Purpose of position
Voices for Change (V4C) is a UK Aid funded, four year programme running from October 2013 to December 2017. The goal of V4C is to help transform social attitudes towards girls and women in Nigeria by working on specific individual, social and institutional changes. This role is responsible for ensuring effective and timely planning and delivery of the Programme’s activities; and leading evidence collation, distillation and communication. We are looking for an experienced project manager, to optimise the impact and delivery of our programme through excellent planning, reporting and analysis skills.
Key Responsibilities
Planning:
Coordinate the development of work plans at national and state level, working with Output Leads and State Coordinators
Responsible for regional programme coordination to ensure state level interventions are coherently planned, communicated and weighted between Outputs
Responsible for critical review of plans to ensure programme interventions are layered and integrated, tracked and reported on.
Liaise with Operations team to ensure coherence of work planning, budgeting and resourcing
Delivery:
Monitor progress of all outputs in implementation of work plans, including identification of implications for expenditure and forecasting
Monitor the quality and pace of grantee delivery.
Assist the Team Leader in quality assurance of deliverables, as per quality assurance framework
Evidence:
Lead the team in a process of reflecting on progress, distillation of learning and feeding this back into programming, as well as documentation of changes
Prepare and produce timely V4C quarterly and annual reports, drawing on inputs from across the team
Ensure collection and collation of data for VFM indicators
Lead on implementation of VFM Strategy, reporting against VFM indicators and ensuring learning fed into Programme management in the implementation of activities
Oversee project Results and Monitoring function
Line Management:
Responsible for managing performance in relation to planning, delivery and evidence, identifying and effectively addressing performance gaps/issues
Develop and ensure team adherence to policies and procedures, and ensure compliance with local laws, donor rules and regulations.
Minimum education and experience required
Post-Graduate degree in a relevant business, project management or development field
Managing delivery of complex programmes in challenging environments, including widespread geographical areas with line management from a distance.
5-10 years of experience working in a project management role in business or development
Analysis and distillation of Evidence
Proven ability in results-based planning and people management
Commitment to gender equality and social justice
Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment is essential, in Africa/Nigeria an advantage
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