Senior Manager - Ramallah, Palestine

Vacancy numbers 1 

Location Ramallah, Palestine  

Start date April 2025 

About us  

Adam Smith International is a global advisory company that works locally to transform lives by making economies stronger, societies safer, and governments more effective. We work on behalf of governments, foundations and companies that share our ambition to take on the big challenges facing the world. They come to us to develop strategies and to design, deliver and evaluate programmes that, in turn, stimulate growth, stability and good governance.  

For nearly three decades in almost 100 countries, we have been working in partnership with governments, the private sector and civil society in countries at all stages of development. 

Our core team of staff and technical experts, in multiple 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. 

ASI is owned and operated by its employees. We are committed to corporate integrity and a triple bottom line of social, environmental and financial performance. ASI is a registered B Corp and one of the highest-ranking B Corps in the UK on its measure of positive social and environmental impact. 

About the team 

ASI’s Governance and Stability (G&S) 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 stabilisation, countering violent extremism, countering disinformation, security sector reform, conflict reduction and humanitarianism under the stability focus and 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. We place a strong emphasis on gender and social inclusion in all our programming and have a particular focus on the Women, Peace and Security agenda.  

In recent years, the Governance and Stability practice has grown significantly, cementing ASI’s position as one of the leading providers of impactful programming through the FCDO’s Conflict Stability and Security Fund and the new GDD Framework Governance and Conflict High Value Lot. Our work takes place in a range of fragile and conflict affected states as well as more economically advanced countries. We work in places ranging from Pakistan & Nepal to Ecuador and Panama, to Georgia, Ukraine and Latvia, to Iraq, Syria and Palestine, to Somalia, Nigeria and Mali.  

About the role 

We are looking for a Senior Manager to oversee the delivery of our growing portfolio of programmes and help support business develop activities. Our Senior Managers typically oversee the day to day running of major projects, with responsibilities including:  

• Running a project management unit, including line managing more junior project managers and overseeing their management of budgets, invoices contracts and recruitment processes.  

• Quality assurance of project deliverables.  

• Working closely with technical Team Leaders on work and resource planning.  

• Supporting evaluations and client reporting.  

• Client relationship management: maintaining relationships with donors on a day-to-day basis, helping to manage reporting and deliverable flows. 

• Strategic quality assurance: working with the Team Leader and Project Director assessing programme direction and provide guidance, managing risks and issues. 

• Overseeing the start-up and implementation of projects as a Project Director or Senior Project Manager to assure quality, impact and donor satisfaction.  

• Identifying key strategic risks and supporting teams to mitigate or escalate as appropriate.  

In addition, our Senior Managers play a key role in new programme and funding development: either by delivering existing projects to high standards or by preparing for and leading our responses to complex competitive public tenders. 

About you 

You will have the following skills and experience:  

• 5+ years of relevant sector experience  

• Experience working with FCDO, EU and/or USAID.  

• Experience leading business development activities for FCDO, EU and/or USAID. 

• Experience managing large grant facilities in fragile and conflict affected environments.  

• Experience as a senior project manager overseeing large scale (£10m plus) development programming. 

• Excellent organisation skills  

• Excellent written English and fluent spoken English 

• Ability to communicate with impact verbally and in writing 

• A good level of numeracy (e.g. ability to use Excel at an intermediate level) 

• Excellent interpersonal skills  

Desirable  

• Experience working in Palestine  

• Good command of Arabic  

What We Offer You 

Our people are at the heart of our strategy and our decisions. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, a dynamic and friendly team environment, the opportunity to support a highly successful portfolio of programmes, and support to develop your skills and progress in your career. 

The diversity of our workforce makes ASI a great place to work, more creative and resourceful, and underpins strong partnerships. We keep a sharp focus on diversity and inclusion, including through our Equality Action Plan and our Diversity and Inclusion Committee, and through leadership from our Executive Team and oversight by our Board. 

We recognise the importance of your life outside of work. We are proud to support flexible working arrangements, and commit to make a success of flexible working arrangements wherever possible. We’ve built a culture to reflect our values, full of likeminded professionals who are smart, passionate and great at what they do. 

Heard Enough? Ready to Apply? 

Please submit a CV (no more than 2 pages) and short cover letter

Shortlisted applicants only will be contacted.  

Deadline for Applications will be 17 February 2025.  

ASI is committed to continually improving the diversity of our workforce through the attraction, retention and development of a diverse range of talented people. We want people to be comfortable bringing their whole self to work and recognise that inclusion brings further opportunities for innovation and creativity.