Location

Open (Guatemala, El Salvador or Mexico and/or any other location in Latin America & Caribbean region

Application Deadline

August 29, 2025

GENERAL SUMMARY OF POSITION

The LAC Regional Programs Manager (RPM) is responsible for the overall management, program direction, reporting, and stewardship of AFSC resources in the countries we work in throughout Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). This role contributes to program coordination, management, supervision, representation, networking, and reporting, ensuring alignment with AFSC's mission, values, and strategic priorities. They are responsible for managing relationships with program partners as well as assessing partners’ ability and as necessary improving their capacity along the program management cycle.

The Regional Programs Manager participates in dialogues with government ministries, United Nations agencies, European Union authorities, relevant country embassies, and local and international NGOs, according to priorities set by the Regional Director and in coordination with the Policy Education and Advocacy Coordinator (PEAC). Within the AFSC norm of collaborative decision making and mutual support, the representative will function as part of a team, together with the Regional Director and with staff working based in Philadelphia and other IP regions to ensure that there are strong partnerships with increased capacity for effective delivery of our programs at regional level.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS / RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

Strategic Program Leadership, Planning and Management

- Plan, develop, and provide overall management and coordination for AFSC's programs in the LAC region, within the context of AFSC's regional and integral strategic directions, Theories of Change,



and Action.
- Provide strategic vision of AFSC's Programs and works, standardize program practices across, and operation models across the LAC region to ensure consistent, high-quality program implementation, meeting standards in the region for program management, HR, finance, security, health and safety.
- Define, develop and implement regional program policies, guidelines and procedures.
- Ensure proper planning, monitoring and evaluation of the programs, including the use of lessons learned to improve programming in close coordination with the Regional Officer for Program Support, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning.
- Encourages constant context analysis to identify program opportunities and priorities.
- Ensure timely submission of all required program narrative and financial reports.
- Participates in advocacy strategies to influence changes at local, national and international level in coordination with the PEAC.
- Ensures that program plans and budgets are in place, that costs are kept within budgets, and that their supervises provide regular, consistently high-quality reports to RD.
- Provides leadership and guidance to the program officers in the implementation of programs and documentation in line with AFSC´s values, policies, and procedures.




- Ensure that program and project proposals are consistent in accordance with the program budgets and cost effective.
- Identifies opportunities for AFSC LAC to engage with international, regional and national networks to enhance and strengthen LAC programs.
- Acts as a liaison between the programmatic team in the region and programmatic teams in other AFSC’s regions and offices, to promote, facilitate and support collaborative and strategic actions among regions.
- Communicates regularly with the Regional Director to discuss program, financial and administrative issues.
- Represents AFSC in meetings, events or forums related to LAC program’s topics or per request of the Regional Director.

Partnership and Capacity Building

- Responsible for managing relationships with program partners, assessing their ability, and improving their capacity through the program management cycle.
- Develop new partnerships and collaborative approaches to enhance program work and strengthen the ability of committed partner organizations to work together to achieve common goals.

Regional Team Leadership & Development

- Ensure AFSC staff members effectively apply Quaker Values and conflict-sensitive, non-violence approaches and methodologies to their work.
- Lead a regional program organization where team members can effectively manage programs across multiple territories, not limited to their specific geographic location.
- Foster a regional organizational culture that includes career development plans, clear roles and responsibilities, and opportunities for high-impact contributions, motivating staff and creating a long-term commitment to AFSC.
- Manages program officers and Regional Officer for Program Support, Monitoring, Eval

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