Manager - Governance, Security and Justice for Strengthening Peace and Resilience in Nigeria (SPRiNG) at Tetra Tech Company

Job Overview

• This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Programme Manager (PM) to play a leading role in the implementation of SPRiNG - a large, complex, multi-sectoral and adaptive multi-year programme in Nigeria. Working with a large and experienced technical team, you will manage the effective running of the programme and its coordination with technical elements of the programme to ensure its success. You will ensure that the most effective and efficient programmatic and operational systems, policies and processes are in place, enabling successful delivery, VfM and demonstration of impact. You will manage the Programme Management Unit, Operations team, and finance team, ensuring the programme runs smoothly and efficiently. You will also manage sub-contractors and commercial relationships, manage risk and programme compliance and play a key role in the design of ongoing programming. You will be a member of the Senior Leadership Team, reporting to the Programme Director. This position is based in Abuja with accommodation and a competitive remuneration package.

About SPRiNG

• Strengthening Peace and Resilience in Nigeria (SPRING) is a £38m FCDO-funded programme over 5 years (2024-2029), aiming to reduce conflict and support communities to better adapt to the effects of the climate and ecological degradation in the North West and North Central regions of Nigeria. It is delivered by Tetra Tech International Development, in partnership with Nextier SPD, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) and the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD).
• The programme has a particular focus on farmer-herder conflict and working with farmer and herder communities to design and implement locally led peacebuilding activities. We will also work with the government, particularly at the State level, to build capacity and capability to respond to conflict, security, justice, and natural resource management challenges. Focal States are Katsina and Kaduna in the Northwest and Benue and Plateau in the North Central region.

Main Duties

• Key member of the Senior Leadership Team
• Participate as a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, working with the Team Leader, Deputy Team Leader and Technical Leads to ensure the effective and efficient running of the programme
• Act as the FCDO Programme Team point of contact on contractual matters, milestones, risk and financial reporting
• Oversight and accountability for commercial issues and contractual relationships on the programme.
• Management of team meetings and client meetings
• Escalation of issues as required to the Team Leader and/or Programme Director as required

Delivery of the PMU, systems, policies, and operational procedures

• Lead regular PMU meetings
• Maintain the SPRiNG programme manual, setting out programme policies, systems and operational procedures appropriate to SPRiNG activities
• Maintain robust procedures while also enabling flexibility to respond to programmatic opportunities that arise

Develop, manage and facilitate programme work planning

• Develop the programme workplan in coordination with the programme leadership and technical advisers, ensuring alignment with the budget and programme results framework
• Develop systems and processes for 6-monthly adaptive delivery cycles
• Maintain up-to-date resource plans and systems for tracking and approving consultant days and project invoices
• Ensure timely delivery of programme outputs and milestones, and accurate progress reporting on both

Oversight of resourcing and mobilisation of experts

• Ensure sufficient resources for the programme to be delivered effectively, in coordination with programme leadership
• Support the recruitment and mobilisation of core team members or new technical experts, including drafting T erms of Reference (TORs) , shortlisting candidates, interviewing etc.
• Oversee the contracting of consultants, sub-contractors and payments
• Coordination of team travel, logistics and leave

Grant and financial management

• Oversee the programme’s portfolio of projects, overall workplan and budget,
• Financial management and forecasting, overseeing budget and operational spend, including the financial implications of adaptations and ensuring VfM throughout
• Oversight of programme grants management, effective grant disbursement and reporting
• Manage the Finance and Grants Manager

Reporting and quality assurance

• Lead on the development of programme quarterly and annual reports, including gathering of inputs from relevant team members
• Quality assurance of documents prior to client submission (budgets, workplans, ToRs, deliverables, KPI report, etc.)

Contract management and compliance

• Manage head contract variations
• Management of contractual relationships on the programme, including oversight of due diligence, and compliance of sub-contractors and technical experts

Risk management

• Manage the Security and Operations Manager
• Management of the programme’s risk register, tracking project and programmatic risk and issues and escalating them as required
• Oversight of security alerts and security information, translating these into programme risks
• Support the Operations and Security team on the effective implementation of travel, movement and security processes, procedures and compliance
• Operate as a safeguarding focal point

Communications and knowledge management

• Work with the leadership team and Comms Lead to promote the programme through Tetra Tech communications channels
• Ensure effective document management, storage and access across the team

Aptitude And Skills

• Demonstrated experience as a project or programme manager on FCDO-funded programmes, including managing adaptive processes and cycles of work planning
• Demonstrated experience managing governance or peacebuilding programmes that have both demand and supply components
• Excellent understanding of key concepts such as gender equality and social inclusion, institutional reform, transparency and accountability, and tools, such as political economy analysis and conflict analysis
• Experience managing teams of up to 10 people, comprising a range of nationalities
• Highly organised, able to coordinate and oversee multiple areas of work at any given time while maintaining accurate and high-quality outputs
• Highly numerate with experience of creating and managing complex budgets, and of overseeing the disbursement of grants
• Excellent communication skills, verbally and in writing
• Analytical with an ability to think strategically, logically , and problem-solve individually
• A ‘team-player’ with strong soft skills able to build effective relationships with team, clients and partners and manage complex stakeholders with competing interests
• Pro-active, self-motivated, and able to thrive in a fast-paced programme and team environment.
• Tenacious, resilient and able to cope well with change and uncertainty
• A willingness to be based in Abuja , Nigeria, under a seconded arrangement

Qualifications

• A university degree in social studies, economics, political science, education, psychology, or any relevant field.