United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Head of Programme Implementation

Location: Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK, with regular overseas travel
Contract: Full time, permanent
Salary: £34,000 to £38,000 per annum (dependant on experience)

Build Africa is an award-winning charity fighting poverty in rural communities. We work with vulnerable people across Africa to create positive change – helping children get a better education, and parents to earn a secure living – so that together we can find long-term solutions to inequality.

In 2016 we want to help more people than ever, and we’re looking for a dedicated Head of Programme Implementation to help us deliver our work. If you’re passionate about beating poverty, join Build Africa to help make it happen.

The successful candidate will lead on the design and implementation of standards, tools, guidelines, systems and practices to improve the implementation and management of programmes and projects and help drive Build Africa’s ambitious growth strategy. By leading on the above, the focus is on providing technical support and guidance to drive quality in project implementation as a means to improve programme quality, impact, growth and sustainability. At the same time, you will provide guidance and support, both remotely and during regular visits, to Build Africa staff in country programmes on all aspects of project management.

You will bring with you extensive experience of programme and project management, partnership working and grant management in an international development context, together with an ability to work across teams in a fast paced and ambitious environment.

This position is offered on a full time contract and will be based in our Tunbridge Wells office. Working from home a proportion of the time will be considered as will a degree of flexitime. Build Africa will also offer a 6% pension contribution in addition to salary.

If you are up to the challenge and are ready to work in a dynamic and creative team, then we look forward to hearing from you.

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