To represent and lead on all aspects of consortium project management, compliance, quality assurance and delivery of project results.

To provide strategic, managerial ,technical leadership andad ministrative oversight to project teams. Oversee all aspects of project implementation, including project quality, personnel, and financial management. Maintain close coordination with consortium partners and program management unit in the Ministry, ensuring that all project activities are of high quality and lead to measurable outcomes and results.

To be done in line with the donor approved project implementation plans and budgets and VSO’s volunteering for development (V4D) approach.
Safeguarding level:
VSO has zero tolerance of abuse and exploitation of vulnerable people. We will expect all our employees/ volunteers to commit to protecting children, young people and vulnerable adults from harm and abide by our safeguarding policy.
Level 2:
This post will have direct access or contact with children either or will have responsibility for the day-to-day management of those with direct access to children. A criminal background check will be obtained for post holder at this level prior to their start date.

Task Responsibilities
Provide leadership to project team & consortium partners – leading implementation planning, monitoring, quality assurance, risk management, safeguarding and security, behavior and conduct, reviews, reporting, budget execution and accountability processes.
Support the development and implementation of robust risk mitigation strategies of identified risks.
Ensure project compliance with the relevant grant and contract and the provision of high-quality data and reporting at formal monthly, quarterly and annual milestones.
Represent the project at regional, national and international fora and conferences, policy briefings, networking events, etc.
Liaise with external stakeholders of the project; including donor, governments, local organizations, and local implementing partners.
Collaboration responsibilities (key teams/roles this role will be working with)
With project consortium partners and stakeholders
including:
Project implementing partners to ensure they have the information, resources, and skills they need to deliver, ensure compliance, provide relevant and timely information for reporting and quality delivery of the project.
Governmental and other key local organizations in in the target districts to ensure they are aware of the project, support their participation in it and seek opportunities to leverage their expertise and networks to deliver this project.
Skills & Competencies
Knowledge/qualifications: ·
• Knowledge and understanding of the primary Education sector in Sierra Leone
• Knowledge and understanding of education technology in the development context
• Project management and/or international development qualifications or equivalent experience.
Experience: ·
• Substantial experience in managing large and complex grants and contracts within the international development sector including donor management and consortium partner management
• Substantial experience of creating and maintaining a high performing, diverse team working in different locations
• Experience of leading and managing change
• Experience in developing and maintaining strong
partnerships and consortia

Effectively manage project managers to maintain performance and accountability.
Ensure quality and timely delivery and results to the highest
VSO standard and donor requirements.
Support team to develop high quality, impactful communication outputs tailored to a range of audiences and formats, e.g. donors, public to increase awareness of VSO’s
work.
Deliver and demonstrate value for money as defined by VSO’s volunteering for development approach and measured by changes in the lives of the projects’ primary actors.
Act as the primary contact person for internal stakeholders.
Fulfil other appropriate level responsibilities as the senior representative of VSO in Sierra Leone
With multi-disciplinary teams across VSO globally, including:
Practice Area and Core Approach technical advisors to ensure effective technical leadership of the project Management, finance, audit, reporting and HR
functions from across the Global Implementation
Team.
Finance, to ensure VSO systems and processes support
effective budget and financial, grant management and
donor reporting.
Duty of care teams for risk assessments, duty of care capability in project teams and support of incident management responses to medical, safety, security and safeguarding incidents
People team to ensure competency based safer recruitment practice, talent and performance management for VSO staff, national volunteers and community volunteers.
Comms and media: to build up project related content that follows VSO and donor brand guidance across a variety of platforms
• Experience in project security and risk management, and in managing duty of care to the highest international standards
• Experience of working in a global organization with matrix or multiple reporting lines.
Skills/Abilities:
• Leadership, management and coaching skills in working across multiple cultural contexts
• Strong project finance and budget management
• Data and system management; IT literacy (Microsoft, finance, project management software, Salesforce system)
• Excellent cross-cultural communication, with fluency in written and spoken English
• Able to travel across project sites