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The IRC is seeking a Team Lead (TL) for its upcoming FCDO funded Building Resilience and Addressing Vulnerability to Emergencies (BRAVE) Programme in Pakistan. This is anticipated to be a 5-year, approximately £40 million programme. The expected impact of this programme is “increased capacity of at risk and climate vulnerable households and communities to anticipate, adapt to, and absorb the impact of shocks and stresses induced by climate change and natural disasters, including measurable changes in gender roles and social inclusion”.
Background of the role
The Team Leader (TL) will ensure overall management and oversight of the programme including: Overseeing the contracts management and implementation, risk management, financial accountability, donor reporting and liaison, external representation, relationship management with consortium members and government counterparts. S/he will be responsible to provide direction and support to the team, and technical leadership to ensure high quality programming to achieve programme results. The TL will also ensure compliance with IRC and FCDO’s policies and procedures.
This position is based in Islamabad, with frequent travel to programme areas. The TL will report to the IRC Pakistan Country Director and will be the face of the project team for FCDO.
Roles and Responsibilities
•Provide overall leadership on planning, design and implementation of the programme in the light of donor contract and organizational quality standards.
•Provide leadership to the consortium/programme, ensuring managerial and technical support on sub-contract management, work planning, implementation, M&E and donor reporting.
•Ensure compliance with organizational and donor regulations, particularly with respect to financial and contract management, budget and expenditure monitoring.
•Provide line management to staff in accordance with the organizational policies and procedures.
•Maintain strong working relationships and communication the consortium members, negotiating scopes of work, addressing requisite revisions in programme work, and addressing issues that may arise.
•Ensure strong involvement and leadership of government authorities i.e. NDMA, PDMAs, DDMAs, Ministry of Climate Change, P&D Departments, other relevant ministries/departments at national / provincial levels in the programme implementation.
•Maintain strong coordination with relevant I/NGOs, UN agencies, multilateral/bilateral agencies and private contractors implementing similar programmes, ensure complementarities and to avoid duplications of efforts.
•Ensure adherence to agreed programme quality standards including M&E guidelines, value for money (VFM), gender/inclusion frameworks and provide technical support to embed M&E and accountability in consortium implementation, in compliance with organizational procedures.
•Ensure regular coordination meetings (Programme Steering/Management Committees) with the consortium members as well as meetings of technical working groups (TWGs) led by PMU technical leads.
•Provide leadership with the donor and serve as the key liaison with the donor representatives.
•Coordinate and document accountability activities agreed by Consortium members and track/report progress against the accountability framework.
•Ensure leadership in safeguarding and the implementation of safeguarding policies in BRAVE.
•Analyse the potential risks related to the program implementation and devise/implement mitigation measures.
•Actively participate and contribute in Country Management Team (CMT) meetings.
Qualification, experience and Skills will include:
Essential:
•Master’s degree level, such as Development Management, Climate Change, DRR or a relevant social science discipline.
•Demonstrated experience in Community Resilience Building, Climate Change Adaptation, DRR/CBDRM and Anticipatory Action programming and approaches with INGOs
•Project management experience at senior level as “Chief of Party / Team Leader” with reputable international NGOs, preferably on FCDO-funded large consortia programmes.
•Experience of working with major international donors, particularly FCDO is desirable.
•Strong coordination skills specifically with the ability to effectively coordinate, influence and negotiate with government, donors and consortium members.
•Ability to represent IRC at national or international level fora
•Thorough understanding of gender/equality, protection and conflict mitigation issues.
•Deep understanding of profect financial management and donor compliance skills.
•Experience in the design and use of monitoring and evaluation systems.
•Strong understanding of Climate Change and DRR/DRM governance structures in Pakistan
•Excellent written and spoken English languages skills along with strong analytical, interpersonal communications and organization skills.
•Previous experience of leading and managing diverse team of senior staff.
Please note that the JD is high level and indicative only at this stage and may be subject to change once the Terms of Reference for the programme is released and as the opportunity develops. This position will be contingent on the outcome of the bid.
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