Senior Strategy, Planning and Performance Manager

Job posted by: ActionAid International - Thu, 28 May 2015

Job Details:

Organisation: ActionAid International

Deadline Wed, 17 Jun 2015

Job type: Contract

Location: United Kingdom

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Senior Strategy, Planning and Performance Manager

10-12 month fixed-term contract

£45,184 - £46,551pa

Central London

 

If you have good leadership skills and are able to influence senior decision makers this position with ActionAid UK is for you. We can offer you a role that will stretch your talents and give you the opportunity to make a real difference. We want you to ensure we work smarter and become even more effective at fighting poverty.

 

As Senior Planning, Performance and Projects Manager you will ensure we achieve long term impact by coordinating planning, project management and performance monitoring to deliver our long term vision, strategy and plan. This will involve communicating our strategy to stakeholders, ensuring we produce clear annual SMART plans in-line with strategy needs, ensuring projects are effectively managed across the UK organisation as well as developing efficient performance reporting to enable the senior management team to make informed decisions. Key will be the ability to translate plans into operational action points that enable the wider organisation to participate in their delivery. You will also manage the production of annual accountability reporting as well as liaise with colleagues in ActionAid International to make sure UK and International plans are in harmony.

 

With proven experience in operational leadership you will have demonstrable management and coordination skills as well as the ability to produce and champion annual plans. With a sound understanding of organisational development principles and practice you are comfortable designing and deploying performance indicators in organisational management and decision making.Proficient at planning and evaluating projects you are effective at managing people and stakeholders and possess excellent networking, communication and facilitation skills. A recognised professional qualification such as Prince 2 or MSP would be an advantage.

 

If you have the abilities and experience to help us become more effective please apply online via the link:
http://www.actionaid.org.uk/actionaid-job-vacancies/senior-planning-performance-and-projects-manager

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