Regional Manager, Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (India)

Location: Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh

Apply by: 12 Nov 2026

Post: Regional Manager

Education: Post graduation in Rural Management/ Natural Resource Management / Social Sciences /Agriculture/ Management or any other related field.

Experience: Minimum 10 years of experience is expected in rural development sector preferably in out of which minimum 5 years in a leadership position particularly in a grass root livelihood development.

Job Description:

Leading a multi-thematic team of professionals in the areas of natural resources, agriculture, livestock, enterprises, education, skill development, etc. along with support departments like accounts, M&E, reporting and administration.

• Liaise with donors and government officers and interact with field staff and community members.

• Budget management and new resource mobilization.

• Actively engage in developing systems and indicators from existing areas of work.

• Capacity building of the team and prepare senior team members towards new challenges and new geographical areas.

• Integration of all programmes and projects of AKRSPI to achieve maximum impact at household level.

• Ensuring timely submission of all reports to donors, government and AKRSP head office.

• Motivate team members to deliver optimum outcomes.

• Develop conceptual clarity of the Organization vision, mission & objectives to team on long term development issues and ensuring the peoples participation in programmes.

• Provide overall administration for the team and all offices and financial oversight

• Set up and operationalize the monitoring and evaluation systems for all the work in the regions

• Provide leadership and overall guidance to the area managers working in the regions

Skills:

• Good understanding of development needs of rural and tribal communities, government priorities and schemes, new trends and future opportunities.

• Strong program implementation and management skills including strategic planning and work plan development with a strong focus on maintaining quality across project milestones.

• Strong orientation for long term vision achievement along with annual and quarterly milestone achievement.

• Confident communicator, with the ability to dialogue on complex issues with different stakeholders.

• Efficient at multitasking with field orientation.

• Skilled at interacting and developing relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.

• Willing to travel and maintain a very flexible working pattern.

• Secular orientation and non-discriminating on any basis.

• Sound knowledge about budget and finance

• Proficiency in English with a working knowledge of Hindi.

Key Benefits:

• Opportunity to work with a renowned NGO.

• On-site and off-site training opportunities.

• 5-day work week.

• Comprehensive medical insurance for employee, spouse, and children.

• Maternity and paternity leave as per organizational policy.

• 15 General Leaves and 16.5 earned leaves annually (earned leaves can be encashed if not utilized).

• 10 declared public holidays and 3 optional holidays.

• We strongly encourage women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and specially abled candidates to apply

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