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Assistant Project Manager, Innovation Fund, London
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Location:
London, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
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Yes
Job Reference:
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94
Posted:
11.03.2025
Expiry Date:
25.04.2025
Job Description:
About the Team
The GSMA Innovation Fund (GIF) team was established in March 2020 and have the responsibility of planning and executing all Innovation Fund rounds on behalf of the GSMA Mobile for Development (M4D) programme. Leveraging on 10 years of M4D experience running Innovation Funds on a multitude of topics, the team is responsible for setting up the processes and managing all rounds from design to grantee selection to grant completion and post-grant follow-up. This is done in collaboration with the relevant subject matter experts within GSMA as determined by the thematic focus of the funding round. The GSMA Innovation Fund teams’ mission is to be a centre of excellence that will ensure M4D continues to support local entrepreneurship and digital innovation through grant funding and technical assistance. This is a skilled and diverse team represented in the UK, Kenya, India, Pakistan, and Indonesia.
About the Role
Within this role, you will be empowered to lead on critical processes that enable the Innovation Fund to achieve its objectives. As an operational focal point, you will have the opportunity to liaise directly with senior stakeholders across several Mobile for Development departments, including topic experts, compliance, and operation managers from other programmes, providing you constant opportunities to learn and develop new skills.
This role is critical to the success of the overall operational management of the GSMA Innovation Fund. You are expected to be a partner to the round leads and the GIF managers – from an operational perspective. You will support the Innovation Fund team in meeting our donors’ reporting requirements, procurement processes, and support with the setup and implementation of overlapping funding rounds by working in proximity with subject matter experts, compliance/finance, legal, HR, and marketing.
As an Assistant Operations Manager for the GSMA Innovation Fund team, you will have the following responsibilities:
* Assist in monitoring the operational elements of each round – planning, launch, pitch, proposal, panel, contracting, and implementation phases
* Support the grant management teams based in Africa & Asia from an operational perspective and ensure efficiency & collaboration for tasks where needed
* Identify, monitor, and escalate risks and issues specific to your areas of responsibility, providing input on resolution and mitigation plans
* Support internal and external reporting in line with donor targets
* Manage relationships with suppliers (procurement), ensuring timely delivery, quality, and reporting is on track
* Ensure that the Innovation Fund adheres to the compliance rules of the GSMA Foundation, especially, where relevant, compliance rules related to sub-grants
* Support the documentation and standardization of the Innovation Fund process as it continues to evolve
* Support the configuration, guidelines documentation, and team adoption of the grant management platform
About You
The ideal candidate will display the following skills and qualifications:
* Demonstrable operations and project management experience with donor-funded projects, innovation funds, or an interest in socio-economic development
* Demonstrable experience in managing programmes within a complex compliance environment
* Proven experience in managing procurement processes
* Proven experience of managing project-level activities focused on achieving results
* Strong escalation management skills, to ensure that issues receive attention and mitigation support from senior stakeholders
* Ability to absorb complex information and communicate effectively at all levels to both expert and non-expert audiences
* Proficiency using Office (i.e. Excel and PowerPoint) and MS Teams is required; experience setting up and managing project management platforms is a bonus
* Demonstrable emotional intelligence skills and influencing skills
* Demonstrable experience in various stakeholder management, strong presentation and speaking skills desirable
* Strong ability to drive collaboration between various departments to achieve a common objective
* Ability to manage overlapping activities and prioritize
* Experience of working internationally and in cross-cultural environments
* Demonstrable structured and methodical thinking
Must have the existing right to work in the UK.
Contract type
Fixed Term Contract (Fixed Term)
What We Offer
Working at the GSMA offers you unparalleled access to the mobile industry. We offer a chance to truly shape the direction of mobile, whatever your role. By joining the GSMA, you will be exposed to a fast-paced, rapidly evolving environment, working on global solutions, genuinely fascinating and industry-changing projects, and a stimulating and dynamic environment designed to enable you to flourish.
In addition to architect-designed offices and competitive compensation, our benefits include fantastic learning & development opportunities, generous holiday allowances, four additional days off for professional development, and many others.
To learn more about the GSMA, visit our career site, our LinkedIn page, and our Twitter page.
Being You at the GSMA
We are one of the most diverse companies you will ever come across; we care deeply about equality and inclusivity and aspire to be the best at it. Your well-being and work/life balance are important, so if you prefer to work flexi-time or a day from home, just ask. We’re keen to ensure everyone is equal, represented, and connected, so we particularly encourage applications from all demographics. The success of the GSMA year on year will continue to be contributed by people from all walks of life.
GSMA Values
Our values not only drive our culture – they shape how we work and interact inside and outside our global organization.
Passionately driven
We approach everything we do with unparalleled capability, tenacity, and commitment, knowing that the challenging scale, pace, and complexity of our work is what leads to its world-changing impact.
Insightful leaders
We continually develop and engage our expertise, insight, and creativity so that we’re always ready to respond to the changing landscape with authority, agility, and nuance.
Stronger together
We lean on each other so the industry can lean on us, embracing our diversity by actively seeking out perspectives and skill sets beyond our own, fueling each other’s successes and constantly asking how we can help.
Underpinning our values is our collective mindset to show up purposefully as good human beings every day, in every situation. When we’re at our best – we are collaborative, considerate, and compassionate to others, and we create a safe space for one another to thrive, assuming positive intent in our colleagues. And if we aren’t at our best and the pressure is on – we feel free to be ourselves but still remain curious, lean into the tough stuff, and we are always respectful to others and accountable for the part we play.
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