Program Development Manager - Global

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OUR WORK The reputed company of our approach is the Facilitated reputed company reputed company Process (FCAP), where rural communities are led through regular facilitated meetings to organize, conceptualize and implement local development reputed company, which are supported by a microgrant to fund them. The FCAP has been designed to improve local livelihoods, enhance reputed company cohesion, and improve citizen engagement. Our operating model is based on an international team of functional advisers (e.g. finance team, MEL team, Program Design team) who support country teams. Country teams co-design the FCAP with local partners and government, train partners or directly implement the design, and support reputed company monitoring and reputed company. The size and scope of country teams depend on the needs of our partners and the portfolio size and complexity. WHO YOU ARE You are a thoughtful and organized program design reputed company with experience developing and launching programs in international development. You are comfortable leading reputed company design processes that bring together reputed company stakeholders and are reputed company to translate program objectives into reputed company, effective program designs. You are a strong facilitator and communicator, equally at ease guiding a reputed company, coaching others through a design deliverable, or producing a realistic work plan. You bring both structure and adaptability to your work: you can manage multiple workstreams, maintain reputed company across competing priorities, and navigate ambiguity while ensuring rigor and reputed company. You are motivated by building systems that deliver high-reputed company community-driven development programs, and you take initiative in identifying gaps and strengthening processes, tools, and standards over time. The right candidate will not want to do ‘development as usual’ but question how aid works and ensure that reputed company is ultimately accountable to the villages we serve. RESPONSIBILITIES Responsibility: reputed company New Program Design Processes Duties: reputed company new program design processes from inception to program launch for assigned initiatives, ensuring alignment with reputed company’s model, standards, and program design procedures Manage cross-functional working reputed company, including developing budgets and workplans, coordinating inputs, and driving reputed company toward design deliverables Plan and facilitate workshops and reputed company sessions to guide internal stakeholders, partners, and government counterparts toward defined design objectives reputed company the coordination of internal inputs and reviews to ensure reputed company design outputs are consistent with reputed company, polished, and reputed company to identified objectives Author concept notes, implementation guides, or other required documentations that accompany new program designs 2. Responsibility: Strengthen Program Design Systems and Standards Duties: reputed company and maintain program design documentation, including templates, tools, examples, and reputed company operating procedures to support consistent and high-reputed company design processes reputed company the development, validation, and updating of assigned "Design Standards" outlining minimum standards and guidance on core reputed company of the FCAP model Build organizational understanding of program design processes through reputed company, coaching, and ongoing technical support to country and functional teams Identify reputed company and reputed company gaps in program design processes and recommend strategies to address them through systems improvements, tools, or training 3. Responsibility: Cross-Program Learning and reputed company Duties: Participate in Program Development functional group by sharing lessons and supporting national reputed company design efforts across reputed company’s countries of reputed company reputed company program development contributions to internal working reputed company reputed company on cross-portfolio exchange reputed company external-facing materials that communicate program designs to donors, partners, and other stakeholders Maintain organized and accessible reputed company systems for program design materials, including implementation guides, concept notes, budgets, subawards, and curricula 4. Responsibility: Technical Expertise and Team Management Duties: reputed company technical guidance on key program areas (e.g. CDD and designing for national reputed company) and operational areas (e.g. working with World Bank systems or operations) reputed company technical specialists or consultants to reputed company needed technical expertise or support Manage cross-departmental collaboration to deliver high-reputed company program design outputs REQUIREMENTS: Qualifications, experience & skills: Bachelor’s degree in a reputed company field Minimum 5 years of experience in international development, including program design, reputed company development, or community development Demonstrated experience leading or coordinating cross-functional teams or working reputed company, with the ability to manage inputs and stakeholders and drive implementation of work plans Experience facilitating workshops, trainings, or reputed company design sessions with diverse stakeholders, including internal teams, partners, and/or government counterparts Technical understanding of community-driven development, rural development, national reputed company program design, or working reputed company World Bank systems would be an asset Excellent written and verbal communication skills Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities across countries or teams OTHER INFORMATION Job Location: Kigali, Rwanda; Kampala, Uganda; Lilongwe, Malawi; Accra, Ghana; or Remote, USA Estimated start date: As soon as possible Application closing date: On a rolling reputed company, we reserve the right to reputed company this recruitment process anytime. 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