How the Senior Manager (Project Management) fits into the Integrity team
The Senior Manager (SM) will play a varied technical and management role at Integrity, contributing to the design and delivery of Integrity’s services, as well as supporting directorate and team management responsibilities. Drawing on project management and other relevant service and thematic expertise, they will help win and deliver high quality, commercially viable projects.
The SM role will sit within the Services Team, which leads the design and delivery of our work. Responsibilities include: project direction and management, technical delivery, business and proposal development, and wider institutional learning. The SM will work flexibly across Integrity’s different services and teams and will be attracted to a fast-paced working environment. The focus of the SM’s work will depend on current priorities and may include periods that focus more on either project delivery or business winning.
The SM role will be based in London and will report to someone in the Services team at Principal Manager or Head level. They will also work closely with the Business, Corporate and Operations teams.
The Senior Manager’s Scope of Work
The SM will be particularly involved in project delivery. They will take on important PM roles on major projects, including resource and work planning, budget management, value for money tracking and reporting, systems and tool development and team and client management. They will also support staff management and wider company learning.
The SM will also support, and sometimes lead, the technical design of bids for clients including the FCDO and USAID. This includes developing appropriate and innovative approaches and methodologies to meet the needs of our clients, and writing technical proposals. These proposals will relate to key service offerings, including: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning; Research, Evidence & Analysis; and Data and Knowledge Management. Key thematic areas include: health; education; economic development; security and justice; fragility and conflict; climate, natural resources and environment; and gender and inclusion.
In addition, the SM will also support the consolidation of good practice within the company and take on line-management responsibilities for more junior staff members.
Terms of Reference
A. Project Delivery (80%)
The SM plays a key role in delivering Integrity’s projects, including project direction, management and some technical inputs. The SM will:
- Support Integrity to deliver its portfolio of projects on time, on budget and to high quality standards through project management and governance roles.
- Design, tailor and implement project management tools and processes, such as key performance indicators, VFM frameworks, and financial tracking.
- Develop and sustain our reputation for high quality, innovative and client- and community-focused work.
- Negotiate successful proposals to contract ensuring effective coordination with relevant parties across Integrity’s four directorates.
- Lead on project responses to strategic risks and opportunities.
- Balance project and company resource requirements.
- Effectively, empathetically and diligently manage relationships with clients, consortium partners, consultants and stakeholders more broadly.
- Sometimes perform technical advisory and other roles on contracted projects.
B. Technical Design and Business Development (10%)
The SM plays a key role in designing Integrity’s approach to PM - and other relevant services and thematics - through developing approach papers, leading technical proposals, assuring the quality of Integrity’s overall approach and representing Integrity externally. They will also support design related to other services and thematics. The SM will:
- Contribute and sometimes lead the articulation, development and roll-out of approaches and methodologies, in line with Company Strategy.
- Provide internal and external thought leadership on Integrity’s technical offering.
- Lead on, and contribute to, the technical design of new Integrity opportunities, from identification and pre-positioning through to submission, negotiation and inception.
- Develop and sustain strong working relationships with key government clients and other relevant accounts.
- Provide constructive quality assurance of technical offers on selected new programmes and/or bids.
- Support the growth and/or improvement of our service, thematic and geographic capabilities. In particular, work closely with the Head of Project Management to improve the PM offer.
- Engage with and influence emerging opportunities and delivery concepts and ensure Integrity’s PM offering is responsive to market requirements.
- Lead and/or contribute to internal and external communications on agreed services, thematics and/or geographies.
C. Learning (5%)
The SM supports internal and external learning, particularly on key services, thematics and geographies. This includes building awareness of Integrity’s approaches and strengthening the capacity of colleagues to design and deliver to the required standard. The SM will:
- Lead the identification of lessons from across Integrity’s portfolio and beyond, and facilitate lesson-learning across the team.
- Support the Head of Project Management to drive good practice within the service, through design and delivery of in-house training materials, training modules and other learning events.
- Work with colleagues to support their professional development in areas of specific expertise.
- Engage with the wider sector through attendance and participation in external events etc.
D. Staff Management (5%)
- Line manage select Integrity staff and/or corporate consultants at grade levels below S3.
- Work with colleagues under line management to develop their careers, contributing to professional advancement, job satisfaction and personnel retention.
Your Experience and Expertise
The SM will have:
- 7+ years’ experience working within international development and/or the consultancy sector.
- Proven expertise in the design and delivery of complex multi-year programmes and projects, including workflow planning and management, budget management, contract management and risk management.
- Strong people skills evidenced by client and team management experience, including through Project Manager roles.
- Experience of developing and running effective and efficient project management systems.
- Intermediate level MS Excel (minimum).
- Experience of working with UK Government.
It is desirable that the SM will also have:
- Thematic experience in conflict, security and justice, governance, economic development, climate, natural resources and environment, health and/or education.
- Experience working in the international development sector / FCAS environments.
- Advanced experience in using relevant project management software, aswell as possessing the ability to build systems.
- Experience of and relevant accreditation in different project management methodologies, including PRINCE, MSP, APM Agile, Lean etc.
- Experience supporting the pursuit of new business, including competitive bidding.
Languages:
- Written and oral fluency in English, with excellent communication skills including the ability to write clear and compelling narrative.
- Proficiency in French or Arabic desirable.
How to apply:
If you are interested in applying for this position, please complete the application form at http://www.integrityglobal.com/apply-sm/ and attach a CV and Cover Letter at the bottom of your application.
The closing date for applications is 30 October 2020. However, we will review candidates on a rolling basis and the vacancy may be filled before this deadline. We encourage early applications. Please be advised that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
Candidates must have the right to work in the UK.
Integrity is an equal opportunities employer. And positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. We will respect your confidentiality and abide by UK data protection laws.