Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in development studies, international relations, environmental studies, or a related field.
• 7+ years of progressively increasing management responsibility in international humanitarian and development projects, at least five years of which must be field based.
•  Demonstrated proficiency in Forecast-based Action, Disaster Risk Financing, Early Warning (EW) systems, and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) policy and planning.
•  Proven leadership skills managing projects of a similar size and scope in developing countries.
• Prior experience effectively managing humanitarian and DRR activities involving implementation by multiple sub-awardees.
•  Demonstrated experience recruiting, developing, and managing staff, and managing programmatic and financial reporting.
• Prior experience working in South Asia, familiarity with Nepal’s DRR governance, social, political, economic, and cultural landscape, and demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with host governments, donors, other donor-funded projects and stakeholders, local organizations, and partners.
•  An understanding and demonstrated commitment to the importance of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.
•  Demonstrated experience in adaptive management and learning techniques is highly encouraged.
•  Proven success serving in a leadership role for a project addressing issues related to resilience, emergency response, natural resource management, disaster risk reduction through nexus approach, preferably in South Asia.
• Fluency in English required (spoken and written).
•  Strong oral and written communication skills; excellent demonstrated inter-cultural, interpersonal, and negotiation skills.
• Strong financial management, budgeting, and project operations/administrative oversight abilities.
• Demonstrated skills building and maintaining relationships with host governments, donors, other donor-funded projects and stakeholders, local organizations, and partners.
• Demonstrated commitment to PSHEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Harassment, and Abuse).
•  Ability to travel within Nepal as required.

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