Overview
Lead an ECHO-funded Education in Emergencies and Protection Consortium in Sudan, ensuring impactful coordination, delivery, and programme direction. The role involves managing operations, coordinating consortium inputs, and shaping programme direction.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide overall direction and leadership of the Consortium.
- Coordinate with consortium members to ensure high quality implementation and compliance.
- Oversee day-to-day management of the project, including planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and budget spending.
- Represent the Consortium towards relevant stakeholders.
- Line Manage and supervise the work of the Consortium Management Unit.
- Lead the consultations, design and preparation of the next phase of the Consortium.
- Contribute to fundraising initiatives.
- Oversee and monitor the consortium partners ‘spending.
- Ensure effective coordination and communication among consortium members.
- Support decision-making processes within the Consortium.
- Ensure compliance with contractual obligations and donor requirements.
- Coordinate with key stakeholders to ensure consortium interventions are complementary.
- Facilitate the development and implementation of the Consortium´s communications and advocacy strategy.
- Cultivate and strengthen positive, productive relationships with all stakeholders.
- Develop project proposals in collaboration with relevant consortium member staff.
- Coordinate input for reporting to donors.
- Responsible for quality control of donor applications and reports.
- Responsible for full grants and proposals management.
- Ensure that all grant files are up to date.
- Lead and/or facilitate consortium committees meetings.
Required Experience
- Minimum 5 years of humanitarian experience across multiple context.
- At least 2 years’ experience of youth programmes.
- At least 3 years project management experience of managing multi-million (EURO) projects.
- Experience in consortium management or extensive involvement in a consortium, with a multi-year duration.
- Experience developing training tools, manuals, information management systems for humanitarian action and accountability to affected people.
- Self-motivated and confident communicator, with experience in giving briefings and presentations.
- Strong inter-personal skills, working well both in teams and independently.
- Able to work under pressure and good at timely decision making.
- Preferred experience or knowledge of Sudan context.
- Previous experience or strong knowledge of Sudan.
Qualifications
Minimum BA in relevant areas preferably.
