Manager - Governance & Stability (Expression of Interest)

Join our Talent Pool for Future Opportunities

Adam Smith International (ASI) is building a talent pool seeking for our growing portfolio of programmes and bids. We are particularly interested in hearing from professionals with experience or interest in:

• Education – i ncluding education reform, governance and education systems strengthening
• Governance – including public sector reform, public financial management, transparency and accountability, local governance, institutional strengthening, and civil society development.
• Conflict, Security & Stability – including security sector reform and stabilisation (with particular focus on former serving UK security sector, military, policemen or those with background in strategic communications/foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI), cyber security, and related fields).

About ASI

Adam Smith International is a strategic development company that helps people prosper by making economies stronger, societies safer, and governments more effective. Our clients are governments, international organisations, companies, and foundations. They come to us to develop strategies and to design, deliver and evaluate programmes that, in turn, stimulate growth, stability and good governance.

Our core team of managers and technical experts, in offices around the world, ensures the quality of delivery and high ethical standards that we and our clients require. We bring together a global network of specialist experts, who contribute their experience and know-how, where and when it is needed.

About the role

ASI’s Governance and Stability Practice is responsible for supporting the design and delivery of our work focused on strengthening governance and enhancing stability around the world. The practice covers centre of government reform, local government reform, public financial management, anti-corruption and illicit financial flows, and civil society development and education under the rubric of governance and stabilisation, countering violent extremism, countering disinformation, security sector reform, conflict reduction. We place a strong emphasis on gender and social inclusion in all of our programming and have a particular focus on the Women, Peace and Security agenda. Our work takes place in a range of fragile and conflict affected states as well as more stable countries. We work in places ranging from Pakistan and Nepal to Iraq, Syria and Palestine, Ukraine, Georgia and Latvia, to Somalia, Nigeria, Ghana and Mali.

We are currently looking to fill Manager roles, to oversee the delivery of our growing portfolio of programmes and help support business develop activities. This is an exciting role managing a number of interesting and innovative programmes and with considerable growth potential within ASI.

Key tasks and responsibilities will include but are not limited to

Project Management

• Support Project Directors in the successful management of projects to terms of reference, time, quality, cost and donor and Government satisfaction. This will include support in the following areas of project management:

• a. Financial and budget management, client invoicing and financial forecasting
• b. Operations management
• c. HR management and recruitment
• d. Implementing partner management
• e. Financial and narrative programme reporting
• f. Monitoring project deliverables and workplan execution
• g. Team management
• h. Risks & issues management
• i. Event logistics & management

• Build strong working relationships with project associates, ensuring they feel part of the ASI ‘family’, and support them to ensure job satisfaction; and with ASI technical, geographic and finance teams
• Supporting Project Directors in engaging with and managing relations with project clients on a day to day basis.

Platform Management

• Support the Governance & Stability team leadership to ensure that ASI’s in-country operations are compliant and meet ASI’s Duty of Care obligations.
• Support in-country platform staff in ensuring that ASI’s operations meet ASI corporate’s standards.

Business development

• Research business development opportunities and helping to develop a pipeline of security and justice opportunities, as agreed with Line Manager.
• Take on ad hoc, discrete and accountable roles in technical and commercial proposals and be an effective member of bid teams, as agreed with Line Manager.