YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

• Work with country and cross-country teams to ensure project delivery and compliance, contributing to project design and delivery and securing support from internal and external technical specialists.
• Manage individual and team performance through line management of programme support team staff.
• Encourage and enable support to flow between country offices; and support country teams to draw on advice and support from cross-country functions. 
• Drive improvements in processes and systems to increase efficiency of project delivery while ensuring compliance with all editorial, finance, legal, HR and other requirements.
• Contribute to knowledge sharing and policy development across the organisation. Identify and contribute new ideas, opportunities and partnerships to shape regional and global strategy.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Strong experience in international development in a project design or delivery role
• Experience managing and developing staff, with a commitment to maintaining a culture of inclusion
• Good interpersonal skills with a record of forming effective relationships, especially with colleagues or stakeholders across a range of countries
• Strong communication and writing skills, in English
• Strong analytical thinking and organisational skills, able to simplify complex problems, manage competing priorities, and deliver under pressure