Affiliated Country Manager

Place and Dates

Place: Beirut, Lebanon
Starting date: 1st September 2026
Duration of contract: 12 months
Closing date for applications: 12th August 2026

About Humanity & Inclusion

Humanity & Inclusion is an independent and impartial aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. The organisation works alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, taking action and bearing witness in order to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.

Since its creation in 1982, HI has run development and humanitarian projects in more than 55 countries and responded to numerous emergencies. Today, we have a budget of approximately 200 million euros, with 4,000 employees worldwide.

At Handicap International-Humanity & Inclusion, we truly believe in the importance of inclusion and diversity within our organisation. This is why we are engaged in a disability policy to encourage the inclusion and integration of people with disabilities.

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Job Context

Despite the announcement of a ceasefire, the situation in Lebanon remains unstable, with localized incidents, including strikes reported in southern Lebanon. The June 2026 ceasefire has allowed for partial and phased returns of displaced populations, particularly in areas where active hostilities have subsided. The situation is compounded by Lebanon's ongoing macroeconomic and institutional crisis which continues to limit recovery capacity.

High poverty levels, currency instability, and weakened public service delivery systems have left both host communities and displaced populations with reduced coping capacity and limited access to services. In this constrained environment, HI, which has been present in Lebanon since 1992, has been able to adapt its programming to the specific emergencies onset as well as keeping some of its long-standing development focus.

HI is managing activities covering the following thematics:

• Health and prevention for the provision of multi-disciplinary rehabilitation services (post-operative care, physiotherapy, assistive devices, prosthetics and orthotics, and psycho-social support).
• Inclusive education.
• Inclusive humanitarian action.
• Humanitarian Mine Action, including clearance, advocacy, non-technical survey (NTS) and technical survey (TS), and education on the risks and effects caused by conventional weapons (including mines, explosive remnants of war, and small arms light weapons).
• Emergency preparedness and basic needs (integrated response through non-food items / hygiene kits, including support to humanitarian actors via the ALTAS platform when required).

The actual intervention has so far been managed based on a mixed partnership with local structures and organizations, and direct implementation projects.

Your Mission

Reporting to the Regional Director, the Country Manager contributes to the implementation of Humanity & Inclusion's mandate and strategy within his/her program. He/she ensures that the quality and impact of the program's activities are optimized through a system of delegation with appropriate control mechanisms. He/she shares responsibility with all other HI managers for the sound management and smooth running of the overall organization, through paradigm shifts.

Responsibility 1: In the country where he/she is based, the Country Manager is the legal representative of the entire HI organization internally and externally and promotes a high-level reputation and a positive image of HI.

Responsibility 2: The Country Manager deploys the whole of HI's mandate and strategy in his/her country, alongside the operational partners, institutions and/or donors, and contributes to steering the organizational transformation in line with the "Simplification," "Shared Services," and "ROOTS" projects. This involves implementing the program's operational strategy. In the event of an emergency, he/she will assume responsibilities in line with the defined intervention framework.

Responsibility 3: He/she ensures compliance with its budgetary framework (including pooled funds) and the application of HI's policies and frameworks (safeguarding, commitment thresholds, security, human resources, risk management, etc.).

Responsibility 4: In his/her country, he/she actively monitors and analyses changes in the environment to identify risks and opportunities.

Responsibility 5: He/she represents the organization and communicates on its behalf according to a plan defined with the Regional Director.

Responsibility 6: In crisis situations, he/she assumes the responsibilities assigned to him/her by the specific response frameworks.

Characteristics of the Position

The Country Manager position is based in Beirut, the capital, but is expected to travel across the country where HI has several bases (notably Aley in Mount Lebanon or Nabatieh in South Lebanon, for instance). The security context is very volatile with daily air strikes in the south, regular drone fly-overs, and evacuation orders on a regular basis.

While the location of the HI office and guesthouse is in a relatively safe area of Beirut, one has to be prepared to move out rapidly if needed. A comprehensive security system is in place, under the direct management of the Country Director, to ensure the safety of the team.

Life in Beirut could be seen as “easy” in a way with access to restaurants, sports facilities, or cultural events but, as noted above, it is a stressful environment where one has to take some time off. Electricity supply has improved but relies mostly on public generators; medical services are available.

Requirements

• You are autonomous.
• You are able to adapt and shift activities.
• You are responsive to sudden emergencies onset.
• You have knowledge of mine action and can manage military team members.
• You can navigate complex national government authorities.
• You can lead a team under considerable stress (multiple internal displacements among our team members) while remaining calm.
• You can live in an unsecured environment (Beirut) and travel across the country in unsafe locations, in particular the south of the country.
• You can do some aggressive fundraising and keep regular contacts with donors in the country and the region.
• You can actively represent HI in humanitarian coordination forums (NGO and UN).

Benefits

At HI, the conditions offered are up to your commitment and adapted to the context of your mission:

• 12 months international contract starting from 1st September 2026.
• The international contract provides social cover adapted to your situation:
• Unemployment insurance benefits for EU nationals.
• Pension scheme.
• Medical coverage with 50% employee contribution.
• Repatriation insurance paid by HI.
• Salary from €2986 gross per month upon experience.
• Per diem: €879 net per month - paid in the field.
• Hardship allowance: €500 net per month paid with your salary.
• Paid leaves: 25 days per year.
• Rest and recuperation (R&R): according to the level of the mission, 5 days every 8 weeks.

Position Details

Payment for travel costs (air ticket and visa) and transport of your personal effects.

A child allowance of €100 per month, per child (from the second child) paid in the field.

Housing: Individual housing taken in charge by HI.