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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Programme Manager

Organization: Overseas Development Institute
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 07 Feb 2016

OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

Programme Manager – Agricultural Development and Policy Programme

Contract: Permanent Contract

Salary:£32,600 - £38,917per annum

Location: London

Ref: ADP/01/16]

The UK’s leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues.

About us

ODI (www.odi.org.uk) aims to inspire and inform policy and practice to reduce poverty by locking together high-quality applied research and practical policy advice.

We are looking for a Programme Manager to oversee the day-to-day development and management of the Programme Research Programme including a five year DFID project on global land tenure rights. Projects.

ADD programme details/highlights

The Agricultural Development and Policy Programme works to promote understanding of transitions in food and agriculture, and appropriate policy responses. This is done with the aim of reducing hunger and poverty, and improving the sustainability of rural livelihoods in the face of increasing social, economic and physical shocks and stresses.

The Programme Manager will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the programme, and will play a key role in delivering arrangements for programme implementation. They will ensure the smooth management of work plans, budgets, reporting and external partnerships. This will include maintaining and developing management tools for tracking project objectives and supporting the Head of Programme and associated team in the delivery of project outputs and outcomes.

Other key responsibilities include:

  • Financial management and reporting: tracking and coordinating financial information flows; managing quarterly expenditure tracking and invoicing to tight donor deadlines, and ensuring compliance with the donor’s Financial Principles, value for money and key performance indicators.

  • Governance: designing and managing the reporting process; responsibility for ensuring regular reporting on performance and compliance to the funder is delivered according to an agreed timetable.

  • Planning and performance support: providing guidance and support to project teams within ODI for planning, delivery and reporting; co-ordinating with key internal support teams; maintaining an overview of output delivery and flagging any risks to the Head of Programme.

  • Manage all business development processes: identification of new opportunities/donors; securing additional funding; leading the process of the preparation of bids and proposals; developing budgets and tailoring technical documentation.

  • Strategic communications and knowledge management: coordinating the development and functioning of internal and external communications systems, networks, intranet, website, etc. to ensure strong internal and external relationships for the project; managing activities and supporting teams to promote project output dissemination and uptake, with input from colleagues in the Communications team.

  • Partnerships and external relations: working with the team on formalising key partnerships and relationships for project implementation; facilitating external relations with relevant stakeholders; convening high-level project and stakeholder meetings as required.

About you

· Significant programme management experience and proven ability to manage multiple project-level inputs within a high-level programme framework.

· A strong track record of reporting on complex donor-funded (e.g. multi-sector or multi-country) projects or programmes, monitoring performance standards through task-management structures, and delivering convincing and quality reports.

· Extensive budget administration and reporting experience, ideally including devolved budgets.

· Proven track record of effective co-ordination with key internal support functions, in support of project/programme output planning, delivery, reporting and dissemination.

· Excellent time management skills and proven ability to organise inputs from other individuals and teams in order to meet key project or programme deadlines.

· Demonstrable ability to form strong and productive working relationships with external stakeholders and partners for learning and knowledge sharing.

· Proven ability to influence and negotiate with staff and stakeholders in relation to project and programme management and delivery, often without direct authority.

· Ability to anticipate and manage risk and take active steps to mitigate them, and act quickly to deal with emerging challenges.

· Ability to manage and develop financial information systems to support timely donor reporting and business planning.

· Ability to work on own initiative with minimum supervision.

· Ability to maintain a high-level overview of programme performance and progress, and provide more hands-on support to project teams if necessary.

· Excellent attention to detail, especially in ensuring consistency across multiple reports and project documents.

  • Advanced IT skills including Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and databases.

· Knowledge and understanding of development issues and a personal commitment to international development and poverty reduction would be desirable.

  • Experience working in a developing country or with developing country partner organisations is desirable.

Closing date: 7th February 2016

Interview Date: 18th February 2016 or 25th February 2016


How to apply:

For more information, please download an application pack (works best in Internet Explorer). If you are experiencing difficulties downloading, please telephone 020 7922 8234 /0351 or email recruitment@odi.org.uk.


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