Job Title: Senior Programme Manager
Location of Position: London
Reporting to: Alinea UK Director
Remuneration: Fees are subject to negotiation and shall not exceed established market rates.
Indicative LOE/Time Frame: Full-time
Citizenship: Must have the right to work in the UK
Language Requirements: Must be fluent in English, with French, Ukrainian, or Russian desirable
Application Deadline: 9th of February 2025
Application Instructions:
* Cover letter is mandatory to be considered. Cover letters should detail how your experience and qualifications match the opportunity, your daily fee and current availability.
* To apply for this position, please click the Apply Now link.
* Only successful candidates will be contacted. No phone calls please.
About Alinea: Alinea is an international development consultancy providing technical and management expertise that helps people improve their lives. We work with governments, investors, companies and communities to create lasting change. Over 37 years, Alinea has successfully delivered more than 515 projects worldwide.
Equal Opportunity, Due Diligence and Fraud Statements: At Alinea International we value equity, diversity, and inclusivity in everything we do. We are an equal opportunity employer opposed to all forms of discrimination. We actively seek and encourage applications from people of diverse backgrounds recognizing that an inclusive workforce enriches our organization and achieves smarter, more innovative results.
Alinea is committed to the protection of children and vulnerable adults. Due to the nature of our work, all candidates will be subject to due diligence checks and extensive background checks where appropriate.
Alinea International does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment and hiring process. Any requests for payment or information should be refused and reported to your local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action and to Alinea International.
About the work: Alinea’s UK project portfolio covers a broad range of technical areas, including: Livelihoods, Governance, Climate Change Resilience, Countering Violent Extremism, Counter-Terrorism, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Strategic Communications. This is a growing portfolio, which this role will be key in supporting.
Reporting to the Project Director, the Manager will have day-to-day management responsibility for ensuring individual mandates are on track while achieving overall project goals. They will be the primary point of contact for the client, and manage relationships with partners and team members.
This role is ideal for a project manager looking to make the next step and take on line management responsibilities, as well as having the opportunity to be Project Director on some smaller projects.
The Role:
Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Line Management:
1. Provide mentoring and coaching to more junior project management staff
2. Directly line manage junior project managers and indirectly project coordinators
3. Develop capacity building plans for more junior project management staff
Project Management: This role will manage priority projects for Alinea UK, with responsibilities including:
1. Ensuring the management of the priority project budgets, so that Alinea makes a return in line with our commercial proposal
2. Quarterly work-planning and budget development, working with the Team Leader, to allocate personnel time, in line with project and client requirements
3. Meeting regularly with the client and liaising on any issues that need to be dealt with at the corporate level
4. Working with Alinea head office support to draft contracts and client invoices
5. Reporting with the Team Leader to the Project Director on project progress, risks, challenges, and opportunities
6. Reviewing and quality assuring project deliverables, e.g., reports
7. Other project oversight activities as directed
8. Managing budget creation for help-desk, call-down activities, on a time and material basis, building LoE-based budgets in collaboration with Team Leader
9. Working with broader Alinea team members to identify replacement staff, should a staff member leave the project
Project Direction: Alongside project management, this role will also direct smaller, less complicated projects, with responsibilities including:
1. Managing project leadership, including the Team Leader and Project Manager
2. Handling high-level client liaison
3. Driving projects’ strategic direction
Business Development: Although most of the time for this role will be spent on project work, there will frequently be times where the applicant is not fully occupied with project work. In such periods, they will be expected to work with the broader Alinea UK team. This will primarily focus on business development and include:
1. Bid management
2. Working with broader Alinea UK team to identify new business opportunities
3. Working with broader Alinea UK team to build and maintain partnerships with different subcontractors and/or prime contractors
4. Contributing to the writing of bid sections
5. Networking and building connections across clients and potential partners, to strengthen Alinea’s commercial position
Required Qualifications:
Mandatory:
1. At least 10 years of experience working in international development, or related fields, with experience of project management
2. Demonstrated ability to manage relations with multiple stakeholders for data collection, data verification, reporting and dissemination.
3. Demonstrated ability to manage demanding situations and multiple projects simultaneously.
4. Excellent computer skills. A strong skill set in MS Office is required, particularly in MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
5. Demonstrated diplomatic tact and ability to work across institutional contexts, languages, and cultures.
Desirable:
1. Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
2. Ability to prioritise and manage time efficiently.
3. High level of attention to detail
4. Experience in reviewing documents of length up to 100+ pages
5. A team player that readily supports other organizational members and members of their project team(s)
6. Fluency in Ukrainian, Russian, or French
For more information about Alinea, please visit our website: www.alineainternational.com
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