General Manager, Aga Khan Agency for Habitat
Geneva, Switzerland
A new agency, the Aga Khan Agency for
the Habitat (AKAH), works to ensure that people live in physical
settings that are as safe as possible from the effects of natural
disasters, that residents who do live in such high risk areas are able
to cope with disasters in terms of preparedness and response, and that
these settings provide access to social and financial services that lead
to greater opportunities and a better quality of life. The new agency
merges the activities of the Aga Khan Planning and Building Services,
with its prize-winning water and sanitation programmes and low-cost
habitat products, such as smoke-free stoves; the humanitarian arm of
AKDN, FOCUS, which promotes disaster mitigation and resiliency and
intervenes after disasters; the AKDN’s Disaster Risk Management
Initiative, which focuses on disaster preparedness in remote areas; and
the environment- and habitat-related activities of the Aga Khan
Foundation, including the Prince Sadruddin Fund for the Environment and
the Foundation’s highly regarded rural support programmes.
Role
Based in Geneva, the GM will be
responsible for ensuring the successful set up of the new Agency,
provide strategic and operational leadership to AKAH’s field units in
different countries, review budgets, monitor and evaluate programmatic
interventions and for develop contemporary approaches to the strategic
outlook.
Profile
The successful candidates will be an
experienced leader with 15 years of experience at senior management
level and possess demonstrable financial acumen and budgetary skills.
Credible experience in organisational change management, organisational
development is important. Experience of working in high mountain areas,
will be an advantage, particularly in the regions of Central and South
Asia. The GM will be experienced in the field of emergency management
to ensure that the Agency’s work is guided by knowledge related to the
occurrence of, and preparedness for, natural disasters. S/he will
ensure close collaboration with AKDN’s financial and resource
institutions in order to establish internal funding mechanisms and
financial products to support home ownership in build environment
projects. The post will require travel to project sites. Fluency in
English, both written and oral, is a must.
Qualified applicants should apply via the AKDN Career Centre at HERE
Applications should consist of a CV accompanied by a covering letter.
Deadline for applications is 20 December 2015
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