Responsibilities
The Hope Walks Regional Manager provides management and leadership to a portfolio of country programs to ensure alignment with the organization’s vision, mission, and core values.
The position is responsible for providing strategic support, and mentoring and developing Program Managers as they execute annual budgets and plans to develop sustainable clubfoot programs that reach all children born with clubfoot in their respective country programs. In addition, the Regional Manager collaborates closely with the Global Support Office to support the organization's development team, ensuring smooth communication channels, timely grant application support and reporting, and donor engagement while strengthening partner relationships and program impact.
The Regional Manager must have the maturity, work ethic, and leadership qualities necessary to work with a remote team across various cultures.
- Provide direct oversight of assigned country programs to ensure sound program management practices and maximize program outcomes. This includes:
- Mission, vision, and values alignment
- Guidance and mentoring
- Program expansion and development
- Practical problem solving and assistance
- Maintaining budget integrity
- Monitoring and evaluation to ensure goals and Hope Walks KPIs are achieved
- Ensuring implementation within the Hope Walks program model
- Consideration of sustainability and long-term impact in all decision-making and activities
- Develop and implement initiatives to achieve strategic and operational goals for Hope Walks.
- Align operational practices in collaboration with Program Managers to ensure compliance with all in-country laws/regulations and Affiliate Partner organizational policies and procedures.
- Provide strategic oversight and coordination of the annual budget process and ensure data-driven, appropriate resource utilization in accordance with the approved fiscal year budget.
- Work with the US office and Regional Director on the development of grant proposals, providing accurate program information and ensuring the country level data and context is clearly communicated.
- Coordinate and oversee compliance with grant funds applicable to any assigned programs, in collaboration with the Hope Walks Grants Manager, to ensure that expected outcomes are achieved.
- Work with the country programs and Hope Walks' Communications Department to provide accurate, timely, and insightful quarterly reports and updates to the US office for internal and donor reporting.
- Ensure Hope Walks’ Christian commitments are appropriately integrated by personnel in all their relationships and activities to achieve a gospel-centered, holistic impact.
- Oversee the recruitment and selection of country program staff, mentor Program Managers and provide ongoing performance evaluation to contribute to talent identification and development to ensure leadership succession and organizational sustainability in programs.
- Facilitate effective matrix working relationships between US-based staff, the Regional Director, the Director of Clinical Quality and Care, the Director of Spiritual Integration, and the Program staff in countries.
- Develop relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders in assigned countries to support the successful implementation of Hope Walks’ programs.
- Participate in the Program team meetings and strategic planning sessions.