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Posted 3 months ago |
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Director, Program Management
Job Requisition ID: 2024200781
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Job Type: Full time
Job Summary
- Oversee a group of projects, including but not limited to ACE 1, ACE 5, and SPEED, and across multiple technical areas.
- Ensures strong collaboration with donors and sponsors, partners, and government agencies.
- Liaises with other sectors to integrate and manage work plans, budgets, and multi- sector interventions.
- Implements evidence-based interventions in one or more multi-sector areas. Oversees assigned projects and Project Directors in their areas of technical specialization.
- Manages activities and oversee all program operations, provide strategic direction, support business development, and ensure compliance with policies and relevant regulations.
Accountabilities
- Provides leadership for to ensure compliance with FHI 360 policies and procedures, donor requirements, and other regulations.
- Defines strategic direction, including the development and continual refinement of frameworks, approaches, tools, specialized partnerships, monitoring and evaluation approaches, for example.
- Ensures oversight and quality assurance for project(s). Coordinates a matrix management approach to capacity building, support, and oversight of technical and/or functional staff.
- Manages and continually strengthens capacity of staff, employing a matrix management approach to achieve strategic goals.
- Develops and monitors landscape analysis, strategic plans, proposals, protocols, papers, reports and budget for assigned technical area of specialization or country.
- Serves as a primary point of contact for partners, subcontractors, or vendors; counterparts/collaborators and stakeholders; and donors.
- Leads business development to maintain and/or grow the business portfolio.
- Directs the overall design and development of proposals and resources to support or lead business development.
- Accountable for the successful implementation of awarded projects.
- Manages potential resource conflicts across their domain.
- Fosters innovation and drives adoption of leading practices and provides project management and/or subject matter expertise.
- Establishes and maintains standards within and across projects in compliance with organizational and client policies, processes and regulations.
- Manages and promotes understanding of dependencies associated with resources and projects across the country/technical area.
- Conducts routine reviews on business project status, actions, decisions, risks and issues, and schedules for relevant programs.
- Provides metrics and analytics to support business and executive decision making.
- Supports performance management and professional development of direct reports, including ongoing feedback, coaching, and career support.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
Education:
- Master’s Degree or its International Equivalent in Civil Society, Communication and Social Marketing, Economic Development, Education, the Environment, Gender, Health, Nutrition, Research, Technology and Youth or a Related Fields.
- Project Management (PM) Certification preferred.
Experience:
- Typically requires 10+ years of relevant experience with projects management principles and practices (including 8+ years of department-level leadership, strong business acumen and/or line management experience).
- Proficient with applicable rules, regulations, and policies associated with international development and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
- Demonstrated experience in sector specific or multi-sector project management and implementation.
- Demonstrated strategic planning, staff development and capacity building experience.
- Demonstrated experience in leading and managing complex projects that are strategic in nature and national/international in scope.
- Experience operating in challenging environments.
Applied Knowledge & Skills:
- Expertise in area of technical specialization and/or expertise in project management and assigned country context.
- Comprehensive knowledge of theories, concepts, and practices in project management, process development and execution.
- Excellent and demonstrated public relations, policy, representation, and diplomacy skills required.
- Ability to build positive local working relationships with local communities, district/state/national government officials, UN and other multilateral bodies and donor representatives.
- Strong consultative and negotiation skills.
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills to strategize, plan, and manage resources for successful completion of projects.
- Ability to motivate, influence and collaborate with others.
- Must be able to read, write, and speak fluent English, fluent in host country language.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Problem Solving & Impact:
- Decisions and actions have a significant impact on management and department and area operations.
- Problems encountered are complex and highly varied.
- Exercises judgment to meet strategic business goals and develops objectives and plans that align with and ensure achievement of organizational goals.
Supervision Given/Received:
- Sets goals, objectives, timelines and budgets for projects and leads country/specialized technical area in achieving strategic goals.
- Leads coordination of resources for ongoing projects across functional areas and addresses/resolves project issues.
- Oversees project implementation that requires use of the Operational Model (RACI) frameworks.
- Typically reports to a Portfolio Director.
Typical Physical Demands:
- Typical office environment.
- Ability to spend long hours looking at computer screen and doing repetitive work on a keyboard.
- Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time.
- Ability to lift/move up to 5 lbs.
Technology to be Used:
- Personal Computer/Laptop, Microsoft applications (i.e., Office 365, SharePoint, Skype/Zoom/Teams), cell phone/mobile technology, and standard office equipment.
Travel Requirements:
- Greater than 25%
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
Deadline: June 30, 2024
Job Features
Job Category | Director, Program Management |