Description:
Job Responsibilities
Project/Program Management
- Provide project management support for large and complex grants
- Monitor progress and inputs against targets, milestones and key decisions along with providing provide analytical and research support to the team as needed.
- Oversee implementation of work plans and work closely with the team members to deliver projects through interactions with project managers at our partner/grantee firms
- Ensure strategic alignment by identifying opportunities to achieve strategic objectives through program implementation
- Ensure that the overall program structure and program management processes enable the program and its component teams to successfully complete their work
- Ensure day-to-day administrative, operations and finance activities are carried out for the smooth support of the Program’s technical delivery
- Ensure accurate budgeting and accounting of expenditure and compliance with policies and procedures of the Program
- Facilitate preparation of materials for annual budgeting and planning. Manage process to update work plans (if needed).
Strategic Planning and Leadership Support
- Facilitate preparation of materials for strategy reviews, learning sessions, briefings, and submissions to Donors, CEO and Board of Directors.
- Support development of Annual Program Workplans and Strategic Plan
- Sets goals and implement portions of the strategic plan through effective planning
Collaboration
- Capture and understand internal stakeholder needs and expectations, analyze the impact of the program on stakeholders, gain and maintain stakeholder support, manage stakeholder communications, and mitigate/channel stakeholder resistance.
- Convey the importance of each project and related work efforts to the overall program and organizational performance objectives
- Establish processes and procedures for maintaining program oversight and decision-making support for policies and practices throughout the course of the program
- Demonstrate accountability to ensure the program complies with established portfolio management governance and processes including quarterly reviews, and annual planning.
Team Management
- This role may manage people (Program Coordinators) and will be responsible for ensuring successful employee onboarding, communicating performance expectations, creating goal alignment, integrating project and change management, giving and seeking feedback internally and externally (with our partners and grantees) along with providing coaching, measuring progress and holding people accountable, supporting employee development, and recognizing achievement and lessons learned.
Eligibility
Education & Experience
- Bachelors/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Economics or related discipline.
- Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in Project/Program Management within financial services or development-related field.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Understanding of a not-for-profit organization
- Knowledge of donor-funded programs
- Knowledge of budgeting, financial analysis and synthesis.
- Demonstrated knowledge of monitoring and evaluation principles and approaches
- Proficient skill in MS Office Suite and advanced knowledge of Excel
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills in English
- Exceptional stakeholder management
- Exceptional analytical skills
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Excellent organization skills and attention to detail
- Ability to meet deadlines and understand policy compliance
- Ability to work independently and as part of an integrated, diverse team and be comfortable in multiple, high varied settings, and tight deadlines with different work and learning styles.
- Ability to manage multiple and competing demands, and establish priorities.