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Main purpose of job:
The work of the British High Commission (BHC) in Pakistan is focused on six main workstreams – Regional Stability, Threats, Health and Education, Climate, Resilience and Humanitarian, Open Societies and Economy and Trade. This Climate and Resilience Programme Manager role sits within the Climate, Resilience and Humanitarian Group in BHC Islamabad (BHCI).
The Team goal is: to support Pakistan to adopt a more resilient and cleaner growth path by preparing for, responding to and reducing the impact of climate change, biodiversity loss and humanitarian disaster.
In terms of programming, the Climate, Resilience and Humanitarian Group has two active climate resilience programmes with a likely value of up to £127m including significant allocation of more than £30m for fiscal year 24/25 following the ICF and humanitarian ODA uplift which focus on climate resilience, adaptation, disaster management, humanitarian preparedness and water governance. Much of the programming work focuses on climate governance initiatives, institutional strengthening and capability development of the Government of Pakistan (GoP), at both national and sub-national levels, and that of civil society to address climate resilience and adaptation needs.
BHC Islamabad is looking to recruit a suitably qualified and experienced Programme Manager on a permanent basis who can start as soon as possible. This position is open to Country Based Staff who have demonstrated the required competencies and experience.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Climate, Resilience and Humanitarian Group. The Climate and Resilience Programme Manager has a lead role in the effective programme management and compliance of the climate, resilience and humanitarian portfolio focusing on all aspects of the programme cycle by engaging with government, non-state providers, other donors and multilaterals.
Roles and responsibilities / what will the jobholder be expected to achieve?:
The pupose of the role to provide expert programme management capacity across the Climate, Resilience and Humanitarian Group portfolio. In particular, it is twofold:
- To act as the Programme Responsible Owner (PRO) and provide overall programme leadership, management and delivery of the UK Pakistan Network’s most innovative new programme, Building Resilience and Addressing Vulnerabilities to Emergencies (BRAVE) through all stages of the programme cycle for successful delivery of the outcomes. BRAVE is a complex, high value £97m, six-year programme that is currently being redesigned to increase its scope and scale (due to the ICF and humanitarian ODA uplift in fiscal year 24/25) and to incorporate a new humanitarian response component which can be flexed as required to respond to humanitarian spikes, along with strengthening the disaster preparedness programme components.
- To ensure Climate, Resilience and Humanitarian programmes compliance with FCDO Programme Operating Framework (PrOF) covering both BRAVE and the Water Resource and Accountability Programme (WRAP) – £30m, six-year programme at critical junctures of the programmes lifecycle (designing, mobilising, delivery including adaptation and closure).
The Programme Manager will support the Portfolio – Team Leader, Senior and Programme Responsible Owners across the portfolio. The post holder will also line manage up to two other programme staff and provide support to the development of programme delivery capability of less experienced and more junior colleagues.
Managing the programme cycle:
- Lead the mobilisation of the BRAVE programme through a complex mix of modalities (accountable grants, framework arrangements, a trust fund and a couple of commercial contracts) with limited supervision and guidance
- Be able to establish and maintain a programme delivery plan to inform planning and task execution
- Be a source of programme expertise for the assigned programme and ensure compliance and transparency requirements are applied effectively
- Manage and deliver CG4 annual/programme completion review cycle, ensuring that all reviews are planned, adequately resourced and delivered within deadlines;
- Ensure appropriate monitoring and evaluation practices are in place that will deliver programme data requirements to understand delivery and impact.
Managing risk and issues:
- Has experience of identifying and assessing risks (including safeguarding), applying appropriate mitigation and escalation measures during project design, mobilisation and implementation; and, implementing project controls until appropriate level of assurance is established
- Take the lead on delivering and maintaining key programme management documents such as due diligence reports for new partners, programme delivery plans and risk registers
- Lead programme financial management to ensure team forecasts are credible, robust and timely; identifies issues and trends; ensures lessons are learnt and fed back into financial management processes. Be aware of the way funds flow through the programme and conscious of where fraud risks are highest. Implement strategies to safeguard FCDO funds and handle any identified cases of fraud rigorously in a timely manner.
Engage others:
- Manages external relationships, particularly with programme partners – holding them to account/challenge as appropriate.
- Contributes effectively to project related briefing, Parliamentary Questions, Ministerial Correspondence, public enquiries, freedom of information requests. Support the team by drafting clear and concise project documentation (submissions, information notes, Business Case) and other written work; and quality assure these before submission to senior management
- Contributes to policy work, helping to shape policy based on programme lessons; and recognising the need for policy work alongside programmes to lobby for change.
- Liaise proactively with other donors and programmes across BHC Islamabad portfolio to develop synergies.
- Demonstrates good line management skills and zero tolerance to Bullying, Harassment and Discrimination.
Key behaviours required for the job:
Particular focus will be given to the 4 detailed below. In this role, this means:
1. Communication and Influencing:
Be able to communicate clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing about the assigned programme to Senior Management. Support the team by drafting clear and concise project documentation (submissions, agreements) and other written work; Agree a clear QA process before submission to senior management with Team Leader / SRO as appropriate.
