Experience Required

More than 7 years

Position

Project Implementation Lead

Project

Humanitarian Response, Recovery and Resilience

(HR3)

No. of vacancies

1 (One)

Date of Announcement

11 September 2026

Duration

One Year

Location

HR3 project field office either in Rasuwa or

Nuwakot and any additional approved district, including Dhading.

Reports to

Climate Justice and HDRR Manager

Supervises

Project Coordinator – Community Engagement and

Partnerships; Technical Coordinator – Shelter and Engineering; MEAL and

Documentation Officer; Finance, Administration and Logistics Officer; Architect

and other HR3 personnel assigned.

Travel / deployment

Extensive (normally 60–70%), including

rapid deployment to remote locations.

About Habitat for Humanity Nepal

Habitat for Humanity Nepal is an international

non-governmental organization that is driven by the vision that everyone

deserves a decent place to live. Our partnership with communities, governments,

private sector including entrepreneurs and financial institutions, youth

networks, and academia, allows us to serve low-income families by improving

habitability, tenure security, access to basic services and affordability of

housing solutions.

Our integrated programming serves to benefit 2.75 million

people over the next three years, through direct and incremental construction,

affordable housing finance, affordable construction technologies and services,

and evidence-based policy advocacy for housing adequacy as a fundamental right.

Responding to the root causes of inequity in the housing ecosystem, Habitat

Nepal leads with a systems-strengthening approach, facilitating development of

inclusive housing markets, removing key policy barriers and empowering

communities through people-centered approaches, for a stronger and more

equitable housing ecosystem.

About the Project

Habitat for Humanity Nepal works with communities,

governments and partners to advance safe, adequate and resilient shelter and

housing. Following the 2026 flash floods, the Humanitarian Response, Recovery

and Resilience (HR3) Project supports a pathway from emergency shelter to early

recovery and safer, climate- and disaster-resilient housing. Initial

implementation will focus on Rasuwa and Nuwakot, with Dhading or other approved

affected locations added as needs and funding evolve.

Position Overview

Lead the HR3 Project from assessment and response through

early recovery and resilient reconstruction. The role converts Habitat Nepal’s

Pathway to Permanence into a safe, coordinated and accountable multi-district

operation, ensuring that shelter assistance, transitional shelter, cash-based

support, recovery housing and risk-sensitive planning are delivered on time,

within budget and in partnership with affected communities and government.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Strategy, planning and operational leadership

Translate approved response strategy and funding into a

costed, phased implementation plan, district workplans, staffing structure,

responsibility matrix and decision calendar.

Set priorities as needs, access, weather, funding and

displacement patterns change; document material decisions and escalate

deviations in scope, budget, risk or compliance to the Program Director.

Lead transition planning across emergency shelter kits,

transitional shelter, conditional cash/rental or repair support, and resilient

recovery housing, avoiding gaps and unmanaged handovers.

Activate and chair project management routines, including

daily or weekly operational meetings during surge periods, monthly performance

reviews and after-action reviews.

Maintain a consolidated operational, programmatic,

safeguarding, fiduciary, access and security risk register with named

mitigation owners and deadlines.

Implementation, people and partner management

Direct multi-district field delivery through the four

project functions and ensure realistic sequencing among assessment, community

engagement, design, procurement, construction, cash assistance and monitoring.

Supervise, coach and hold staff accountable through clear

objectives, timely feedback, workload management, duty-of-care practices and

performance reviews.

Establish implementation arrangements for direct delivery

and/or local partners; support due diligence, agreements, capacity plans,

monitoring and corrective action.

Ensure transparent, vulnerability-based participant

selection and prevent duplication through coordination and verified records.

Resolve cross-functional bottlenecks quickly while

preserving technical quality, safeguarding, financial controls and segregation

of duties.

Shelter, recovery and resilience oversight

Ensure all shelter modalities are based on verified needs,

household preference, tenure and protection considerations, site risk,

technical feasibility, market capacity and government guidance.

Approve project-level technical and implementation packages

after required technical, MEAL, finance, safeguarding and management reviews.

Promote local materials, skills and markets where safe and

viable, including bamboo, timber, plywood, stone and other context-appropriate

materials, without compromising structural safety or durability.

Integrate disaster-risk reduction, climate adaptation,

environmental safeguards and risk-sensitive settlement planning into recovery

decisions.

Ensure clear referral or coordination arrangements for needs

beyond Habitat’s mandate, including protection, WASH, health and livelihoods.

Resource stewardship and donor delivery

Act as project budget holder within delegated authority;

review forecasts, burn rates, procurement status, cash needs, partner advances

and material variances with Finance/Admin.

Contribute to response concepts, proposals, donor briefings

and funding prioritization, ensuring commitments are feasible and supported by

verified evidence.

Ensure donor, Habitat, government and partnership

obligations are translated into operating controls, reports and close-out

actions.

Coordination and stakeholder engagement

Serve as the senior operational focal point for NDRRMA,

provincial and local authorities, DDMCs/LDMCs, the Nepal Shelter Cluster and

relevant sector coordination mechanisms, as delegated by the Program Director.

Build trusted working relationships with affected

communities, elected representatives, technical officials, local partners,

contractors, suppliers, financial service providers and civil-society networks.

