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Senior Program Manager
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International Women's Development Agency (IWDA)
Hybrid- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Job
- Humanitarian or Development: Development
- Experience level: Not specified
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: Hybrid
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: Not Disclosed
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Permanent
- Deadline: 04/10/2023
- Location: Australia, Melbourne
1. Leadership, Management& Teamwork
•Managea Partnerships sub-team with diverse competencies, experience and responsibilities
•Support Partnerships sub team members to strengthen their skills and capabilities through mentoring and coaching
•Support the cohesion and stability of the whole Partnerships team through intentional relationship cultivation with peers and other team members and the practice of self-awareness and self-knowledge
2. Program Quality and Partnerships
•Ensure timely and effective management through the program cycle including safe guarding; risk and financial management in line with IWDA’s program management systems, financial controls, donor requirements, contracting and compliance standards
•Ensure reporting to the IWDA Board and donors is timely, accurate, and effactive
•Ensure program results, challenges learnt are shared with partners, communities current and potential
•Provide strategic advice and analysis of key issues and developments within the program and country portfolio and good practices within the sector
•Ensure project and program monitoring and evaluation guides program implementation through identifying lessons learned and best practices in current and future programming, in collaboration with Senior Program Quality Manager•Oversee the design of high quality proposals and secure new funding to support the delivery of IWDA’s Income Strategy •Provide leadership and oversight of partner capacity development and support•Support the Director to embed systemic change through integrating cross departmental knowledge and expertise and ensuring integrated strategies are implemented across the Partnershipsteam’s work
3. External Relationship Management
•Maintain and develop mutually beneficial partnerships with women’s rights organisations in the region
•Undertake general and targeted engagement with donors, including prospecting for new or emerging donors, plus engaging and maintaining existing bilateral donor relations
•Maintain and develop relationships with other INGOs, research institutions and policy organisations; women’s movements and actors working on gender equality(in collaboration with the Feminist Movement Strengthening Advisor); safe guarding; and disability inclusion and climate justice to learn from their approaches and to influence their practices
• Identify opportunities to promote the work of IWDA and its partners
4. Other
•From time to time, the Senior Program Manager may have to take on responsibilities not outlined in this position description. For example, from time to time, the Senior Program Manager may be required to undertake program/project management in addition to the role of Senior Program Manager
Technical Experience
Essential:
1. Substantialexperiencein leadership and effective people management
2. A proven track managing complex donor funded programs including donor liaison, risk and compliance, planning, evaluation and reporting
3 .Strong financial acumen as demonstrated through managing complex multi-country, multi-donor budgets
4. Excellent time management, attention to detail and teamwork skills
5. Demonstrated success working collaboratively in multi-disciplinary teams and building positive cross-team relationships
6. Demonstrated success in program development including the ability to generate funding and deliver against income targets
7. Demonstrated understanding of women’s rights and gender equality.Strong written and oral communication skills
•Managea Partnerships sub-team with diverse competencies, experience and responsibilities
•Support Partnerships sub team members to strengthen their skills and capabilities through mentoring and coaching
•Support the cohesion and stability of the whole Partnerships team through intentional relationship cultivation with peers and other team members and the practice of self-awareness and self-knowledge
2. Program Quality and Partnerships
•Ensure timely and effective management through the program cycle including safe guarding; risk and financial management in line with IWDA’s program management systems, financial controls, donor requirements, contracting and compliance standards
•Ensure reporting to the IWDA Board and donors is timely, accurate, and effactive
•Ensure program results, challenges learnt are shared with partners, communities current and potential
•Provide strategic advice and analysis of key issues and developments within the program and country portfolio and good practices within the sector
•Ensure project and program monitoring and evaluation guides program implementation through identifying lessons learned and best practices in current and future programming, in collaboration with Senior Program Quality Manager•Oversee the design of high quality proposals and secure new funding to support the delivery of IWDA’s Income Strategy •Provide leadership and oversight of partner capacity development and support•Support the Director to embed systemic change through integrating cross departmental knowledge and expertise and ensuring integrated strategies are implemented across the Partnershipsteam’s work
3. External Relationship Management
•Maintain and develop mutually beneficial partnerships with women’s rights organisations in the region
•Undertake general and targeted engagement with donors, including prospecting for new or emerging donors, plus engaging and maintaining existing bilateral donor relations
•Maintain and develop relationships with other INGOs, research institutions and policy organisations; women’s movements and actors working on gender equality(in collaboration with the Feminist Movement Strengthening Advisor); safe guarding; and disability inclusion and climate justice to learn from their approaches and to influence their practices
• Identify opportunities to promote the work of IWDA and its partners
4. Other
•From time to time, the Senior Program Manager may have to take on responsibilities not outlined in this position description. For example, from time to time, the Senior Program Manager may be required to undertake program/project management in addition to the role of Senior Program Manager
Technical Experience
Essential:
1. Substantialexperiencein leadership and effective people management
2. A proven track managing complex donor funded programs including donor liaison, risk and compliance, planning, evaluation and reporting
3 .Strong financial acumen as demonstrated through managing complex multi-country, multi-donor budgets
4. Excellent time management, attention to detail and teamwork skills
5. Demonstrated success working collaboratively in multi-disciplinary teams and building positive cross-team relationships
6. Demonstrated success in program development including the ability to generate funding and deliver against income targets
7. Demonstrated understanding of women’s rights and gender equality.Strong written and oral communication skills
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