**About UHAI EASHRI**:
**Role Purpose**:
The Director of Operations has overall supervisory responsibility for all UHAI EASHRI's operations, providing oversight to Finance, Human Resources and the Administration functions. The post holder will work closely with the Executive Director, and the Leadership Team in delivering UHAI's strategic vison and plan, including programme work, growth activities and sustainability strategy.
The position leads, develops, and manages the internal financial, human resources and administration components to ensure that these functions work effectively, efficiently, and cohesively, as each is vital to UHAI EASHRI's strategy delivery and also to grow UHAI and ensure financial strength and operating efficiency.
**Key Responsibility Areas**:
**a) Leadership and Management**
- Provide day-to-day leadership and management for all finance, human resource and administrative functions in the organisation.
- Work with leadership team to promote a high performing, fulfilled and accountable environment within UHAI EASHRI and to bring innovation and creativity to all aspects of UHAI's work.
- Interaction with UHAI's Board of Directors, including the oversight of appropriate materials and presentations at Board meetings and other activities.
**b) Financial Management**
- Provide overall finance leadership to UHAI, by overseeing the coordination and the development of organisational financial policies, systems and guidelines, and oversight of implementation and insurance of compliance mechanisms.
- Present analyses of the financial situation of the organisation (including annual forecasting, multi-year modelling, liquidity analysis and management level narratives) to the leadership team and the Board.
- Leads the organisation on the annual budgeting exercise and planning process for review by the Executive Director (ED) and approval by the Board.
- Work with the ED to provide oversight and guidance on UHAI's investments in line with growing UHAI's Reserve Fund.
- Lead the coordinated delivery of monthly, quarterly and year-end financials in an accurate and timely manner.
- Oversee and manage the accountability requirements for regulatory compliance, including Financial Accounts in accordance with GAAP, non-profit accounting principles, and standards.
**c) Human Resources and Administration**
- Oversee and ensure effective implementation of HR policies, procedures and services in regards to talent management, attracting and recruitment, remuneration and benefits, performance management & development, HR data management and Organisational structure maintenance.
- Oversee the development, review and implementation of HR, evaluate the adequacy of these policies and assess the need for change and alignment to best practices, security and legislation.
- Oversee and assess that UHAI has adequate and strong administrative systems with transparent policies and procedures in procurement, travel and other operations. Oversee the implementation of the policies and procedures.
- Oversee IT structures to ensure that the IT infrastructure corresponds to the organisation's needs, and that it is well secured.
- Manage negotiation of third-party contracts and ensure that UHAI is getting value for money from service providers.
**d) Risk Audits**
- Working with the ED, identify operations risks that the organisation is exposed to and implement appropriate risks management strategies.
- Custodian of the Operations policies including Finance, Human Resources, Operations, and IT.
- Responsible for coordination of auditing activities and implementation of auditors' recommendations.
- Drives the internal risk audit process.
- Ensures the continuously implementation of security policies and procedures and leads the organisation in their continuous assessment.
**e) Organisational Development**
- As part of the leadership team, lead in building and sustaining an organisation with a 'soul' by coordinating internal communication to enable organisational effectiveness capability across UHAI
- Collaborate with the leadership team and coordination (management) team to ensure effective implementation of organisational systems and procedures to enhance mutual accountability, assurance & compliance with UHAI on policies.
- Lead organisational change initiatives, facilitate and enable a culture of innovation and change, champion and enable feminist leadership.
**f) People Management**
- Build an effective, dynamic and learning team within the Finance, Human Resources and Administrative functions as well as within the wider organisation.
- Develop and maintain constructive working ethos within the teams, that reflect the feminist principles and values of UHAI.
- Work within the performance management system to review performance, coach and develop staff and encourage continued learning and development of individuals within the department.
- Monitor the team's performance against the agreed organis
