Regional Program Portfolio Manager (RPPM)

1.          Context

Relief International (RI) is an international non-profit organization that partners with communities impacted by conflict, climate change and disaster to save lives, build greater resilience and promote long-term health and wellbeing.

 

Our team of more than 7,000 staff and local volunteers work in 15 countries across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, providing Health and Nutrition, WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene), Education and Livelihoods programming that creates the foundation for community resilience.

 

We do this by working with local actors to develop safe and inclusive local programming that is evidence based, conflict sensitive, climate smart, and reaches those in need.

 

Relief International is an alliance of four organizations with one shared mission, comprised of Relief International, Inc., Relief International-France, Relief International-UK and Relief International-Europe, which operate under a one-team concept under a single senior leadership team.

2.         Job Profile

The Regional Program Portfolio Manager (RPPM) is a key position within the Global Support Team. Dedicated to cover the countries in Africa and Asia (namely South Sudan, Sudan, Chad, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Philippines and Myanmar) the RPPM supports the RI Support Office and the Country Offices in developing and accessing new funding opportunities, as well as the overall grant management across the Africa & Asia region. The RPPM works closely with the Regional Program Director (RPD), Regional Director, Business Development and Support functions (i.e. awards management unit, finance, etc.) to ensure adequate support is provided to all country offices across the development of new funding opportunities and grants/program management.

The RPPM will undertake key tasks for the Africa & Asia program portfolio, currently consisting of humanitarian and development programs, as assigned to by the RPD and/or the Regional Director. Field travel will be expected to provide direct support, gap filling, capacity building, monitoring and serve as surge support in response to humanitarian crises.

This role merges functions traditionally divided between program development and grants/program management, ensuring continuity from design through delivery across the Africa & Asia portfolio. 

This position demands a highly dynamic, proactive, autonomous, and flexible individual with solid experience in program design and development as project cycle and grants management who is ready to provide substantive contributions and explore advancing their leadership capacity for achieving results in a demanding and fast-paced environment. An excellent communicator and team player with fluency in English and who is at ease working in a highly diverse team, capable of adapting communication styles to different audiences.

 

3.         Key Responsibilities

Accountability and Complexity

• Work closely with the RI Support team and country teams to ensure the highest quality of program development, implementation and reporting.
• Coordinate with key internal and external stakeholders
• Identify and raise risks on program design and implementation.

Program Development:

• Foster a culture for evidence-based design and support COs with design workshops for standard proposals.
• Contribute to program design, for solicited and unsolicited programs, and for pilot and full-scale programs, as well as cost and program modifications/extensions.
• Manage/coordinate the preparation of funding proposals, including leading proposal writing and costing efforts across a broad range of donors and award amounts, and submitting them via the appropriate donor portals after approvals are secured.
• Ensure package is compliant with donor regulations and requirements and that all internal processes/policies have been adhered to i.e. partnership, due diligence, etc.
• Work with country teams to develop work plan for priority proposals, ensuring time is built in for robust and participatory program design workshops.
• Coordinate with relevant Support Team’s members for the proposal development and/or review
• Support the monitoring and identification of funding opportunities in coordination with RPDO.
• Support effective Go-No-Go review and decisions in line with organizational processes.
• Track country and regional proposal efforts and report to RPD on status
• In collaboration with country and Support Team, ensure Africa & Asia proposal development pipeline is accurate and up-to-date.

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