Program Manager - Anti Corruption

Job description / Role

Our client, an events management organization is currently looking for a Program Manager - Anti Corruption to design and execute programmes and activities for the organization. The candidate will be tasked with developing programmes to support the organisation's strategic direction, as well as creating and managing long-term goals

Primary Duties and Responsibilities
This position will encompass a range of finance related tasks including, but not limited to:

Essential Functions
• Engage in concept design, development, planning, budgeting, proposal preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of collaborative action programmes across the Gulf Region
• Hold responsibility for collaborative action programmes by building networks of taskforce participants from the private sector, civil society, academia, international institutions and semi-government bodies
• Establish networks of business and other executives to actively engage in their respective programmes portfolio
• Write programme funding proposals to guarantee uninterrupted delivery of programmes
• Monitor, evaluate, and report on their programme portfolio deliverables, including design, plan, and measure baseline, progress updates, programme performance, impact assessment, and KPIs for their respective programmes
• Reach out to companies and business leaders in the region to gather information for the voluntary company assessments
• Work closely with the events and communication teams on the roundtable, forum, and training events for their respective programme portfolio from design to execution, including content development, speaker preparation, and session outcome reports for each event
• Work closely with the Head of Programmes and other Programme Managers within the team to establish strong relationships with stakeholders within the Gulf Region (which includes regular travel within the Gulf Region)

Programme Development
• Organize programmes and activities in accordance with the mission and goals of the organization
• Solicit inputs from key partner and member companies in order to design programmes which are of value to them
• Establish and work with a network of experts, academics, and strategic partners, to obtain their input into identifying and framing key strategic items for programmes
• Help develop ideas and contribute to forward-thinking discussions related to both public and private sector collaboration in organization’s assorted areas of interest
• Analyse, develop insights, and synthesise quantitative data with qualitative interviews, workshop and research output
• Research, identify and approach potential programme knowledge partners
• Assist the Head of Programmes in gaining sponsorship for programmes, and help manage and fulfil sponsor expectations

Knowledge Creation
• Write articles, thought leadership pieces, and progress summaries for organization publications
• Summarise and disseminate the latest thinking and analyses from around the Region in the areas of transparency, accountability, and best business practices
• Generate a wide variety of new online and offline content related to programme topic areas

Requirements

• A minimum of 5 to 7 years of relevant experience
• Advanced large-scale collaborative programme management skills
• Fluent in English, including the perfect ability to write content in clear, structured, and compelling English. Arabic language skills are preferred
• Proven report structuring and writing skills
• Excellent networking, communications, presentation, persuasion, and community building skills
• Business-focused research, data collection, and analytical skills
• Must be able to demonstrate a proven track record of programme management and delivery
• Self-driven, motivated, resourceful, ability to anticipate and solve problems, persuasive and flexible in approach to work
• Must be able to demonstrate a knowledge and experience of corporate governance, accountability and reporting business practices in the Gulf Region

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