Overview
Provides senior leadership, oversight, and continuity for the Community Resilience and Livelihoods Project (CRLP), acting as the Programme Director’s principal deputy.
Key Responsibilities
- Acts as the Programme Director’s principal deputy, representing and acting on behalf of the PD as delegated.
- Assumes full leadership responsibility for CRLP during periods of PD absence.
- Provides senior oversight across Rural and Urban delivery portfolios.
- Identifies cross-cutting delivery issues, systemic constraints, and interdependencies.
- Ensures coherence between programme leadership, delivery teams, PIU, and the Grants function.
- Provides direct line management to Rural Team Lead, Urban Team Lead, Head of Programme Implementation Unit (PIU), and Grants Specialist.
- Supports the PD in maintaining robust programme governance and compliance.
- Oversees follow-up to audits, reviews, and evaluations.
- Identifies, assesses, and manages strategic, operational, fiduciary, and safeguarding risks.
- Supports and, where delegated, leads engagement with the World Bank and other key stakeholders.
- Represents CRLP in internal coordination forums, AFCO leadership mechanisms, and UN inter-agency platforms.
- Supports programme planning, amendments, and scale-up activities.
- Oversees implementation of approved organisational and structural changes.
- Leads change management initiatives.
Required Experience
- Extensive experience in senior programme or project management roles in complex international contexts.
- Demonstrated leadership of multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience in fragile or conflict-affected environments.
- Experience with World Bank–funded programmes (desired).
- Familiarity with UNOPS or UN system procedures (desired).
Qualifications
- Advanced University Degree (Master’s Degree or equivalent), preferably in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Business Administration, Management, Engineering, or other relevant discipline with ten (10) years of relevant experience.
OR
- University Degree (Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent) with twelve (12) years of relevant experience.
- A globally recognized professional certificate (e.g. PRINCE2, PMI, etc) or membership in Project Management (desired).
