Options Consultancy Services Limited is a leading global health consultancy established in 1992 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Marie Stopes International. We manage health programmes that ensure vulnerable women and children can access the high quality health services they need. We work with partners to co-create and implement locally informed solutions to complex health problems. This includes governments, development partners, NGOs, civil society and health workers. Our programming is flexible, evidence-based and politically informed. This means we adapt to changing contexts, use data to inform our decisions and ensure our approach is appropriate. Our focus is always on building local skills and systems that last.
Options is seeking an exceptional Project Lead to lead the delivery of DFID’s Technical Assistance to Strengthen Capabilities Project (TAN), worth up to £5.3 million and running from June 2020 until September 2021. This project will provide technical assistance (TA) to SUN (Scaling up Nutrition) Governments, the SUN Movement Secretariat, and DFID. The post holder will be accountable for the overall development and implementation of the programme, leading the consortium in effective, results-oriented execution of high-quality work on time and within budget.
The objective of this programme is to provide:
The Project Lead will have overall responsibility for management and quality assurance of the programme. Specifically, this will include managing TA requests, including ensuring appropriate expert/s are identified to carry out requests and provide quality assurance of work produced. Under Component 1 of the programme, the Project Lead will also be expected to work with the SUN Movement Secretariat to stimulate country-led demand for TA.
The Project Lead will be responsible for managing the programme’s core team, in addition to an extended pool of expert consultants. The core team will include two Component Leads who will assume responsibility for the day-to-day engagement with the SUN Movement Secretariat and DFID, respectively, as well as a Programme Manager.
The post holder will also support cross learning across Options programmes, including building relations with current and potential clients, key government stakeholders, in-country partners, and representing the programme’s broader interests to leverage and develop new opportunities for programme growth and development.
Responsibilities will include: