Categories: Vacancies, August 2026

DRM Regional Manager – Tigray Region – USAID DRM Activity

Locations: Mekele, Ethiopia

Deadline: December 15, 2024

Job Description

RTI is seeking a DRM Regional Manager, Tigray for the USAID Ethiopia DRM Activity. The DRM Regional Manager, Tigray will be responsible for leading the implementation and coordination of all technical activities at the Tigray regional level while providing oversight to day-to-day project operations. RTI has established a regional field office in Tigray that will be overseen by a DRM Regional Manager who will maintain local relationships and make locally focused programmatic decisions.

This position will be based in the Tigiray region of Ethiopia, anticipated to be in Mekele, and will report to the Deputy Chief of Party–Technical.

Responsibilities

Overall coordination and manage DRM activities in the Tigray region.
Support and coordinate with DRM technical teams in nutrition, food and agriculture systems, and market systems to ensure technical quality of core activities to ensure scale and impact across sectors.
Develop and maintain relationships with private sector actors, national non-governmental organizations and civil society organizations, within the region, engaging them as grantees, learning partners, and stakeholders.
Engage with other donors and/or donor-funded activities by including them as active participants in learning agendas and events, to ensure that learnings are shared, and successes are amplified and replicated.
Coordinate and work closely with regional government and district (woreda) level government technical implementation of DRM activities.
Oversee and coordinate local partners, sub-contracts, and grantee’s implementation and reporting.
Oversee all activities including grant, procurement, logistics, HR, and IT functions for the regional office.
Responsible for data collection and submission to the main office. Ensures that regional support needs are identified to the head office.
Supervise and support technical and operational staff in the field, including coordination in the preparation process of work plan development and activities implementation, monitoring of activities and progress made using partners’ data platform, and identification of needs for technical.
Continually monitor field travel and day-to-day risk assessments in the region.

About You

Bachelor’s Degree and 8 years of experience, Master’s degree and 6 years of field management experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Demonstrated skills in building, mobilizing, and leading multidisciplinary teams.
Field or HQ supervisory experience required.
Proven ability to work under pressure, and with multiple concurrent demands.
Familiarity and experience with USAID-funded activities.
Experience working with sub-national government institutions in Ethiopia.
Experience establishing and maintaining systems for managing project operations.
Ability to maintain working relationships with all project stakeholders and engage in coalition-building.
Excellent management, communication, and organizational skills (attention to detail is required); flexibility and capacity to multi-task.
Verbal and written fluency in English is required.
Ability to travel and work throughout Ethiopia in difficult terrain/conditions at times.