Regional Manager, Israel and Ukraine

About the role

The Regional Manager supports the Regional Director for Samaritan's Purse's work in Israel and Ukraine. Key responsibilities include developing, implementing, and maintaining project activities, managing partner relationships, and supporting strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Maintain personal relationship with Jesus Christ and be an effective witness for Him.
• Support the Regional Director in creating, articulating, and disseminating a clear vision and strategy for Samaritan's Purse programming in the region.
• Work with relevant Headquarters and field-level staff to ensure grants, awards, and internally funded programs are implemented according to Samaritan's Purse Program Management Guidelines and donor requirements.
• Analyze data and background materials to provide guidance to and support Regional Director(s) and key decision-makers.
• Maintain detailed understanding of regional grant activity and provide timely summaries to the Regional Director(s).
• Manage partner relationships and programs in the region, communicating regularly with funding recipients to receive timely reports.
• Establish funding and evaluation criteria, send guidelines to prospective partners, evaluate program proposals, make funding recommendations, and monitor currently funded programs.
• Investigate and determine new opportunities for partnership in existing countries and other countries in the region.
• Work with relevant field-level staff to provide additional detailed information as requested for communications purposes.
• Provide reports and success stories to Communications for publication.
• Manage all HR processes required of the field offices related to International Field Staff (IFS), including managing the flow of applicants, conducting interviews, and providing timely and relevant reports for field and headquarters level staff.
• Coordinate evaluations of IFS employees with Country Director, IHQ Projects, and HR.
• Assist Field Office headquarters-level support with all aspects of procurement, including planning, bid justifications, and contracts.
• Assist Regional Director(s) by providing on-site monitoring and evaluation of partner programs.
• Assume lead responsibility for managing specific partner projects.
• Keep Regional Director(s) informed of status, information, needs, and concerns related to partners.
• Provide and maintain a monthly project tracking and status report on all assigned programs and projects.
• Liaise with Regional Director(s), Country Directors, and Communications to ensure that all relevant partner programs and field office projects are listed on the Samaritan's Purse web site and kept current.
• Provide surge capacity and assume additional responsibilities for Regional Director(s) during absence due to travel, disaster response, or vacancy.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree (BA) from four-year college or university and three (3) to five (5) years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 12 credit hours of college-level Biblical Studies (required); if not already completed, opportunity to meet and complete requirement is available upon hire.

Skills and Abilities

• General knowledge of international affairs, foreign policy, and fundamental political frameworks within each country of oversight.
• General knowledge of socioeconomic, cultural, religious, and political conditions in assigned region(s).
• High degree of diplomacy and cultural sensitivity.
• Intermediate to fluent foreign language skills preferred.

Benefits

• On-site Medical Clinic (staff and dependents)
• Medical, prescription, dental & vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Long-term and Short-term disability insurance
• Paid Family Medical Leave
• Term Life Insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• 10 paid holidays
• 12 vacation/personal days
• 10 sick days

Pay

TBD

Schedule

TBD

Benefits

• On-site Medical Clinic (staff and dependents)
• Medical, prescription, dental & vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Long-term and Short-term disability insurance
• Paid Family Medical Leave
• Term Life Insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• 10 paid holidays
• 12 vacation/personal days
• 10 sick days