JOB DESCRIPTION
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Project design and planning
- Provide advice and input during the development of Concept Notes and Terms of Reference for projects, improving their feasibility, potential for impact and value for money
- Support regional teams in the planning of new activities within their country funds and contribute to regional resource plans to ensure that new and ongoing projects are appropriately resourced
- Contribute to the development the network of organisations and experts to ensure that the programme has access to the highest quality of experts for the delivery of technical assistance.
Expert and supplier selection
- Responsible for designing “go-to-market” plans and materials alongside fund teams and FCDO and facilitating the procurement of experts or organisations.
- Support country fund teams in the sifting, interviewing and due diligence of suppliers
- Support negotiations with chosen suppliers, issue offers and support with contractual queries and the development of milestone or performance-based payment schedules.
Project launch and management
- Responsible for overseeing the contracting of suppliers and reviewing the due diligence conducted by fund teams.
- Liaison with contracts and compliance to negotiate and finalise subcontracts
- Support country fund teams in the onboarding of suppliers during kick-off meetings and providing hands-on support during project mobilisation.
- Support to the quality review and processing of monthly reports and invoices
- Liaise with the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning teams to ensure that project reporting is accurate and adds to UK PACT’s learning agenda
- Support in arranging travel for deployed experts (e.g. flights, visas, hotels), where required
Cross-cutting
- Be the point of contact for regional teams on all Expert Deployment queries.
- In coordination with country teams, lead the further development of network of suppliers in the region
- Support in providing information sessions to FCDO and local government representatives
- Support in providing updates to FCDO, including attending monthly client meetings.
- Ongoing review and refinement of processes, seeking continuous improvement and innovative use of technology where possible.
Person specification
- Strong understanding of project management principles with a good track record of taking projects of all sizes from design, through implementation and close-out.
- Strong supplier management with the ability to develop trusted and collaborative relationships with individuals and organisations to support programme delivery
- Good networking skills and willingness to be proactive in identifying talent for the programme
- Strong understanding of contract management principles, ability to support with the negotiation of contract terms
- Ability to manage own time and resources effectively, knowing when to escalate issues and ask for support
- Experience in the climate change space, and/or an interest in learning more about the sectors UK PACT covers, would be advantageous
- Professional fluency in Spanish and/or Portuguese would be advantageou
Salary
Competitive
Monthly based
Location
, Decatur County, Kansas, United States, Kansas, United States
Job Overview
Location
, Decatur County, Kansas, United States, Kansas, United States