| Type of role | Business |
| Location | Various Countries |
| Salary | Competitive salary and benefits in the country of location |
| Contract type | Permanent |
| Full Time | 35 hours per week |
| Application Closing Date | 28 Feb 2023 |
| Interview date | As soon as possible |
| Start date | March 2023 |
VSO is the world’s leading international development charity that works through volunteers to create a fair world for everyone. At VSO we pride ourselves on doing development differently. We fight poverty not by sending aid, but by working through volunteers and partners to create long-lasting change in some of the world’s poorest regions. We bring key stakeholders together to co-ordinate collective action, from local organisations to national governments. Our programmes in Africa and Asia focus on health, education and livelihoods, with an increasing emphasis on resilience, peace building, social accountability, gender and social inclusion. We’re not about delivering quick fixes, but instead we focus on long-lasting, sustainable change that will improve the lives of generations to come.
Role overview
As a Lead Project Portfolio Manager, you will lead all aspects of project portfolio management and implementation in VSO’s Education Practice Area. You will oversee the quality assurance of implementation processes, budgets, donor reporting, and performance management to ensure they align with compliance requirements, VSO’s volunteering for development (V4D) approach, policies and procedures. You will supervise Project Implementation Leads in Pakistan, Mozambique, Malawi, Rwanda and Bangladesh.
Skills, qualifications and experience
We’re looking for a candidate with significant programme management and/or delivery experience with an ideal proven track record managing large and complex multi-donor funded portfolios.
In addition, they should have substantive experience leading high-performing geographically dispersed project teams in challenging multi-country and/or multicultural environments.
The ideal candidate will have a relevant graduate degree (e.g. in development studies, business, public administration) or equivalent professional experience.
VSO promotes equal opportunities and values a diverse workforce. We also offer a range of benefits, including:
• Opportunities for flexible working and working from home
• Generous annual leave of 37 days (inclusive of public holidays)
• Employee and Volunteer Assistance Programme
• Opportunities for professional development, including a range of online self-study modules, coaching and workshops
Successful candidate can be based in any office location where VSO operates.
We offer national terms and conditions in the country you are based. We are unable to provide sponsorship for this position, so please ensure that you have the right to work in the country you are residing before you apply.
VSO reserves the right to close this job early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.
If you’re interested in applying for this role, please download the job description for more information.
Once you’re ready to apply, click on ‘make an application’ below to complete the online form.
To apply for this job please visit www.vsointernational.org .
