Desk Director

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🕒 September 2

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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👔 Director

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State of Rhode Island

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1636

🏗️ Construction

📦 Logistics

🏛️ Government

💰 $2.5M Grant on 2019-09

Construction • Logistics • Government

State of Rhode Island is the state government of Rhode Island, responsible for managing public services, infrastructure, and community initiatives. It oversees various departments including education, healthcare, and transportation while ensuring compliance with state laws and regulations. Its mission includes promoting welfare, safety, and economic growth for its citizens.

📋 Description

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight for a multi-country portfolio of up to seven country programmes valued at approximately $60 million annually • Directly line manage Country Directors and the Desk Manager • Lead the Desk Team supporting country operations, programme quality, donor engagement, risk management and organizational sustainability • Oversee programme quality, operational performance, financial management, compliance and security across portfolio countries • Ensure country programmes deliver high-quality, timely and compliant services while managing risk and maintaining donor confidence • Coordinate with Finance, HR, Security, Supply Chain & Operations, Awards Management and Technical teams • Support donor engagement, strategic positioning and business development initiatives • Oversee proposal development to ensure submissions are strategic, competitive, compliant and aligned with organizational priorities • Drive proactive identification and mitigation of operational, programmatic, security and reputational risks • Foster collaboration, innovation and knowledge sharing across countries and departments • Contribute to organizational strategy, priorities and continuous improvement as a senior leader within the Program Implementation Department • Travel internationally up to 30%

🎯 Requirements

• Master's degree in International Development, Political Science, Social Sciences or a related field • Significant senior leadership experience within humanitarian and development organizations, including multi-country, regional or global management responsibilities • Demonstrated success managing large and complex donor-funded portfolios across fragile, conflict-affected and rapidly changing environments • Strong experience working with major institutional donors including BHA, PRM, ECHO, UN agencies and other international funding bodies • Excellent understanding of programme cycle management, programme quality standards, compliance frameworks and risk management systems • Exceptional leadership and people management skills, with experience coaching senior leaders and building high-performing teams across multiple locations • Proven ability to influence, negotiate and collaborate effectively with donors, partners, boards, senior executives and cross-functional teams • Strong strategic thinking and decision-making skills, with the ability to balance operational realities, humanitarian imperatives and organizational objectives • Excellent written and spoken English • French and/or Arabic language skills are highly desirable • Experience in localization, partnership strengthening, climate resilience or nexus programming would be an advantage • Ability to work within the UTC+1 to UTC+4 time zones • Ability to complete enhanced pre-employment checks, references, criminal records self-declaration, and other checks as applicable

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salaries and benefit packages applied fairly and transparently • Up to 30% international travel • Inclusive and representative workplace • Professional development through leadership, coaching, and support opportunities • Opportunity to contribute to organizational strategy, priorities, and continuous improvement initiatives