Country Director, Bangladesh

Position Title: Country Director, Bangladesh

Department: Asia Ministry Team

Reports to: Chief Program and Implementation Officer (CPIO)

Status: Full-time, Salaried

Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Salary Level: $73,278.76 - $82,436.71 USD

PURPOSE OF POSITION

As a member of World Renew’s Asia Ministry Team, the Country Director for Bangladesh is responsible for leading, managing and implementing the Bangladesh country strategy to achieve World Renew’s vision of community transformation in alignment with World Renew’s values, standards and global strategic priorities.

This position acts as the in-country representative for World Renew in Bangladesh and represents World Renew to government entities, partners, alliances and donors. This position is also responsible for the day-to-day operations of all aspects of the country office in Bangladesh including administration, human resources and financial management.

We do not discriminate based on disability, culture, ethnicity, or gender, and welcome and encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and update the country strategy as required, ensuring alignment with regional strategy and with World Renew’s vision and global strategic priorities.
• Develop and implement a multi-year operational plan that enables the achievement of the country strategy.
• Develop and build relationships with partner staff, networks and alliances, with national religious leaders, with government representatives, with NGOs and any other appropriate national forums or strategic partnerships.
• Develop and manage partner relationships to ensure the operational capacity to deliver the appropriate support to partners within the assigned geographic area, ensuring effective program consulting.
• Develop a country funding and donor management strategy, in consultation with Global Support Teams and the Regional Director, to identify and secure a stable funding base to support the country's program needs.
• Ensure financial oversight of the country budget.
• Provide human resource leadership to all staff by ensuring compliance with human resource policies and practices, monitoring key workforce metrics, and overseeing effective recruitment, compensation, employee development, and staff care processes.
• Ensure all staff are oriented to organisational policies, guidelines and best practices for their position, their conduct and their responsibilities in alignment with our commitment and adherence to the Core Humanitarian Standard.
• Provide administrative oversight for all country office matters and assets, including supervision of staff, ensuring compliance to national laws, and ensuring security protocols are in place, monitored, maintained and reviewed.
• Develop and maintain relationships with donors and constituents, e.g., institutional partners, churches, partner agencies, international aid organizations and other donors. This includes actively supporting education and fundraising efforts which may include travel within Canada/USA, video conferencing and producing other multimedia content.
• Other duties as assigned
• Carry out tasks related to country specific responsibilities

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This position supervises National staff and volunteers

QUALIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated commitment to contribute to and promote a work environment that values diversity, inclusion and equity.
• Demonstrated commitment to working towards gender equality, equity and justice in all aspects of programming, plans, policies and organizational structure
• Working knowledge of and a commitment to core development and relief concepts, models, and values
• Demonstrated ability to provide effective facilitation, negotiation, active listening, decision-making and problem-solving
• Demonstrated ability to lead, manage and work in a complex collaborative international team environment
• Demonstrated ability to implement, improve, and integrate community development programs
• Demonstrated ability to work and collaborate with partner organizations
• An ability to relate to donors and diverse, international donors (granting institutions), including knowledge and oversight of project and grant management
• Demonstrated competence in administration, human resources, financial/budgeting and fundraising
• Demonstrated competence in all basic technical computer skills (project management, communications and reporting software applications)
• Fluent in English with effective written and verbal communications skills is required
• Fluency in a language widely used in the country is an asset

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of ten (10) years’ work experience in a cross-cultural international management or organizational development role working in a community development, disaster response, and/or organizational consultation environment of which three years management experience is required.
• Master's Degree in a related field
• Active Christian faith, participation in a local Christian community, ability to affirm World Renew’s Statement of Faith, and demonstrated commitment to Christ, Integral Mission, and faith integration in holistic programming.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those necessary to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

• Ability and willingness to travel in-country up to approximately 30%, including travel to remote, disaster-affected, fragile, and occasionally high-risk environments.
• Ability and willingness to travel internationally, periodically.

MENTAL DEMANDS

Work is difficult and diversified and requires the frequent application of a high degree of independent thinking to originate and develop procedures, techniques or ideas within the parameters of a broad conceptual outline.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those encountered while performing the essential functions of this position.
The incumbent will operate within a dynamic environment requiring flexibility, collaboration across departments, and the ability to respond to shifting priorities, humanitarian emergencies, and evolving donor requirements.

World Renew is an equal opportunity employer. It does not unlawfully discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, people with disabilities, veteran status, height, weight, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other category or characteristic protected by law. 

World Renew is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process. If you require accommodation at any stage of the application, assessment, or interview process, please notify Human Resources, and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs in a timely and respectful manner. Information regarding workplace accommodations, accessible formats, communication supports, and accessibility-related policies is available upon request. 

World Renew requires permanent work authorization at time of hire. With World Renew's commitment to Core Humanitarian Standard and Safeguarding responsibilities, as part of the recruitment process, a successful candidate can expect to go through a thorough background check. Please note that the tentative application deadline for this position will be EOD  October 9, 2026, for External Applicants and Internal Applicants, closing date depending on application volume. We encourage all interested candidates to apply before this deadline as we move candidates through our hiring process on a continuous basis.