Senior Programe Manager

Job Description

Main purpose of job:

With high ministerial interest and significantly increased development spend, the British Office Sudan is looking to recruit an experienced and passionate Senior Programme Manager (SPM) to lead the delivery of a portfolio of complex programmes and to help take forward an ambitious agenda for programme delivery excellence across the full team.

You will have a unique opportunity to help deliver the UK’s ambition in Sudan and lead the delivery of our development programmes. You will:

Work as part of a multidisciplinary virtual mission and team to deliver Development policy and programmes across Sudan.
Play a leading role in the BOS delivery of the development portfolio (£146m in FY25/26);
Work with the PRO and SRO to support our successor political programme, which will need to flex and adapt to an ever-changing complex context in Sudan;
Be the first point of contact in solving complex programme management challenges;
Lead and line manage a team of programme managers, working closely with the G7 Portfolio and Programme Manager to ensure the highest standards of programme management and oversight are applied.
Support the professional development of the team, including on all aspects of programme management.
Make a corporate contribution to the wider virtual BOS mission e.g. People and Welfare Group; Learning Days etc.
Roles and responsibilities: