International Development Programmes Manager

ACCA is committed to a workplace culture which is inclusive, diverse, human and connected.

**ACCA is committed to a workplace culture which is inclusive, diverse, human and connected.**

We're currently looking for an International Development Programmes Manager on a full time, 6-month fixed term contract basis.

This position sits within the Partnerships & Recognition team and is focussed on delivering on ACCA's public value agenda through the development of the global accountancy profession.

This is a global opportunity and we are flexible on the location of this role.

**The job**:
Reporting to the Head of Profession Engagement on a day-to-day basis, you'll be involved in the following:

- Managing bid teams and preparing bid content to a high quality standard to realise project opportunities
- Enhancing the governance and reporting mechanisms for the portfolio of international development projects that build capacity in the accountancy profession
- Managing the overall portfolio budget - income and expenditure (with the Senior Profession Programmes Specialist and the Head of Profession Engagement)
- Establishing project management processes: tracking and reporting on the portfolio of projects, tracking, and ensuring management of portfolio dependencies, risks and issues
- Overseeing the deployment of consultants to projects and forecasting additional resource requirements for new projects, ensuring the effective use of resources
- Planning, guiding and coaching others as appropriate on the mobilisation of new capacity building projects in the accountancy profession
- Directly managing the implementation of any capacity building projects when required and overseeing the management of other projects within the portfolio
- Supporting horizon scanning activities to identify upcoming project opportunities
- Supporting communications - internally (including ACCA's intranet, 'Arthur') and externally (including professional accountancy organisations, donor agencies and government bodies) working closely with the wider team.

**We're looking for someone who**:

- Has experience of managing programmes and projects in the international development field and/ or programmes and projects that deliver public value
- Has experience of international development bid writing / procurement processes
- Understands the key strategic aims of ACCA and the competitive environment in which it operates
- Holds a graduate level qualification, or equivalent experience
- Formal programme and project management training and qualification essential
- Has excellent organisational and communication skills - including first class oral, presentation, report writing and facilitation skills
- Is able to identify risks, understand their potential impact and develop risk mitigation strategies
- Can demonstrate strong problem-solving skills, exercising clear objectivity in making decisions and recommendations
- Consistently displays a high degree of professionalism while working under pressure, on own initiative and/ or in changing environments
- Has strongly developed skills in influencing and negotiation
- Experience of managing programme and project budgets
- Experience of evaluating projects and data gathering and analysis from disparate sources
- Experience of managing project resources (consultants/temps/permanent employees).

**Our Benefits**

We strive to create an environment where you can prioritise your wellbeing and so have designed our benefits to give you the flexibility and power to do so. Our core benefits include private healthcare, life assurance and income protection as well as a fantastic defined contribution pension scheme.

We provide an employee assistance programme and are proud to offer a financial wellbeing tool called Nudge, to our employees.

Our flexible benefits platform gives you the power to customise your benefit plan to suit your needs, you can choose to add a number of benefits including extra holidays, PMI family cover, cycle to work, Travel and Gym loans and more You can also enjoy exclusive access to our discount site and wellbeing centre platform.

We are committed to equal opportunities across our recruitment activities and have a real commitment to ensuring the inclusion and well-being of all employees. We have a blended approach to working to support our employees to balance the needs of their job with other aspects of their life.

We strive to create an environment where you can prioritise your wellbeing and offer a competitive benefits package to help you do this. We provide an employee assistance programme and are proud to offer a financial wellbeing tool to our employees.

We are committed to equal opportunities across our recruitment activities and have a real commitment to ensuring the inclusion and well-being of all employees. We have a blended approach to working to support our employees to balance the needs of their job with other aspects of their life.