**Descrizione azienda**:
We support people in overcoming emergencies and we strive to guarantee that everyone can have a decent and dignified life as well as opportunities and a better future. We work in more than 20 countries around the world, including in Italy, with more than 166 emergency, humanitarian aid and development projects. Our activities mainly involve women, girls and young people, actors of change in every community for a fairer and more inclusive world.
We operate in several natural and man-made crisis in various regions of the world. The emergency response is composed by multi-sectorial interventions comprising of WASH, EiE, CVA, Food Security, Protection, and others. We operate also in protracted crisis with provision of humanitarian aid through a prevention, emergency relief and rehabilitation approach. In the last 4 years we have strengthened the regions and the countries where we have been working, we have created new programs, developed new quality and compliance systems and now we need new people who want to join us to build the world we want in the coming years. We believe in a world where everyone has equal opportunities and rights and we work everyday to make it happens. Join us.
**Posizione**:
**Position**:Area Manager Centre (Tete) Mozambique
** Reports to**: Head of Programmes
** Location**: Tete, Tete Province, Mozambique (with field visits to operational areas)
** Application deadline**: 03/11/2025
** Starting date**: ASAP
** Family duty station**: YES
** R&R;**: NO
**Working context**
WeWorld has been active in Mozambique since 2000, with a focus on education, food security, climate resilience, DRR, and humanitarian assistance, especially in response to natural disasters and conflict-induced displacement. The Area Manager for Centre plays a key leadership role in ensuring the quality, coherence, and effectiveness of WeWorld’s interventions in Tete and nearby provinces, in line with strategic priorities and donor commitments.
**Purpose of the Role**
The **Area Manager** is responsible for the strategic coordination, operational oversight, and informed implementation of all WeWorld’s projects in Tete and surrounding areas. S/he ensures coherence across project interventions, oversees support functions at field level, and represents the organization with local authorities, partners, donors, and humanitarian coordination structures. The role requires close collaboration with the Head of Programmes, Country Representative, Head of Support Services and project managers.
**MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
** Strategic and Programmatic Leadership**
- Lead the strategic planning and implementation of projects in Tete, aligned with WeWorld Mozambique’s country strategy
- Ensure harmonization and synergy among ongoing projects, especially in peacebuilding, early recovery, and resilience-building
- Actively contribute to the development of new proposals, providing context analysis and operational insights
**Project Oversight and Quality Assurance**
- Provide direct supervision and coaching to Project Managers/Coordinators in the Centre
- Ensure project activities are on track, compliant with donor regulations, and achieving expected results
- Monitor and ensure timely preparation and quality of narrative and financial reports to donors
- Supervise archiving of technical and administrative documentation, ensuring compliance with WeWorld standards
- With the support of Head of Programmes, ensure that new project are developed in line with the country strategy and in quality, ensure proper follow up of all project cycle management of the running projects and their follow up
- With the support of the Head of Support Services, ensure that new projects are properly budgeted and in line with the country programme needs, ensure proper follow up of support services (logistics, procurement, HR) for running projects and their follow up
- Ensure compliance with internal and donor regulations, including procurement, visibility, and safeguarding
- Work with the Head of Support Services to monitor audits, financial reviews, and due diligence processes
**Area Management and Coordination**
- Ensure smooth functioning of field bases including operations, logistics, administration, and HR
- Foster effective internal coordination among programs, logistics, finance, MEAL, and HR at the area level
- Facilitate and chair weekly planning meetings with relevant teams
**Representation and Partnerships**
- Represent WeWorld in relevant external forums including clusters, working groups, donor meetings, and government platforms
- Strengthen collaboration with local authorities, community-based structures, and implementing partners
**Human Resources and Team Management**
- Supervise and support the development of field staff, with a focus on team cohesion, capacity-building, and performance management
- Participate in recruitment and onboarding of national staff in the Centre
- Ensure adherence t