Regional Program Manager, Southeast-Asia Pacific (SEAP) bei Wildlife Conservation Society
Wildlife Conservation Society · Singapore, Singapur · Onsite
- Senior
- Optionales Büro in Singapore
Opportunity Type
Internal Job Description
Reports to: Regional Director, SEAP
Location: Singapore
Program/Sector: Regional, SEAP
Position Type: Full-time
Responsibilities:
Overall responsibilities:
Provide coordination and operational support to the Regional Director and team in managing a growing grant portfolio and related processes.
Support relationship-building with WCS Global staff, especially on grants, fundraising, and partnerships, while representing SEAP interests.
Assist with strategic partnership-building with governments, donors, and stakeholders.
Support project teams with timely, high-quality donor reports, proposals, and communications, ensuring deliverables are tracked and met.
Coordinate technical and capacity support to country teams across the region.
Identify and pursue fundraising opportunities aligned with regional/country strategies.
Assist the Regional Director in strategic prioritization, program development, and implementation monitoring.
Specific Tasks & Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
Act as a focal point with WCS Global teams to build collaborative relationships.
Support implementation of funding strategies with Global Resources and Grants/Compliance teams to achieve targets and ensure compliance.
Represent SEAP program priorities to global teams and partners, while supporting regional grant portfolio management.
Conduct donor environment research and analysis to inform funding approaches.
Support field teams in preparing funding workplans.
Oversee Monitoring, Evaluation, Adaptation, and Learning (MEAL) processes to strengthen implementation.
Provide operational alignment across HR, Safety/Security, and other departments.
Assist HR teams with TORs, contracts, recruitment, and onboarding.
Support Regional Business Manager and admin/procurement teams in contract development and review.
Support proposal preparation and donor reporting with Regional/Grants/Business Managers and country teams.
Monitor grants to ensure compliance with WCS policies, donor rules, and regulations.
Assist with process mapping, workflow improvements, and standard procedures.
Support regional project monitoring, hosting regular MEAL/management reviews to track performance, flag risks, and implement corrective action.
Maintain strong knowledge management through documentation and archiving.
Salary Range
Internal Qualification Requirements
- A Bachelors or Master's degree in a related field (international relations, development, social or natural sciences or similar), or equivalent work experience.
- Minimum 8+ years professional experience.
- Proven successful grants management skills, ideally with EU, US and/or other bilateral donors, including proposal and report writing, but also workflow management and compliance.
- Ability to multi-task and deliver high quality outputs sometimes within short deadlines.
- Experience working, coordinating and collaborating with diverse stakeholders, including partner NGOs.
- Proven effective coordination skills, with excellent communication, organizational and interpersonal skills, with demonstrated success in working with diverse partners and within a large, dynamic and complex program to achieve common objectives.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
- Willingness to travel to sites across the region.
Preferred:
- Demonstrated experience working as an effective member of a multi-cultural team, with experience working in SEAP and across time-zones is a distinct advantage.
- Proficiency in a language, other than English, from a country within the region is an advantage
