Overview
Manage one of DRC’s largest and most strategically important institutional partnerships, the Danida SPA III. Provide dedicated leadership, management and coordination across this significant portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain a consolidated overview of portfolio delivery, expenditure and risk, and lead preparation of the annual portfolio review.
- Provide supervision of the SPA III Program Coordinator, and direct a cross-functional SPA III Management Team.
- Oversee and ensure high-quality guidance, support and compliance monitoring is delivered to country operations.
- Oversee the global projects on the SPA III to ensure coherence and quality of delivery.
- Oversee the results monitoring and reporting pipeline to Danida.
- Act as facilitator to the high level SPA III Steering Committee.
- Hold the SPA III portfolio relationship with the Danish MFA.
- As additional donor framework agreements come into effect, integrate these into the portfolio’s management arrangements.
Required Experience
- 8-10 years experience in international humanitarian and/or development program management.
- Demonstrated experience managing complex, multi-country portfolios and donor relationships.
- Strong budget management and financial oversight skills.
- Strong understanding of conflict and displacement settings and program responses.
- Experience in managing donor framework agreements (e.g. Danida, SIDA, NORAD).
- Field experience from a fragile, conflict or displacement context (desirable).
Qualifications
• Master’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field.
