About the Organization:
Opportunity International provides small business loans, savings, insurance, and training to over two million people working their way out of poverty in the developing world. Clients in various countries use these services to expand a business, provide for their families, create jobs for their neighbors, and build a safety net for the future. Opportunity International’s mission is to empower people to work their way out of poverty, transforming their lives, their children’s futures, and their communities.
About the Job:
Opportunity International is looking for a Global Program Director. S/he is responsible for leading and directing the program management function and key projects and programs in Opportunity.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Provide leadership for effective projects and programs in Opportunity. Principally, but not restricted to, IT projects and programs;
- Establish and publish standards for the conduct of project and programs in Opportunity;
- Develop processes and support materials, examples, role descriptions, financial procedures, etc. in support of the above, drawing on well-known project methodologies;
- Prepare reports covering progress, issues, risk management and expenditure against budget, on a scheduled basis and in support of specific reporting requirements;
- Establish a program office to record, monitor and maintain all projects and capture data for the above;
- Establish service desk and supplier interfaces for capturing and tracking project work packages;
- Include the requirements of funding project managers who need to track funds dedicated to particular programs and initiatives;
- Provide interventions and turnaround capabilities to projects at risk;
- Personally oversee and direct a selected portfolio of major projects;
- Establish training courses for project managers across the organization.
Qualifications:
- 8 to 10 years of program management experience, in an international organization, running programs which are implemented in or affect multiple countries;
- Experience managing project budgets in excess of $1m and preferably in the range $10m to $20m (or higher);
- Experience working with one or more widely used project management methodologies and able to demonstrate a sound grasp of the principles underlying all methodologies – in particular, experience in relation to projects regarding: business engagement, financial management and automated support;
- Ability to communicate complex issues and help gain consensus through the various levels of organizations, whether internally or externally;
- Excellent negotiation and conflict management skills;
- Ability to navigate in a highly complex matrixed organization and operate effectively in an often ambiguous environment;
- Willingness and ability to travel approximately 50% of the time to meet the needs of the business;
- Requires an understanding of, and a commitment to advancing the mission and core Christian values of Opportunity International and, the ability to incorporate them into the job setting and articulate them to staff;
- Language skills helpful, ideally in Spanish, French, Portuguese or Mandarin.
Closing Date: 23 Nov 2012
How to Apply:
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