About The Role
Delivers projects within the constraints of scope, time and cost to agreed levels of quality, within the organization’s governance and project management framework.
Produce reports to key stakeholders on programme progress, including preparing narrative, identifying success stories, and providing financial updates to donors.
Facilitate information sharing within the Programmes Team and with other Foundation units.
Drive the external profile of the Foundation by representing the Foundation in networks, forums, and project consortia.
Travel regularly and internationally to monitor programme implementation and ensure programme quality.
Identify, assesses and manage risks to the success of the project.
Effectively manage project team conflicts, build collaborative partnerships with stakeholders, and obtain commitment to make decisions.
Estimates costs, timescales and resource requirements for the successful completion of each project to agreed scope and constraints.
Prepares and maintains project plans and tracks activities against the plan.
Implement effective communication plan and operating rhythm, including provision of regular and accurate reports.
Support the Business Development team on funding opportunities through proposal development, activity design and budget planning.
About You
Experience working with a variety of international donors, particularly NORAD, FDCO, GEC and USAID. Familiarity with donor reporting requirements.
Track record in managing successful projects in the international development context.
Outstanding project or programme management skills, and experience with monitoring and evaluation (building log frames, theories of change).
Excellent budget and financial management, including fluency in Excel.
Experience in remote programme management, programme start up, mobilisation and close down.
Resilience, ability to cope with high pressure projects and work environments and find solutions to problems when they arise.
Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
Ability to quickly understand complex information and communicate to non-experts.
Excellent interpersonal skills – able to establish and maintain positive working relationships both internally and externally, with people from a wide variety of cultures and backgrounds
Experience in development of successful funding propos
Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written, to capture and share stories of programmatic impact and promote the work of TRF externally.
Fluency in English; other languages (such as French and Swahili) would be an advantage.
Desired Skills
Experience in a role in journalism/media, international relations, international development, politics or relevant field.
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