Strategic Leader

Habitat for Humanity International seeks a strategic leader to join its Asia-Pacific team as the Business Services Director. This role provides leadership, support, and guidance in systems, policies, and procedures to ensure appropriate support across Business Services functions.

• Provide inspirational leadership to the business services unit and across the regional network.
  
• Support the implementation of global and regional strategies, and planning processes, generating greater scale and higher impact for the Habitat network.
  
• Ensure National Office Directors and Boards have access to adequate data and administrative information for their strategies and organizational planning processes.
  
• Actively engage with the regional network to ensure the effective implementation of the regional strategy.
  
• Coordinate both direct and dotted-line reports to ensure implementation and reporting requirements are met in accordance with HFHI standards, donor expectations, and local laws.
  

• Project Unify and Regional Strategic Framework Plan Realization (50%): Hold direct teams and globalized administrative functions to account on the delivery of AO strategic framework.
  
• Liaise with global teams on the strategic enhancement of business services functions.
  
• Provide support to the regional network in the implementation of Project Unify, as well as hold 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 for informed decision-making.
  
• Support in AO and regional network realignment and resourcing processes, including proper budget planning, analysis, monitoring of income and expenses of the AO, as well as national programs in the region; monitoring grant management related processes; talent recruitment, hiring, and compensation efforts in partnership with HR, to ensure AO and NOs are fit for purpose.
  

• Master's-Business Administration (MBA) or other relevant qualifications in finance, HR, and IT experience a plus.
  
• 10+ years' relevant experience in one of the following: finance, administration, HR, IT, and/or organizational effectiveness.
  
• Senior leadership experience within complex, matrixed, ideally federated, organizational structures.
  
• Demonstrated ability to understand financial management and budgeting, including grants and grant management.
  
• An in-depth understanding of overseeing and managing business services (finance & administration, HR, IT) in an international context, supporting and developing colleagues.
  
• An understanding of the entire grant management cycle, ensuring financial reporting systems meet donor requirements.
  
• Strong skillset relating to change management, organizational development, and project management.
  
• Experience of working with a business partnering approach to achieve joint goals.
  
• Deep knowledge and experience working with an array of business service functions, with both direct and dotted-line reports.
  
• Strong level of confidence and relational skills to build trust, influence, and interface with all levels of the Habitat network, external partners, and a diversity of people.
  
• Excellent people management skills, with proven ability to lead teams virtually as well as in person.
  
• Capacity to lead and engage with a highly qualified and experienced team of leaders with regional and technical expertise.
  
• High degree of resourcefulness to lead projects that may not be clearly defined.
  
• Mission-driven and comfortable leading within, communicating about, and working within a Christian organization preferred.
  
• Strong written, presentation, and oral communication skills in English.
  
• Other languages spoken in the Asia Pacific region preferred.
  
• Active support of HFHI Values:
  
  • Humility – We are part of something bigger than ourselves.
    
  • Courage – We do what’s right, even when it is difficult or unpopular.
    
  • Accountability – We take personal responsibility for Habitat's mission.