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Senior Project Manager
BBC
Hargeisa, , Somalia
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Job Introduction
BBC Media Action is the BBC’s international development charity, which uses media and communications to help reduce poverty and support people to understand their rights. We do this through partnering with civil society, media and others to produce creative programmes and other outputs which inform and engage audiences on key development issues. We also strengthen the media sector through building professional capacity and infrastructure. We focus on health, governance and rights, and resilience and humanitarian response.
Role Responsibility
This role will need you to oversee the planning and implementation of country projects and activities; manage all Somalia based staff which includes the Deputy Country Director, Finance Manager, Research Manager and production staff and manage project budgets. You will maintain a good security overview of staff safety and activities, be able to monitor and access risks on a regular practical basis and ensure the delivery of the outputs is in accordance with that budget and in line with Media Action’s financial procedures and the funder’s operating guidelines. You’ll ensure the design and implementation of project activities adhere to work-plan and log-frame commitments, along with ensuring all BBB outputs are in line with the BBC editorial guidelines and effective relationship with Somali services, work closely with the Research Manager in the design and coordination of monitoring and evaluation and to conduct regular review and feedback sessions, adjusting project delivery as necessary upon approval. This position will also require you to develop good working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders including local broadcasters and relevant NGOs and CSOs. You will ensure business development activities sustaining the Somalian Programmes, writing proposals and designing project activities for review by the Country Director as required. Pursue appropriate funding opportunities in-country, as well as working as part of a global team responding to international and sub-regional funding opportunities.
The Ideal Candidate
This position will expect you to have experience of senior project management in a developing-country context, preferably in Africa, with demonstrated capacity to manage large-scale projects effectively (circa 200K GBP per annum). You will have strong financial management skills, with proven experience managing large and complex budgets, including accurate and timely financial and narrative reporting to donors. You’ll have a proven track-record in international development, experience of working in one or more of the governance, health and resilience sectors an advantage, as is experience in capacity-building implementation. This role will also need you to have experience of managing teams of local and international staff, preferably within a developing country context, at a level which demonstrates experience in developing and improving systems and processes. You’ll have previous experience of all aspects of writing successful donor proposals, including project research and development, log-frames, budgets etc. coupled with awareness of the BBC's editorial values and an instinct for how to apply these to media development projects. You’ll have experience in managing risk and staff safety in insecure environments, have the ability to work on own initiative and organise time effectively within a range of often conflicting deadlines and demonstrable creative ability, with a proven track-record in project design development and implementation.