4 years in a senior management or leadership position.
• Strong program implementation and management skills including strategic planning and work plan development with a strong focus on maintaining quality across project milestones.
• Confident communicator, with the ability to dialogue on complex issues with senior team members.
• Efficient at multitasking with field orientation.
• Skilled at interacting and developing relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Willing to travel and maintain a very flexible working pattern.
• Strong commitment to ongoing personal development.
• Secular orientation and non-discriminating on any basis.


Preferable:• Proficiency in English and Hindi.


COMPENSATION DETAILS: Commensurate with experience and qualifications.


Third Sector Partners, a leading CxO and board search firm in the Not for Profit sector has been retained by Aga Khan Rural Support Program for this search. Interested candidates can send in their CVs along with three references and a cover note to akrspigmw@gmail.com, or Contact us at: +91 22 6660 3558/6660 3559. Only short listed candidates would be contacted.

Last date for receiving applications is 30th September 2009.


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