2. Delivery at Pace:
Show a positive approach to helping the team focus on key priorities and deliverables. Raise issues up the management chain when priorities are not clear or help is needed to reallocate work. Identify risks to delivery.
3. Making Effective Decisions:
In this role you will be expected to support and make decisions about programmes, and to provide both programme management and compliance advice to other team members, often at senior levels. You will need to be capable of supporting and making decisions based on analysis of a range of information and data as well as based on your own judgement and experience.
4. Changing and Improving:
The post holder will be expected to manage and implement the newly redesigned BRAVE programme mobilisation and ensure programme delivery is in line with FCDO standards. They will need to seek out opportunities to create effective change and suggest innovative ideas for improvement that strengthen programme implementation over the programme life till August 2028. Review ways of working, including seeking and providing feedback to strengthen programme impact and outcomes.
You are strongly advised to read the Success Profiles Civil Service Behaviours Framework which provides detailed guidance on how the behaviours are defined and the standards expected for this position.
Candidates must be able to clearly demonstrate experience and skills against the core programme management technical competencies listed below. Technical competencies for the programme management roles are available FCDO technical competency frameworks – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please go through the technical competency framework before completing the technical questions.
- Managing risks and issues: Practitioner
- Financial management: Practitioner
- Commercial acumen: Practitioner
- Engage others: Practitioner
- Programme leadership: Practitioner
Essential on arrival:
- Excellent experience of managing and delivering development programmes across the programme cycle.
- Strong programme delivery, financial and risk management skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to prioritise workload and respond flexibly as new priorities arise.
Also please go through the civil service behaviour: Success Profiles – Civil Service Behaviours (publishing.service.gov.uk)
Desirable:
• Programme management qualification such as PMP or Prince II
Changing and Improving, Making Effective Decisions, Delivering at Pace, Communicating and Influencing
18 January 2024
Senior Executive Officer (SEO)
Full-time, Permanent
South Asia & Afghanistan
Pakistan
Islamabad
British High Commission
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PKR
477394
1 March 2024
The BHC is recognised as a good employer, with a robust, fair and transparent performance management & appraisal system linked to increments and staff bonuses. We have a 5-day working week, plus annual leave, public holidays, maternity leave provision, special leave, paid sick leave provision; ample development opportunities, travel opportunities, a good organisational culture, and excellent work/life balance.
Around half of our work forces are women. We treat people with respect and equality and have a policy of zero tolerance for any form of discrimination, bullying, or harassment.
This is a good opportunity to be part of a strong, diverse team, working in the biggest network that FCDO has anywhere across the globe. We are aiming to make it the best.
The position is based in Islamabad.
Learning and development opportunities :
• The job holder will be required to undertake all FCDO mandatory trainings.
• Identify, discuss and action own professional performance and training / development needs with the role’s line manager through FCDO appraisals process and/or attending internal / external training events.
Language requirements:
Language: English and Urdu
Level of language required: Fluent
Note : All applicants are required to mandatorily fill the complete online application form including the employment and educational details and the behavioural questions. We will be thoroughly reviewing the application forms with all the required details. Forms that are incomplete in any respect will not be considered while shortlisting for the next stage.’’
BHC candidates, the Local BHC Terms & Conditions will apply. Internal candidates applying for this position should inform their current line managers and check for the eligibility clause if on probation, else the applications will not be considered.
For other than BHC candidates, Basic Salary will be PKR 477394/- per month
To ensure a successful application it is important that you explain how you demonstrate these behaviours, including through your experience. You are strongly advised to read the Success Profiles Civil Service Behaviours Framework, which provides detailed guidance on how the behaviours are defined and the standards expected at Level 4 for this position.
Please go through the technical competency framework before completing the technical questions: FCDO technical competency frameworks – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Applicants are encouraged to use the STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) format to prepare specific examples of when they have demonstrated these behaviours in their application. Using the STAR format to provide evidence of your skills and experience in your application and at interview helps to give a structure. You briefly describe the situation in which you showed the behaviour, and then explain your task in addressing the situation, what action you took and the result of this.
All applications will be assessed based on evidence provided against the technical competencies and the civil service competencies listed in the advert.
For inclusivity and diversity, please remove the following personal information when uploading your CV: name, address, email address, age, date of birth, gender, and nationality.
The start date mentioned in the job advert is a tentative start date and the successful candidate will be required to undergo security vetting procedures. Any offer of employment will be subject to the candidate achieving suitable clearances.
To Apply:
Please note applications without (a) and (b) will not be considered.
- Complete the Online Application Form
- Complete the Motivation and Competency Segment in the Online Application Form
Internal candidates applying for this position need to upload their appraisal forms for the previous 2 years (if applicable) and also inform their current line managers, else the applications will not be considered.
We will accept only online applications by 18th January 2024 – 23:55 hours PST.
Please note that all the applicants will be required to strictly adhere to the security guidelines for British High Commission.
Applicants who do not have the required qualification & experience should kindly abstain from applying, as their applications will not be considered.
Due to high volume of applications receipts – only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted and no enquires regarding application status will be dealt with .
The appointment will be subject to Police Verification and other checks including references, medical, educational and professional.
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