Manager, Projects RID-255 At INTEGRITY

Integrity is an ethical consultancy and service provider working in challenging and complex environments around the globe.

We help our clients succeed in fragile and challenging environments while building trust and understanding as the basis for transformative change. We work across all phases of the programme and project cycle, delivering eleven complementary services: monitoring, evaluation and learning / data and knowledge management / research, evidence and analysis / advisory / project management / communications / risk management / technical assistance / capability and capacity development / stakeholder engagement / grant and fund management. Our services are underpinned by the principles on which we were founded, a commitment to providing reliable information and evidence, and expert and high-quality delivery.

Headquartered in London and Washington DC, Integrity also has offices in Jordan, Kenya, and Pakistan. Our multi-national team of over 80 deliver multi-year projects, programmes and consulting assignments to a wide range of government clients, international organisations, foundations and private sector clients.

VISION: To set the international standard for ethically delivered expert services in complex and challenging contexts.

MISSION: We use evidence and learning to provide trusted advice and enable change for a sustainable future.

VALUES:

• Courage: We work on many of the world’s most complex problems. We stand against violence in all its forms. We are unafraid to stand up to illegal or unethical practices.

• Objectivity: We challenge conventional thinking. Our recommendations are not based on assumptions or ideology but evidence and learning.

• Diligence: We incorporate our best individual and collective intellect through rigour, reflection, and collaboration.

• Accountability: We take responsibility for the quality of our work and performance. We hold ourselves to account through clear policy and process, sustained by long-term profitability.

• Sensitivity: We understand the impact of our presence and our work, empathise with people’s situations, and commit to do no harm.

ETHICS: Integrity upholds the highest ethical standards in our work, our employment of staff and our interaction with people. Through adherence to our core values, we ensure the best possible service, and benefit the communities amongst whom we work.

We commit to building a diverse and inclusive organisation where all feel safe and able to progress, contribute and be heard, regardless of gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, marital or parental status.

The Manager, Projects will play a varied technical and management role at Integrity, contributing to the design and delivery of Integrity’s services, as well as supporting team functions and management responsibilities. Drawing on project management and other relevant services and thematic expertise, they will help win and deliver high quality, commercially viable projects.

The Manager, Projects role will sit within the Services Team, which leads the design and delivery of our work. Responsibilities include project direction and management, technical delivery, business and proposal development, and wider institutional learning. The Manager, Projects will work flexibly across Integrity’s different services and teams and will be attracted to a fast-paced working environment. The focus of the Manager, Projects’ work will depend on current priorities. The majority of the role is focused on project delivery, with periods of technical design and business development.

The Manager, Projects role will be based in Nairobi and will report to the Senior Manager, Projects in the Services team. They will also work closely with the Business, Finance and Operations teams across our global offices.

Scope of Work

The Manager, Projects will play a major role in the delivery of contracted projects, requiring technical and project management skills, as well as the ability to liaise effectively with senior stakeholders and team members who are often working in complex and fragile environments. In particular, you will work closely with the client, Project Director, Team Lead and consortium partners to ensure that projects are delivered safely and successfully, as well as on-time and on-budget.

The Manager, Projects will also support the technical design of bids for clients, including the FCDO and USAID. This includes developing appropriate and innovative approaches and methodologies to meet the needs of our clients, and written contributions to technical and commercial proposals. These proposals will relate to key service offerings, including Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, Research, Evidence & Analysis, Technical Assistance, and Data and Knowledge Management. Key thematic areas include fragility and violent conflict, climate security, humanitarian assistance, health, education, economic development, security and justice, and gender and inclusion.

In addition, the Manager, Projects will also support the consolidation and proliferation of good project management practices within the company, supporting initiatives within working groups.