Operations and Partnership Manager

****OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE****

****Operations and partnership Manager – Global Girls Research Initiative****

****Contract: Fixed Term Contract – 5 years****

****Salary: £38,918 - £49,228****

****Location: London****

****Ref: SocDev/02/15****

****The UK’s leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues.****

****About us****

****ODI****aims to inspire and inform policy and practice to reduce poverty by locking together high-quality applied research and practical policy advice.

We are looking to appoint an experienced operations and partnerships manager to lead the deliverly of a new £26.4m, 9 year longitudional policy research programme designed to provide decision makers with an evidence base to make informed policy and programming decisions that can improve development outcomes for adolescent girls in developing countries. This includes areas of reducing child, early and forced marriage, violence against women and girls; improved health, education and improved economic empowerment.

The job will involve complex consortium and stakeholder management, intensive work planning and delivery tracking, full oversight of the budget, external representation of ODI and the GGRI programme and many other management aspects involved with an assignment of this size and complexity.

****About you****

As the Operations and Partnerships Manager, the post-holder will be responsible for overseeing and managing the financial, administrative and partner relationships of the consortium, underpinning the GGRI research, communications, monitoring and evaluation and learning programme of work. You will lead delivery of the financial, administrative and partner and donor relationships in line with the work plan.You will have strong existing experience in managing complex multi-country multi-year donor-funded programmes, be comfortable with all aspects of donor financial and narrative reporting and communications, and have excellent interpersonal skills in order to be able to work within a dynamic and large international team.

****Closing date: 23 August 2015****

****Interview Date: First Round: 7th September-11th September****

****Second Round: 14th September- 18th September****

ODI is an equal opportunities employer Charity Reg. No.228248

HOW TO APPLY:

For more information, please download an application pack from our website at**https://jobs.odi.org.ukand](https://jobs.odi.org.ukand) apply online. If you experience difficulties downloading the pack, please telephone020 7922 0351or emailrecruitment@odi.org.uk