Field Operation Manager, East Ukraine, 100%

HEKS/EPER pursues the vision of a just world where the dignity of everyone is respected, peace reigns and the natural environment is conserved. In the framework of the 2030 Agenda, we work in the four thematic priority areas of “Climate justice”, “Right to land and food”, “Flight and migration”, and “Inclusion”. HEKS/EPER also provides humanitarian aid for people affected by natural disasters and armed conflicts. The goal is to induce change at the social, economic and political levels. HEKS/EPER helps improve the living conditions of people in Switzerland and around the world, claims their rights, and to this end, mobilizes and raises awareness on the part of society, policy-makers, business and churches.

The role of the manager involves utilizing allocated resources (human, material, and financial) within their operational office to oversee the daily management of all dimensions of HEKS operations in the designated geographical area. This includes financial, administrative, logistical, and, most importantly, operational aspects.

Therefore, we are looking with starting as soon as possible or by arrangement for a proactive and experienced:

Field Operation Manager, East Ukraine, 100%

Your main responsibilities:

On a day-to-day basis, this entails appropriately deploying resources through meticulous planning and execution, ensuring accurate transmission and understanding of instructions and information for operational conduct, and safeguarding the physical integrity and security of deployed assets and personnel.

Key responsibilities of the Field Ops Manager encompass:

• Developing operational and support planning, ensuring its logical and secure execution in line with operational directives.
• Equitably allocating means and resources provided for the operation.
• Effectively assigning tasks to various human and material resources involved in operation execution, fostering mutual collaboration.

To be successful you bring:

• Master degree in humanitarian project management or other relevant
• Minimum 3 years of experience from working as a Senior Manager in a humanitarian context
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Excellent communication skills as well as strong writing and reporting skills
• Promote capacity building and are able to help your team members progress and gain autonomy
• Oral and written English is mandatory, Russian and/or Ukrainian is an added value
• Excellent management skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and team management
• Able to work under stress and in difficult contexts
• Able to interact with multiple partners –open-minded and skilled in Multicutural communication

What you can expect from us:

• An international position with a duty station in the Sloviansk, Ukraine, with regular field visits
• An opportunity to make a difference in this world
• An interesting and challenging position with scope for design
• Duration 6 months (possible extension)
• Competitive salary
• Accommodation provided by HEKS/EPER
• R&R after 3 Months Insurance package