Senior Project Manager, Media Action (Multiple Locations)

JOB DETAILS

CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed-term Contract until September 2027, Full-time

DEPARTMENT: BBC Media Action

LOCATION: The role will be based in one of BBC Media Action’s country offices outside the UK.

The successful candidate will work from their home country and must have the existing right to work in that country. This must be a country where BBC Media Action has an existing office (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Ukraine, Zambia). BBC Media Action will not sponsor work visas for this engagement under any circumstances (business visas for short-term travel, if required, will be arranged).

The appointment will be made in line with BBC Media Action’s local pay scales in that country.

We’re happy to discuss flexible working. If you’d like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there’s no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

The role may involve working with groups of vulnerable children and adults. For the successful candidate, mandatory training will be provided on BBC Media Action’s safeguarding policy and staff code of conduct. An appropriate background check (depending on the country of residence) will form part of the recruitment process. BBC Media Action operates a zero-tolerance policy concerning all forms of abuse and exploitation of vulnerable people.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The role leads a team providing support to BBC Media Action’s country offices in areas such as programme design, quality of delivery, donor compliance and logistics. Working closely with our regional directors and country teams around the world, you and your team will also support the collection and sharing of good practice from projects across regions and facilitate knowledge sharing connections between countries.

The role also plays a key role in identifying and helping to address organisational barriers to effective delivery of programmes and helps to connect country teams to expertise across BBC Media Action and the wider BBC.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

BBC Media Action is the BBC’s international charity, and we believe in the power of media and communication for good. We work in more than 30 countries around the world, supporting the independent media essential to democracy and development. Each year our projects and programmes reach over 100 million people facing poverty, inequality and insecurity with information they can trust, helping to bridge divides, challenge prejudice, and save and change lives. We follow the editorial standards and values of the BBC, but we rely on funding from donors and partners to carry out our work.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

– Work with country and cross-country teams to ensure project delivery and compliance, contributing to project design and delivery and securing support from internal and external technical specialists.
– Manage individual and team performance through line management of programme support team staff.
– Encourage and enable support to flow between country offices; and support country teams to draw on advice and support from cross-country functions.
– Drive improvements in processes and systems to increase efficiency of project delivery while ensuring compliance with all editorial, finance, legal, HR and other requirements.
– Contribute to knowledge sharing and policy development across the organisation. Identify and contribute new ideas, opportunities and partnerships to shape regional and global strategy.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

– Strong experience in international development in a project design or delivery role
– Experience managing and developing staff, with a commitment to maintaining a culture of inclusion
– Good interpersonal skills with a record of forming effective relationships, especially with colleagues or stakeholders across a range of countries
– Strong communication and writing skills, in English
– Strong analytical thinking and organisational skills, able to simplify complex problems, manage competing priorities, and deliver under pressure

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

– Direct experience of projects involving both media and international development
– Change management experience