Key Responsibilities
Under the leadership of the ‘In Their Hands’ Project Director, ensure WTS’s delivery of a major, multi-million $ youth programme across all of its media platforms
Provide key strategic leadership in the design of programme interventions and in the delivery of interventions as per the work-plan
Interface with consortium partners and advocate for WTS’s priorities
Work with Project Delivery to produce high quality donor reports
Work closely with field teams to implement activities as per the work-plan
Prepare for donor visits by organizing logistics and creating materials
Regularly update the Campaign Teams and the Project Director on progress against targets and activity plans
Oversee the payment schedules & participate in the review of Budget Variance Reports and in financial forecasting exercises
Regularly problem-solve and re-strategize around issues arising
Represent the consortium and WTS externally, including in government meetings and internationally as required
Support the WTS Project Delivery team on report writing, content gathering, data-base management
Internal Communications
Ensure all relevant departments / staff are appraised on client/contract/grant matters and obligations
Extract relevant information from partner correspondence and communicate with relevant teams accordingly
Follow up on actions raised by the partner at meetings with relevant staff
Ensure actions are taken by relevant teams for timely feedback to client
Maintain up to date databases for all project schedules, deliverables/milestones
Education: First Degree in a relevant course.
Experience
Experience in managing donor grants or a grant portfolio
Experience in designing & implementing youth activities;
Experience in dynamic, fast paced problem solving and turning around struggling initiatives
You have strong organizing and project management skills;
You have proven experience with writing dynamic, concise donor reports for large grants, including narratives;
You have proven experience managing project budgets;
Experience in reproductive health programming
You are confident at creating order out of sometimes complex information and/or situations
You must have good interpersonal skills and excellent at client-facing interactions
PMP/PRINCE II certification is an added advantage
