TradeMark Africa Programme Manager Jobs in South Sudan

TradeMark Africa Programme Manager Jobs in South Sudan; The Programme Manager will be responsible for all phases of project cycle management, supporting the Country Director Uganda and South Sudan in fundraising and engaging with the international for the country programme, engagements and in managing relationships with Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), with an overall mandate of facilitating South Sudan’s trade.

Roles and responsibilities

Programme and Project Development, Implementation and Delivery: 50%

• Support the Country Director to formulate and implement trade facilitation interventions, in particular the
Nimule One Stop Border Post.

As the project lead, the programme manager will be responsible for all aspects
of PCM, from design to project oversight, to M&E and contract management and will be the primary person
accountable for project implementation for projects in the trade portfolio to drive both expenditure and
results.

It’s important that the PM follow best practice in line with TMA’s PCM guidelines and meets all
specific compliance requirements of different donors.

• Effectively manage stakeholder within TMA, including country teams, Programme Delivery Hub (finance,
procurement, results), communications and impact.

• Engage confidently and with impact with external stakeholders related to the projects. Maintain consistent,
proactive communication with, and ensure buy-in and support for the project from all implementing partners and donors, in particular senior stakeholders from the Government of South Sudan.

Ensure that results and indicators are appropriate, that progress is being made against agreed results,
projects are properly structured and adequately resourced, projects are completed on time and within budget and that work is delivered to a technical standard that fully meets requirements.

Work closely with the knowledge and results team to develop quarterly and annual reports on the Management information System (MIS) and timely submission of reports to key donors, in line with the set expectation(s) and templates.

• Ensure compliance with grant management procedures and guidelines including appraisal, selection,
implementation, reporting and closure. Understand funding sources for projects, implement timelines
agreed with funders, monitor implementation and delivery to ensure that projects are within budget, scope

Fundraising and Resource Mobilisation: 15%

• Support the Country Director in managing the Innovations and Ideation of the next generation concepts in
trade facilitation, incubating them, and translating them to implementable and practical solutions in
addressing trade regulatory and policy challenges in the trade and business environment.

Regularly identify new sources to potentially fund trade facilitation, market system/value chain
interventions within the Uganda country programme. Support the Country Director in country-resource
mobilization, including monitoring donor priorities and drafting concept notes and proposals to realize
additional funds from existing and new donors; and

Strategic partnerships and relationships management: 15%

• Ensure dissemination and visibility of project achievements and the continuous update of the website.

• Collaborate with communication unit to shape and monitor

the programme’s communication plan in line
with TMA’s Corporate Communication Strategy and business plan, and visibility commitments to the donor.
Work closely with other TMA Corporate functions including Corporate Affairs and Fundraising, Results and
Impact, CEO’s office, Regional to ensure external communications are developed with maximum impact and
delivered against the results calendar and corporate strategy guiding work across the programme area and
the organisation.

Collaboration, Learning and Adaptation: 10%

• Support TMA’s research work related to trade and providing insights to the results and impact of TMA
programming in trade facilitation.

• Support the development of a community of practice.

• Documents and promotes lessons learned and best practices for knowledge sharing and learning.

• Undertake any other duties as may be assigned by the Country Director to support the overall management
of the team and implementation of the programme.

Compliance with TMAs Corporate Level Responsibilities: 10%

• Apply the highest standards of controls and risk management practices and behaviors and embed a
positive risk and control culture.

• Demonstrate prudence, sound judgement and appropriate and timely escalations in management of all
types of risk (including fraud risk) applicable to my role.

• Understand and comply with the relevant end-to-end processes including applicable risks and controls.

• Seek to identify, understand, and escalate risk events/incidents/ issues on a timely basis focusing on fixing
root-causes and taking ownership of identified mitigating actions.

• Complete all relevant mandatory trainings within the stipulated timelines.

• Contribute to the development/revision of tools and procedures to document and share knowledge,
incentivize staff/teams and enforce compliance and standards.

• Ensure inclusion of gender-sensitive/responsive indicators to track progress towards gender integration.


• Participate in regular informal and formal reflection, knowledge sharing and learning events.

• Promote and adhere to TMA’s core values and ensure compliance with organizational policies and
procedures.

• Maintain zero tolerance to bribery, fraud and corruption, and ensure the immediate reporting of any
corruption or suspect behaviour that threatens TMA’s reputation.

• Adhere to the safeguarding policies and procedures and immediately report any safeguarding concerns.

• Any other related responsibilities that may be assigned by the line manager from time to time.

How to Apply

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