Programme Manager

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Asian- Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW)

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 15/01/2025
  • Location: Malaysia
Sexual & reproductive rights (SRHR) Health
The Asian- Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) is a non-profit women’s NGO with a consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, ARROW has been working since 1993 to champion women and young people’s sexual and reproductive rights in partnership with women’s rights organisations, youth-led and youth-serving organisations, and NGOs working on gender equality and sexual and reproductive rights. ARROW occupies a strategic niche in the Asia-Pacific region and globally as a South-based, feminist, and women-led organisation that focuses on the equality, gender, health, and human rights of women.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE POSITION
1. Programme planning and management 

  • To utilize ARROW’s annual and mid-year planning process to develop annual work plans and strategize on new ideas (within the focus of ARROW’s strat plan) for the Domain, in collaboration with the programme and operations tea.
  • Contribute to the development of annual operational budgets.
  • Supervise the work of the Programme Officers within the domain to develop individual work plans, and ensure development and implementation of annual project work plans, and review and revise them periodically as the need arise.

2. Programme implementation and advocacy 

  • Coordinate external contracts and partners’ project agreements related to this.
  • Manage and monitor project budgets and disbursements and contribute to accuracy of financial reports.
  • Organise project meetings and capacity-building workshops in collaboration with supervisors and other staff.

3. Team management 

  • Provide comprehensive programme orientation to new members of the ARROW’s programme team/s.
  • Manage team dynamics and inter-personal relationships to enhance ARROW’s programme implementation.
  • Provide timely and constructive feedback to team members on quality of work.
  • Enable conducive environment for effective self-management and programme management.
  • Set and uphold institutional work culture and create a positive and healthy work environment.

4. Knowledge management, sharing, documentation and inter team collaboration

  • Establish and maintain collaborative and team approaches to the achievement of objectives of ARROW’s projects and related programmes.
  • Facilitate communication within the team, between ARROW’s programme and  operations teams.
  • Ensure that up-to-date and accessible documentation related to all programme  areas is maintained in the ARROW’s Management Information System (MIS).

5. Organisational Development 

  • Contribute to the ARROW management team and assist ARROW’s Programme Director, DED and ED in the development of the organisation.
  • In collaboration with ARROW’s Programme Director, DED, ED and other Managers and/or appropriate staff members, coordinate and contribute towards the development of project funding proposals.

Requirements for the Position
  • Minimum 8-10 years’ experience in a management role ideally with a regional or  international organisation.
  • A minimum of a Masters degree in relevant disciplines.
  • In depth understanding of SRHR, gender, feminism, and human rights and knowledge and familiarity with development issues in the Asia Pacific region.
  • Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills (fluency in English is essential).

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