United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Senior Programme Manager

Position: Senior Programme Manager
Location: Central London
Closing date: 23rd December, 2015
Salary: £40-45,000 per annum

Options Consultancy Services Limited was established in 1992 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marie Stopes International. We are a consultancy organisation providing technical and management expertise in the health and social sectors to governments and international development partners to transform the health of women and children. We provide information, expertise and influence to governments, health workers, NGOs and businesses to catalyse change so that health services can be accessed by the people who need them most.

The Senior Programme Manager is a senior member of the Programme Management Team comprising around 20 staff in Options’ London office. The position has responsibility for the effective and efficient management of Options’ long-term programmes and short-term assignments that fall within their portfolio. This includes: ensuring quality of programme implementation of at least one of Options’ major programmes, oversight of a portfolio of other long term programmes; and, maintaining and developing relations with programme funders and consortium partners.

The Senior Programme Manager reports to an Assistant Director of Programmes (ADP), and is based in Options’ office in central London, with some overseas travel.

The successful candidate will have :
• Masters or equivalent in relevant subject area
• Significant and proven experience working in international development at a Senior Programme Management level or above.
• Extensive experience of the development and implementation of programmes within the health sector
• Excellent record of people management and management of teams, including distance management experience
• Experience of managing large, complex, multi-country, and multi-donor budgets
• Proven experience in strategic planning, budgeting and programme control
• Experience of developing and maintaining close working relationships with clients, partners and consortia
• Experience of contracts and contracting