Coordinate technical and surge support with Habitat’s

Asia-Pacific Office, Base Bahay and other approved technical partners; define

deliverables and ensure recommendations are contextualized.

Represent the project in donor and Habitat Network

discussions with approved, consistent and verified messages.

Monitoring, reporting and learning responsibilities

Own the project results framework and use MEAL evidence,

community feedback, financial data and technical quality findings to make and

document course corrections.

Ensure timely situation updates, management reports, donor

reports, government submissions and decision briefs, with one agreed source of

verified figures.

Review disaggregated reach, unique-household coverage,

service instances, cost efficiency, timeliness, quality, feedback and outcome

data at least monthly.

Commission and act on post-distribution monitoring,

construction quality reviews, cash monitoring, after-action reviews and project

evaluations.

Education, Professional Experience, and Skill Sets

Education and Professional Qualification

Master’s degree in disaster management, humanitarian action,

engineering, development studies, public administration, social sciences or a

relevant discipline; or a bachelor’s degree with substantial additional

relevant experience.

Professional experience of project management, humanitarian

coordination, cash assistance, shelter/settlements or disaster risk reduction.

Fluency in written and spoken Nepali and English.

Professional Experience

At least seven years of progressively responsible

program/project experience, including at least three years in humanitarian

response, early recovery, disaster recovery or fragile operating environments.

At least three years managing multidisciplinary teams,

budgets, partners and complex field operations.

Demonstrated delivery of shelter, housing, settlements,

cash-based assistance or closely related humanitarian programming through

assessment, implementation, monitoring and close-out.

Proven coordination with government and humanitarian

mechanisms and experience communicating with donors or senior stakeholders.

Demonstrated decision-making under time pressure, changing

information and access constraints.

Demonstrated ability to organize rapid procurement and

last-mile delivery while maintaining documentation and internal controls.

Technical and Functional Skills

Humanitarian program-cycle and adaptive management;

operational planning and prioritization; partner management; budget stewardship

and compliance.

Strong understanding of shelter and settlement programming,

DRR, climate resilience, cash modalities, protection mainstreaming and

accountability to affected populations.

Decisive, calm and evidence-led leadership; clear

delegation; constructive challenge; conflict resolution and staff care.

Strong analytical writing, negotiation, facilitation and

representation skills; able to explain complex trade-offs to communities,

technical colleagues and donors.

Digital proficiency in work planning, budget tracking, data

dashboards and collaborative document management.

Preferred / desirable experience

Experience in Nepal’s hill or mountain districts and

knowledge of federal, provincial and local disaster-management structures.

Experience with Nepal Shelter Cluster coordination,

Sphere/CHS-aligned programming or large-scale shelter distributions.

Experience managing transitional shelter, rental/repair cash

or owner-driven reconstruction using local materials.

Ability to communicate in a language used in the target

communities.

Safeguarding

In accordance with its foundational mission principles,

Habitat for Humanity International is committed to the highest ethical

standards and opposes all forms of discrimination, exploitation, and abuse. We

intend to create and maintain a work and living environment that is safe,

productive, and respectful for our colleagues and for all we serve. We require

that all staff take seriously their ethical responsibilities to Safeguarding

(Child Protection, Prevention of Sexual Exploitation Harassment and Abuse) our

intended beneficiaries, their communities (especially children), and all those

with whom we work. In line with the prevention of sexual exploitation and

abuse, all staff must pass a thorough background screening, police check and

will be held accountable to upholding our policies around ethical behaviour,

including safeguarding and whistleblowing. Managers at all levels have

responsibilities to support and develop systems that create and maintain an

environment that prevents harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse, safeguards

the rights of beneficiaries and community members (especially children), and

promotes the implementation of Habitat for Humanity’s code of conduct.

Habitat for Humanity Nepal is an equal opportunity

organization. Women, persons with disabilities, marginalized and disadvantaged

communities are encouraged to apply.

Application submission deadline is 15 September 2026.

Human Resources Department, Habitat for Humanity Nepal

We strive to keep our recruitment process consistent and

fair. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

About Company

Habitat for Humanity Nepal is an international non-governmental organization that is driven by the vision that everyone deserves a decent place to live. Our partnership with communities, governments, private sector including entrepreneurs and financial institutions, youth networks, and academia, allows us to serve low-income families by improving habitability, tenure security, access to basic services and affordability of housing solutions.

Our integrated programming serves to benefit 3 million people over the next three years, through direct and incremental construction, affordable housing finance, affordable construction technologies and services, and evidence-based policy advocacy for housing adequacy as a fundamental right. Responding to the root causes of inequity in the housing ecosystem, Habitat Nepal leads with a systems-strengthening approach, facilitating development of inclusive housing markets, removing key policy barriers and empowering communities through people-centered approaches, for a stronger and more equitable housing ecosystem.

About the Project

Habitat for Humanity Nepal works with communities, governments and partners to advance safe, adequate and resilient shelter and housing. Following the 2026 flash floods, the Humanitarian Response, Recovery and Resilience (HR3) Project supports a pathway from emergency shelter to early recovery and safer, climate- and disaster-resilient housing. Initial implementation will focus on Rasuwa and Nuwakot, with Dhading or other approved affected locations added as needs and funding evolve.