Programme Manager

CR248

Our client is a UK based charity that works to provide children in developing countries with healthcare, education, and family support through sponsorship programmes

Our clients Programme Department is responsible for articulating and delivering the strategic direction of the organisation’s overseas programmes and positioning as an expert in child separation.

Working in a number of countries within the regions of Asia, South America and the Caribbean, Africa, Eastern Europe, South Caucuses and Central Asia, their programmes are delivering interventions through branch offices, partners and consultancies to provide children who are, or risk being, separated, a safe, secure future.

As a Programme Manager, you will be responsible for programmes under their management, delivering to the overall business performance of the organization, ensuring that countries deliver to their country strategic plans, undertaking expansion and exit as planned for transition of the country portfolio. This post is UK based. There is an expectation of overseas travel of at least 3 months per year

•        Performance management of Country Directors, ensuring their programmes deliver real results for children in line with the business strategy, performing to required standards and meeting the organization’s business needs.
•        Ensuring country programmes have the capacity to deliver programmes effectively planning for both scaling up and scaling down
•        Lead on exiting, and where appropriate support localisation, from countries ensuring key risks are identified and managed.
•        Scope the potential for projects and programmes in new countries which will deliver to the expansion strategy and manage planning and set-up in new countries
•        Contribute to the development and monitor the implementation of agreed country strategic plans and approve annual operational plans and budgets against business objectives and strategic plan
•        Ensure that project design supports a programmatic approach to delivering the agreed strategy, and that the outcome and impact of our programme work is monitored and evaluated including the participation of stakeholders.
•        Developing the organisation’s capacity to deliver child-centred, project-cycle management
•        Contribute to building the organisation’s capacity to demonstrate its accountablity to children
•        Deliver regular management reports on programme performance, results and impact
•        Ensure that all countries are implementing the organization child protection policies and that robust reporting systems are in place
•        Ensure that all countries are operating legally and that good employment practices are in place.
•        Approve project concepts and plans within scope of authority and funding proposals
•        Contribute to on-going donor relations and have oversight of funding proposals
•        Contribute to cross-organisational learning and the take-up of the intranet by country programmes
•        Contribute to country and global advocacy development
•        Ensure country programmes deliver annual budgets on target and generate income appropriately
•        Contribute to internal and external communications and policy positions

£34,155 - £35,884

London

•        Relevant degree and training in international/social development and organisational management
•        Awareness of recent development thinking and initiatives and/or social work/social policy issues.
•        Understanding of the rights based approach to development and relevant international conventions/treaties. In addition knowledge of issues for separated children desirable
•        Knowledge of the global socio-political, economic situation
•        3-5 years experience of programme management and supporting the development of projects using a rights based approach
•        Overseas work experience with a local or international NGO.
•        Experience of distance management of programmes and people using a performance management system
•        Experience of contributing to the development of donor proposals and donor relations.
•        Desirable to have experience of setting-up in new countries, exiting and or localization.
•                Set clear priorities between competing demands for resources and organizes and manages own priorities effectively
•                Ability to effectively manage the demands of global and country priorities and the relationships between Headquarters and Country Offices within the social, economic, political and legal realities of both the UK and overseas countries
•                Has a flexible attitude to undertaking various team roles, working collaboratively and can cover for other team members
•                To think strategically whilst keeping track of operations
•                Regularly seeks feedback from other team members
•                Produces considered and imaginative options for future programme direction and procedures
•                Builds effective relationships with partners to advocate for the organisation’s work on rights and separation
•                Ability to effectively represent the programme in securing funding particularly from institutional donors
•                Chooses content, style and language to suit audience and context in written and verbal communication
•                Encourages initiative and innovation amongst others to use all learning opportunities
•                Manages budgets including complex multi-grants income and expenditure
•                Flexibility to undertake overseas travel (at least three months per year

In the first instance, please send in an updated CV with a brief covering letter quoting Ref CR248 to: applications@skillsforcauses.com
Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis prior to the closing date of 27th August 2008