Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, March 05 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Roles and responsibilities
The role requires the ability to build trust and influential relationships with suppliers and partners to deliver effectively. You will be required to take responsibility and lead the strong delivery of a range of programme management tasks. This will include managing the programme cycle, risk, finances, engaging with implementing partners, driving forward implementation, and ensuring programmatic compliance. The successful applicant will work closely with a range of delivery partners including Government Officials, Multilateral and Bilateral donors, NGOs and Private Sector Suppliers. The job-holder may also be required to support the use of non-programmatic levers to deliver programme and team objectives e.g. policy engagement, facilitating engagement of UK expertise or working with the private sector. More specifically:

Effective management of UK ODA projects in line with PrOF Rules:
• Develop and maintain strong, respectful working relationships with both internal FCDO colleagues and suppliers, acting as a first point of contact on project management issues (financial, commercial, risk, comms and general project management).
• Apply best practice in assuring programme compliance as per FCDO’s Programme Operating Framework (PrOF) and Financial Management Guidance.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive programme delivery plans.
• Conduct and refresh due diligence assessments (DDAs) as required, drawing on multiple sources to identify and analyse risk exposure and put in place appropriate controls and mitigating measures.
• As required, and with support from FCDO procurement specialists, manage any ongoing contractual issues, including contract amendments.
• Lead risk discussions with programme partners and update risk registers.
• Ensure key risk management tools (DDA, delivery chain maps, fraud and safeguarding risk mapping) are used to manage programme risks.
• Support revision of the programme results framework (Logframe) and theory of change.
• Support the collection of key data on the programme impact and results, including through field visits.
• Contribute and/or lead formal programme performance reviews (Annual Reviews, Programme Completion Reports etc.).
• Ensure all project data is loaded onto HERA, AMP and DevTracker.
• Ensure programme lessons are learned and disseminated across the mission.
• Ensure strong financial management, including forecasts, and in year budget management.
• Scrutinise requests for budget and/or contract adjustments to ensure VfM and escalate decisions to the SRO as required.

Cross team/mission functions
• Possible line management of one EO Programme Officer.
• Respond to ad hoc commissions for programme data from finance and senior management colleagues as required.
• Support wider cross-mission corporate and administrative initiatives.
• Take active responsibility for continuous improvement and supporting the office’s programme management and commercial capability.
The role offers an exciting opportunity to lead on programme management with opportunities for in house learning, formal training and fields visits as part of learning and development. The role will include some flexibility to work across the mission on other tasks as part of 10% work, allowing the candidate to develop across a range of areas.

Essential qualifications, skills and experience
• Ability to deliver autonomously, at pace for timely delivery and quality results.
• Evidence of excellent programme leadership and communication skills, including managing relationships with external suppliers.
• Knowledge of managing the programme cycle (including mobilisation, delivery, contract management, and closure phases)
• Strong financial literacy and budget management
• Experience of working at pace under the pressure of tight deadlines.
• Ability to drive commercial outcomes and value for money (VfM)
• Ability to identify and apply lessons learned from other programmes to improve delivery approaches
• Ability to build strong relationships with a wide range of actors across the FCDO office, partners and government officials

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience
• Familiar with and can apply the ProF framework with confidence
• Experience working on a range of programme delivery modalities (including contracts, accountable grants and working through central programmes).
• Experience on private sector, health or governance programmes

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Job Experience: No Requirements

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