Coordinating surge support to RPAS teams, and enabling cross-regional learning:

• Manage the Cross-Regional Integrated Support (CRIS) team (6 people) that provides surge support across regional PAS teams, and within strategic projects.
• Implement processes and systems that will improve surge coordination, feedback and learning across regional teams and country programs.
• Coordinate and support CRIS team to implement cross-regional delivery improvements and training.
• Acts as a trusted and accountable manager, mentor and professional resource, including promoting teamwork, enabling adequate resourcing and ensuring accountability.

Ensuring RPAS teams are resourced and supported to meet organisational objectives:

• Responsible for coordinating PAS team management activities to support effective running of the team.
• Work closely with the PAS leadership to identify strategic direction and priorities and translate these into annual workplans, in alignment with AMU objectives.
• Coordinate and support successful delivery of PAS annual priorities, including governance, resourcing, monitoring, and reporting.
• Improve the impact of PAS' work by identifying and capitalizing on alignments with other initiatives within the unit and across IRC, and effectively managing interdependencies.
• Promote effective project management approaches within PAS and across AMU. Lead on central initiatives within the department as needed.
• Standardise and optimise departmental procedures and processes ensuring they are successfully embedded across the department.
• Maintain and improve PAS knowledge management to increase institutional memory including management of online collaboration tools.

Requirements

• Significant nonprofit experience in awards management and/or project delivery, including experience supporting at senior management level
• Self-directed project management experience
• A flexible work attitude and a calm manner able to function effectively under pressure
• A persuasive and collaborative style and strong problem-solving approach
• Ability to anticipate and assess situations accurately and recommend/implement effective courses of action required
• Proven experience of translating strategy into action
• People management experience, preferably team leadership experience
• Proven experience of successfully managing a portfolio of business improvement projects
• Excellent communication and engagement skills to bring colleagues with you, even against challenging deadlines and priorities
• Proven experience of developing and optimizing internal processes
• Confident with technology and strong working knowledge of online collaboration tools