Barnabas Aid is a Christian ministry supporting persecuted and suffering Christians around the world. Since 1993, we have funded projects in more than 100 countries, providing food aid, medical supplies, education, Bibles, disaster relief, and support for churches and pastors. We also advocate for religious freedom globally. Employees are expected to subscribe to Barnabas Aid's Vision, Mission, Values and Statement of Faith. There is a genuine occupational requirement for the post holder to be a practising Christian actively engaged in their local church.
About the Role
Barnabas Aid is recruiting an exceptional leader to serve as Regional Programme Director for Asia. This is a senior leadership role within the International Programmes Team, sitting on both the Programmes Leadership Team and the Strategic Leadership Team, offering an outstanding opportunity to shape how BAI serves persecuted and suffering Christians across one of the world's most complex and spiritually significant regions.
The Asia region spans South Asia, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia — some of the most sensitive and complex contexts in which Barnabas Aid works. Many of the communities we serve face active persecution, operate in restricted environments, and depend on the careful, sensitive stewardship of their relationships with BAI and our partners.
Key Responsibilities
Regional strategy and portfolio leadership
* Lead the development, review, and implementation of the Programmes strategy within the Asia Region
* Maintain a balanced regional portfolio aligned with organisational priorities and donor intent
* Identify emerging needs, risks, and opportunities and recommend strategic responses
* Ensure the Region balances its portfolio according to the Country Classification framework
Grant making and programme cycle management
* Oversee the end-to-end grant making process, ensuring proposals are assessed, costed, and approved in line with delegated authority
* Take lead responsibility for one sub-region and/or a portfolio of countries
* Ensure robust needs assessments, project design, budgets, partner due diligence, and monitoring plans are in place before grants are committed
* Oversee project implementation including milestone tracking, reporting, learning, and close-out
Leadership and people management
* Provide clear leadership, coaching, and line management to the regional team
* Ensure capacity planning across the Region so workloads are realistic and risks appropriately managed
* Lead recruitment, onboarding, and succession planning for the regional team
* Deputise for the International Chief Programmes Officer when requested
Partner engagement and external representation
* Build and sustain a strong partner network aligned with Barnabas Aid's mission and values
* Develop and implement a plan for regular partner engagement and capacity building
* Represent Barnabas Aid professionally with partners and stakeholders
* Engage proactively with peer organisations and networks
Compliance, risk, and safeguarding
* Ensure compliance with Barnabas Aid policies and external requirements
* Maintain effective regional risk management, escalating issues promptly
* Champion safeguarding across all aspects of partner engagement and project delivery
Occupational Requirement
There is a genuine occupational requirement for the post holder to be a practising Christian actively engaged in their local church. Applicants must be able to subscribe to Barnabas Aid's Vision, Mission, Values and Statement of Faith.
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