Senior Programme and Consortium Manager USAID Funded

Job Description

The OpportunityGlobalGiving seeks a highly skilled project manager to organise and coordinate a multi-stakeholder, action research programme. The programme is focused on exploring civil society structures and approaches to encourage philanthropy that is community-led. You will have experience of project managing high value aid projects, ideally with USAID (or similar) funding, and have excellent communication skills to lead on partner liaison, content creation and dissemination of learning. Youll need to be adaptable (especially considering the context of COVID-19) with a sharp focus on achieving defined results. Youll manage an innovative programme that will be primarily implemented by a local team in the Philippines, and work with at least two consortium partners, the USAID Mission in the Philippines, and GlobalGivings project team. The Senior Programme and Consortium Manager will interact with GlobalGivings wider teams in the Philippines, London and Washington DC, particularly with the Evidence and Learning team. The Senior Programme and Consortium Manager will be responsible for coordinating the inception, start-up, implementation and evaluation of the two year USAID funded project called Assets, Agency and Trust, that is the culmination of a project designed with two consortium partners (Global Fund for Community Foundations and Nonprofit Finance Fund), the USAID Mission in the Philippines and others. Through the duration of the project, youll ensure the project is delivered to a high standard, develop engaging content and disseminate learning to ensure research impact is sustained beyond the life of the project. The Programme: Assets, Agency and TrustGlobalGiving (the consortium lead) and its consortium partners (Global Fund for Community Foundations and Nonprofit Finance Fund) strongly believe that community ownership is key to sustainable development and that resources generated by and for a community can create durable and thriving societies. Assets, Agency and Trust aims to explore existing and emergent forms of Civil Society domestic resource mobilisation in the Philippines through the lens of Community-Led Philanthropy. Through action research, networking and dialogue, fundraising and philanthropy pilots, and institution strengthening, we aim to generate evidence on how different civil society actors can change in order to encourage locally-owned development solutions. This programme is funded by USAID as part of its Local Works initiative. The RoleThe Senior Programme and Consortium Manager will provide programme governance coordination in collaboration with the in-country Chief of Party Program Lead (who will be based in the Philippines and who will provide day-to-day field-based project management and be the primary point of contact with the USAID Philippines Mission), work with the project team to produce and disseminate high quality research content, and develop external communications strategies. The Senior Programme and Consortium Manager will report to the Executive Lead (who is the Global Lead for Evidence and Learning at GlobalGiving).Main Responsibilities:Project and Consortium Management:

Provide in depth programme oversight and ensure effective programme operations, including consultant hiring and project management processes

Ensure effective coordination of the consortium members so that the programme is implemented in an efficient manner and delivers a coherent and useful body of evidence and learning

Work closely with the in-country Program Lead (Chief of Party) to ensure they are set up to manage and account for all research, meetings and technical activities in country

Provide line management to the Research and Learning Specialist for this programme

Support the recruitment of suitable consultants as required

Develop and maintain a thorough knowledge of community philanthropy, fundraising, within the project context and broadly, and remain active in wider sector dialogue on these topics

Engage with other consortium partners and stakeholders to deliver activities.

Support the authorship of action research reports and ensure they meet required standards

Programme Governance:

Coordinate and lead international steering committee meetings, attend project meetings and ensure excellent project management documentation

Ensure high quality narrative and financial work plans and reports, grant management, monitoring and evaluation, linking and learning, and financial management - in collaboration with other team members

Work with colleagues, ensure all necessary partner due diligence is completed and recorded

Ensure all contractual obligations are being met including, for example, that safeguarding training is conducted for all staff working on the project

Be the primary internal contact point for the programme at GlobalGiving and attend and present at staff meetings to share progress, learning and challenges

Prepare regular progress reports for key stakeholders

Be responsible for effective internal communications to ensure key project learning feeds into GlobalGivings wider strategy to deliver on its mission to transform aid and philanthropy to accelerate community-led change

Coordinate with other departments within the organization to ensure project and funder administration is delivered with excellence

Strategic Communications:

Develop and implement an external communications strategy for the programme

Contribute to reports and other external communications

Produce engaging content for external audiences

Be an external spokesperson for the project, representing GlobalGiving and the programme at meetings, events and conferences

Ensure strategic connectivity between this programme and other sector initiatives to increase the programmes impact

Other

Support colleagues (in London and globally) on other activities from time to time

Person Specification:We are looking for a dynamic, detail-oriented and passionate person to join the team. Specifically, we are looking for someone who has had experience of setting up and working on programmes funded by aid agencies, who can also be creative, flexible and down-to-earth when it comes to project delivery. Youll be working with stakeholders in different countries so cultural sensitivity and understanding is a must. Please note the qualities we are looking for below and make reference to your experience and skills in your cover letter and application quest