Senior Programme Manager - Strengthening Our Societies (People on the Move)
Constanter Philanthropy Services
Full-time
On-site
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Company Description
Porticus is a philanthropic organisation that aims to create a just and sustainable future where human dignity flourishes. Our work aims to strengthen the resilience of communities so that all people have ownership over their future and natural resources are used in a sustainable way. Our work is realised through strong networks of partners including local and global NGOs, communities, people with lived experience, policy makers and co-funders. With colleagues based in 14 offices around the world, we want to provide solutions to today’s social and environmental problems that benefit generations to come in four areas: the natural environment, society, education and faith.
In close collaboration with our partners, we design initiatives that contribute to systems-change and benefit future generations in the following Sectors:
Strengthening our Societies – making sure all people have agency to lead self-determined lives and contribute to their communities through social justice
Building Future Generations – strengthening education systems to nurture social and emotional learning, especially for children in extreme adversity
Caring for the Earth – ensuring a fair transition to a sustainable future
Fostering Vital Faith Communities – enable the Catholic Church as a force for good in the world
In each of these Sectors, Porticus’ focus areas include specific global social and environmental Challenges
Job Description
Porticus is seeking a Senior Programme Manager to advise and monitor the development and management of strategic programmes within the Strengthening our Societies Sector (SoS) in Asia. The Senior PM is responsible for developing and managing strategic partnerships, as well as forging networks. Specific priority will lie under the People on the Move (PoTM) Challenge. The Senior PM works closely with the Porticus Asia Regional Director, the Challenge Lead of PoTM, and the Porticus Asia team as well as colleagues in other offices. Regional and international travel will be required for this position (up to 30% of the working time).
Our People on the Move work focuses on Thailand and Malaysia as major destination countries for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants. Grant making under the People on the MOVE Challenge is delivered in the region through three global programmes: MOVE, Ignite and Immigration Detention.
The MOVE programme focuses primarily on collaborating with people with lived experience of migration as leaders and change-makers.
The Immigration Detention programme supports partners to reduce the use of arbitrary and inhumane detention through strategic promotion of alternatives.
The Igniting Workers Rights programme aims to ensure that migrant workers in a select number of regions have their labour and human rights respected, protected, and fulfilled, live in dignity and to their full potential.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Provides guidance and direction: Takes responsibility for the development and implementation of functional strategies in line with the Porticus strategy, and for managing their own area and/or field of expertise. Leads the day-to-day business and is mandated to take the necessary decisions to enable the core work to progress. Facilitates the professional development of employees and enables them to perform to the best of their abilities, individually and as a team. Leads by example and exemplify financial modesty and environmental awareness.
Ensures work progresses: Sets clear and challenging objectives. Takes responsibility for performance results and encourages a results-driven mindset. Creates and implements structures that drive and generate the innovation and the entrepreneurial thinking needed to realize impactful systemic change. Ensures purposeful monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) is applied in all core work to maximize impact. Initiates and facilitates internal and external collaboration, engages with the global and local community networks and shares ideas from the grassroot work on a global level. Listens actively to understand the needs of all stakeholders and builds tailored solutions. Manages the development and implementation of budgets and annual operating plans and is accountable for the results.
Enables professional development: Implements a strategic workforce planning along with a learning plan, aligning existing skills and future capability requirements for their area. Implements the principles of the learning organization and a learning culture, focused on continuous improvement. Applies action learning, shares knowledge, reflects on own work and invests in the professional development of all employees. Demonstrates the ability to build and manage the family relations and engages with global and local networks.
Demonstrate thought leadership in philanthropy and having the ability to influence and push the field towards higher impact and systemic change.
Report on the impact of the programmes to the Regional Investment Committee.
Work closely with other regional Programme Managers in the Asia region and in the People on the Move teams as well as in coordination with the Challenge Lead to implement cross regional programmes, promote innovative and equitable grant-making practices and encourage learning.
Coordinate with the Challenge Lead in identifying opportunities for strategy-aligned projects and programmes, coordinate with the Porticus Asia Regional Director to manage regional exploration grants in Asia and where possible contribute to aligned sectors with clear attention to the learning cycle within which these ideas are developing.
Contribute to interregional engagement and collaboration by actively supporting Porticus as a learning organisation, by sharing knowledge, experiences across the matrix and sectors.
In collaboration with the Porticus Asia Regional Director and the Challenge Lead, enable sense making when it comes to strategic decisions related to a challenge, programme challenge-related work or the sector. Internally and externally represent the region, demonstrating knowledge of the region and context within which we work and identify possibilities for sectoral/cross thematic work, in shaping discourse within the ecosystem.
Continuously analyse and monitor developments in the field to identify emerging trends, needs, gaps and opportunities in the region and/or challenge related topics.
Support the management and implementation of the MOVE, Ignite and Immigration Detention Programmes in Asia, in collaboration and consultation with equivalent post holders in other regions and with the Challenge Lead.
Identify and develop partnerships that aim for systemic and lasting changes in alignment with challenge and programmes strategies and lead the implementation of these programmes, including but not limited to:
Applying meaningful participation approach to the extent possible in all stages of the programme grant making from co-developing applications with partners to accompanying the implementing and closing.
Develops programmes that aim for systemic and lasting changes in alignment with challenge strategies and leads the implementation of these programme, including but not limited to:
Applying meaningful participation approach to the extent possible in all stages of the program
Grant making from co-developing applications with partners to accompanying the implementing and closing
Convening programme partners and other key stakeholders
Applying sophisticated safeguarding and GESI lenses to programme development and management.
Contribute to increased evidence and learning about current practices in raising the quality and effectiveness of our work by supporting programmatic research and analysis, programmatic evaluations and share results and learnings internally and externally. Identify opportunities for innovative, data driven, contextualised programmatic strategies that contribute to field building, (pushing the thematic discourse further), nurturing networks (outside of grants, with funders, thought leaders, practitioners and other system stakeholders), creating platforms and drawing in lessons and learnings (beyond reporting).
Contribute to the knowledge base of Porticus by regularly sharing insights and knowledge coming out of the programmatic work internally and externally.
Develop, strengthen and maintain strategic partnerships, in close cooperation with the Porticus Asia Regional Director and Challenge Lead.
Build and manage trust-based strategic partnerships and engage in strategic dialogue on emerging and critical issues with diverse networks in Asia and globally.
Understands the role and value of partners as contributing to the overall strategic intent.
As part of the Challenge team, contribute to regular meetings, the organisation’s annual reflection learning cycles with input, discussion and apply learning for course-correction and future programming.
Contribute and integrate non-financial contribution to partners such as capacity building on fundraising and identifying co-funders in grant management.
Qualifications
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Holds professional and/or academic qualifications and shows a sound comprehension of applied methods and techniques and demonstrate a broad range of achievements in different industries and geographies.
Relevant work and (lived) experience (8+ years) in the philanthropy, international development or human rights sectors, with a preference for experience in the migration space.
A broad background with deep comprehensive understanding of programme design, development and implementation as well as systems change, networking and community change.
Strong and relevant networks and contacts in Asia and in particular Thailand and Malaysia.
Experience of and commitment to, working with and through partners and contributing to partnership strategies.
Experience with strategy, monitoring, evaluation and learning (SMEL) and working with other technical advisors and research teams to establish effective monitoring systems in relation to programme activities.
Demonstrated skill in independent thinking and problem-solving, with proven ability to manage a complex strategy.
Additional Information
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Of course, it is a two-way street, which means that we offer not only a competitive salary and benefits package, but we also believe in a healthy work-life balance.
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
This position is full-time.
Salary range of MYR 152,000 to MYR 190,000 (depending on experience).
Hybrid working opportunity. We will have a great office for you to work in and believe you can also be effective at home. We aim for a 40/60 office/home office balance.
16 vacation days.
You can work up to 10 days per year from anywhere abroad.
You can claim 4 days per year to do volunteer work.
We invest in your success, so we supply you with a yearly personal development budget.
A competitive benefits package.
We will receive applications on a rolling basis thus we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Reference checks and background checks are a part of the final hiring procedure.
To apply: please upload your CV and your motivation for the role in English. Incomplete applications will not be considered. We reserve the right to close the advertisement early if we receive a high number of applications.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION
We are an equal opportunity employer. We believe that having a staff with diverse personal and professional backgrounds and lived experiences enhances our ability to meet our mission. We strongly encourage applications of people with lived experience, as well as from candidates coming from any minority or underrepresented groups.
Porticus is a philanthropic organisation that aims to create a just and sustainable future where human dignity flourishes. Our work aims to strengthen the resilience of communities so that all people have ownership over their future and natural resources are used in a sustainable way. Our work is realised through strong networks of partners including local and global NGOs, communities, people with lived experience, policy makers and co-funders. With colleagues based in 14 offices around the world, we want to provide solutions to today’s social and environmental problems that benefit generations to come in four areas: the natural environment, society, education and faith.
In close collaboration with our partners, we design initiatives that contribute to systems-change and benefit future generations in the following Sectors:
Strengthening our Societies – making sure all people have agency to lead self-determined lives and contribute to their communities through social justice
Building Future Generations – strengthening education systems to nurture social and emotional learning, especially for children in extreme adversity
Caring for the Earth – ensuring a fair transition to a sustainable future
Fostering Vital Faith Communities – enable the Catholic Church as a force for good in the world
In each of these Sectors, Porticus’ focus areas include specific global social and environmental Challenges
Job Description
Porticus is seeking a Senior Programme Manager to advise and monitor the development and management of strategic programmes within the Strengthening our Societies Sector (SoS) in Asia. The Senior PM is responsible for developing and managing strategic partnerships, as well as forging networks. Specific priority will lie under the People on the Move (PoTM) Challenge. The Senior PM works closely with the Porticus Asia Regional Director, the Challenge Lead of PoTM, and the Porticus Asia team as well as colleagues in other offices. Regional and international travel will be required for this position (up to 30% of the working time).
Our People on the Move work focuses on Thailand and Malaysia as major destination countries for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants. Grant making under the People on the MOVE Challenge is delivered in the region through three global programmes: MOVE, Ignite and Immigration Detention.
The MOVE programme focuses primarily on collaborating with people with lived experience of migration as leaders and change-makers.
The Immigration Detention programme supports partners to reduce the use of arbitrary and inhumane detention through strategic promotion of alternatives.
The Igniting Workers Rights programme aims to ensure that migrant workers in a select number of regions have their labour and human rights respected, protected, and fulfilled, live in dignity and to their full potential.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Provides guidance and direction: Takes responsibility for the development and implementation of functional strategies in line with the Porticus strategy, and for managing their own area and/or field of expertise. Leads the day-to-day business and is mandated to take the necessary decisions to enable the core work to progress. Facilitates the professional development of employees and enables them to perform to the best of their abilities, individually and as a team. Leads by example and exemplify financial modesty and environmental awareness.
Ensures work progresses: Sets clear and challenging objectives. Takes responsibility for performance results and encourages a results-driven mindset. Creates and implements structures that drive and generate the innovation and the entrepreneurial thinking needed to realize impactful systemic change. Ensures purposeful monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) is applied in all core work to maximize impact. Initiates and facilitates internal and external collaboration, engages with the global and local community networks and shares ideas from the grassroot work on a global level. Listens actively to understand the needs of all stakeholders and builds tailored solutions. Manages the development and implementation of budgets and annual operating plans and is accountable for the results.
Enables professional development: Implements a strategic workforce planning along with a learning plan, aligning existing skills and future capability requirements for their area. Implements the principles of the learning organization and a learning culture, focused on continuous improvement. Applies action learning, shares knowledge, reflects on own work and invests in the professional development of all employees. Demonstrates the ability to build and manage the family relations and engages with global and local networks.
Demonstrate thought leadership in philanthropy and having the ability to influence and push the field towards higher impact and systemic change.
Report on the impact of the programmes to the Regional Investment Committee.
Work closely with other regional Programme Managers in the Asia region and in the People on the Move teams as well as in coordination with the Challenge Lead to implement cross regional programmes, promote innovative and equitable grant-making practices and encourage learning.
Coordinate with the Challenge Lead in identifying opportunities for strategy-aligned projects and programmes, coordinate with the Porticus Asia Regional Director to manage regional exploration grants in Asia and where possible contribute to aligned sectors with clear attention to the learning cycle within which these ideas are developing.
Contribute to interregional engagement and collaboration by actively supporting Porticus as a learning organisation, by sharing knowledge, experiences across the matrix and sectors.
In collaboration with the Porticus Asia Regional Director and the Challenge Lead, enable sense making when it comes to strategic decisions related to a challenge, programme challenge-related work or the sector. Internally and externally represent the region, demonstrating knowledge of the region and context within which we work and identify possibilities for sectoral/cross thematic work, in shaping discourse within the ecosystem.
Continuously analyse and monitor developments in the field to identify emerging trends, needs, gaps and opportunities in the region and/or challenge related topics.
Support the management and implementation of the MOVE, Ignite and Immigration Detention Programmes in Asia, in collaboration and consultation with equivalent post holders in other regions and with the Challenge Lead.
Identify and develop partnerships that aim for systemic and lasting changes in alignment with challenge and programmes strategies and lead the implementation of these programmes, including but not limited to:
Applying meaningful participation approach to the extent possible in all stages of the programme grant making from co-developing applications with partners to accompanying the implementing and closing.
Develops programmes that aim for systemic and lasting changes in alignment with challenge strategies and leads the implementation of these programme, including but not limited to:
Applying meaningful participation approach to the extent possible in all stages of the program
Grant making from co-developing applications with partners to accompanying the implementing and closing
Convening programme partners and other key stakeholders
Applying sophisticated safeguarding and GESI lenses to programme development and management.
Contribute to increased evidence and learning about current practices in raising the quality and effectiveness of our work by supporting programmatic research and analysis, programmatic evaluations and share results and learnings internally and externally. Identify opportunities for innovative, data driven, contextualised programmatic strategies that contribute to field building, (pushing the thematic discourse further), nurturing networks (outside of grants, with funders, thought leaders, practitioners and other system stakeholders), creating platforms and drawing in lessons and learnings (beyond reporting).
Contribute to the knowledge base of Porticus by regularly sharing insights and knowledge coming out of the programmatic work internally and externally.
Develop, strengthen and maintain strategic partnerships, in close cooperation with the Porticus Asia Regional Director and Challenge Lead.
Build and manage trust-based strategic partnerships and engage in strategic dialogue on emerging and critical issues with diverse networks in Asia and globally.
Understands the role and value of partners as contributing to the overall strategic intent.
As part of the Challenge team, contribute to regular meetings, the organisation’s annual reflection learning cycles with input, discussion and apply learning for course-correction and future programming.
Contribute and integrate non-financial contribution to partners such as capacity building on fundraising and identifying co-funders in grant management.
Qualifications
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Holds professional and/or academic qualifications and shows a sound comprehension of applied methods and techniques and demonstrate a broad range of achievements in different industries and geographies.
Relevant work and (lived) experience (8+ years) in the philanthropy, international development or human rights sectors, with a preference for experience in the migration space.
A broad background with deep comprehensive understanding of programme design, development and implementation as well as systems change, networking and community change.
Strong and relevant networks and contacts in Asia and in particular Thailand and Malaysia.
Experience of and commitment to, working with and through partners and contributing to partnership strategies.
Experience with strategy, monitoring, evaluation and learning (SMEL) and working with other technical advisors and research teams to establish effective monitoring systems in relation to programme activities.
Demonstrated skill in independent thinking and problem-solving, with proven ability to manage a complex strategy.
Additional Information
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Of course, it is a two-way street, which means that we offer not only a competitive salary and benefits package, but we also believe in a healthy work-life balance.
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
This position is full-time.
Salary range of MYR 152,000 to MYR 190,000 (depending on experience).
Hybrid working opportunity. We will have a great office for you to work in and believe you can also be effective at home. We aim for a 40/60 office/home office balance.
16 vacation days.
You can work up to 10 days per year from anywhere abroad.
You can claim 4 days per year to do volunteer work.
We invest in your success, so we supply you with a yearly personal development budget.
A competitive benefits package.
We will receive applications on a rolling basis thus we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Reference checks and background checks are a part of the final hiring procedure.
To apply: please upload your CV and your motivation for the role in English. Incomplete applications will not be considered. We reserve the right to close the advertisement early if we receive a high number of applications.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION
We are an equal opportunity employer. We believe that having a staff with diverse personal and professional backgrounds and lived experiences enhances our ability to meet our mission. We strongly encourage applications of people with lived experience, as well as from candidates coming from any minority or underrepresented groups.