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Sr. Director - Business Services (Africa) at Habitat for Humanity International

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Job Description

 

Job Industry

Business Management /Business Advisory

Job Salary Currency

Job Salary Fixed

No

Key Deliverables

  • Support implementation of global and regional strategies, and planning processes, generating greater scale and higher impact for the Habitat for Humanity network.
  • Ensure National Office Directors and Boards of Directors have access to adequate data, and administrative information, for their strategies and planning.
  • Actively engage with the regional network to ensure the effective implementation of the regional strategy, including capacity building and provision of expertise from the Area Office business services unit to branches and independent national organizations.
  • Coordinate both direct, and dotted line, reports to ensure implementation and reporting requirements are met, in accordance with standards, expectations, and laws.
  • Oversee and coordinate relevant functions to ensure proper planning, monitoring and analysis of financial and other data.
  • Lead strategic provision of high quality business services, monitoring achievement of organizational goals and development of sustainable operational model.
  • Serve as a key representative on business services.
  • Develop a culture of accountability, clear decisionmaking and open lines of communication, to enhance compliance.
  • Work with others to monitor and assess risks in the region and respond to crises.
  • Align business services capabilities with programmatic goals.
  • Liaise between National Offices, Area Office, and global teams to achieve growth goals, supporting the Area Vice President in regular reviews of network performance.
  • Strengthen relationships with National Organizations, sitting on several Boards.
  • Support and enhance collaboration with global teams, including legal and compliance, by ensuring alignment with geographic priorities and broader regional needs.
  • Provide leadership and stewardship that supports HFHI’s Christian faith and values through active servant leadership, motivating staff members, serving partner families, and encouraging volunteers to follow the mission and vision.
  • DIVISION OF TIME:
  • ERP and Regional Strategic Framework Plan Realization (50%).
  • Hold direct teams and globalized administrative functions to account on the delivery of strategic framework.
  • Liaise with global teams on the strategic enhancement of business services functions.
  • Provide support to regional network in the implementation of the ERP, as well as holding relevant teams to account in the delivery of strategies and organizational planning processes across the regional network.
  • Ensure review, control, analysis and monitoring of budgets, data and planning processes.

Support realignment and resourcing processes including:

  • proper budget planning, analysis, monitoring of income and expenses;
  • monitoring grant management processes;
  • talent recruitment, hiring and compensation efforts in partnership with HR;
  • workforce planning;
  • IT policies.
  • Lead the alignment of support structures, processes, and functions as relate to business services (15%).
  • Advise on organizational effectiveness for regional network (15%).
  • Manage contracts and collaborations with external partners (5%).
  • Special Projects (15%).

Essential Qualities

Essential Qualities
  • 10+ years’ relevant experience in one of the following: finance, administration, HR, IT, and/or organizational effectiveness.
  • Bachelor’s degree.
  • Demonstrated ability to understand financial management and budgeting including, grants and grant management.
  • Senior leadership experience within complex, matrixed organizational structures.
  • Experience working with a business partnering approach to achieve joint goals.
  • Indepth understanding of the complexity of overseeing and managing business services (finance & administration, HR, IT) in an international context, and supporting and developing colleagues that lead their respective areas of work.
  • Understanding of entire grant management cycle, including financial reporting systems that meet donor requirements.
  • Strong written, presentation and oral communication skills in English.
  • Strong skillset relating to change management, organizational development and project management.
  • Deep knowledge and experience working with an array of business service functions, with both direct and dottedline reports.
  • Strong level of confidence and relational skills to build trust and influence with all levels of the network, external partners and a diversity of people.
  • Capacity to lead and engage with highlyqualified team of leaders.
  • Excellent people management skills, with proven ability to lead teams virtually and in person.
  • High degree of resourcefulness to lead projects that may not be clearly defined.
  • Missiondriven and comfortable leading within, communicating about, and working with a Christian organization.

Application Process

Close Date

22/03/2025

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