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Job Description
This Senior Programme Manager IAG will drive several critical functions and priorities across the IAG Global team and wider IAG network. Working in close collaboration with the project coordinator and technical leads, he/she will lead project management and operational functions for the IAG network.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end project development and management functions for IAG Global team projects, working in close collaboration with the relevant technical lead and project coordinator.
- Ensure that all contract outputs are being delivered to a high standard (including progress reports, financial reports, KPIs, and deliverables) and to support project delivery (e.g. drafting project plans, budgets, and terms of reference).
- Ensure operational setup is compliant with the client and relevant CBMG requirements.
- Support organizational growth strategies by ensuring quality project design, implementation, and continuous learning.
- Facilitating communication among a program’s cross-functional team.
Relationship management
- Support developing and managing IAG global client and partner relationships.
- Understands how to incorporate safeguarding into good quality programme design and to address client safeguarding requirements.
- Ensure IAG global team projects deliver high-quality work, consistent with the IAG approach and demonstrating our key value propositions for clients.
- Build and maintain positive relationships with the clients, and delivery partners, including the disability movement and other stakeholders as required.
Business Development
- Identify opportunities to promote IAG and explore opportunities for future work.
- Directly support the development of IAG global team proposals, including identifying and appraising opportunities, managing proposal development processes, and directly supporting budgeting, risk appraisal, compliance elements, etc.
- Monitor and update business development resources for the wider IAG network, including, for example, scoping and budgeting guidance, track record, etc, and promote their use.
Project Finance and operations
- Oversight IAG Global team and IAG network-wide budget and reporting for CBM Global.
- Develop and manage IAG global team project budgets and regularly update the project forecast to ensure project spend is on track and ensure financial reporting to the client is accurate and compliant with requirements.
- Oversee or manage subcontracting processes for IAG Global team-led contracts.
- Identify risks and opportunities to the commercial success of IAG projects that you are involved in.
IAG Global network coordination and management systems
- Provide IAG Global programme level leadership – coordinating and managing inter-dependencies across individual projects of the IAG global team and wider IAG network portfolio.
- Maintain and improve project support and management systems to support project delivery, oversee their implementation, and support the effective use of these across the IAG network.
- Providing strategic guidance and coaching to wider CBM Global project managers and operations staff involved in securing and managing their local IAG projects.
- Support implementation of CBMG Safeguarding guidance and culture across the Federation through IAG activities.
Qualification
- Education to degree level, ideally Masters level in International Development and/or Project Management.
- Experience and/or qualification using different project management methodologies and tools
Location: Nigeria.
For More Information: SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER – IAG
