Contracts and Portfolio Manager at Christian Aid
About the role
Reporting in to the Partnership & Strategy Lead,
the Contracts and Portfolio Manager for the East & Southern Africa
region provides strategic oversight and management of Christian Aid’s
restricted funding portfolio across the Multi-Country Cluster (MCC).
The post-holder will ensure effective delivery, compliance,
and reporting for donor-funded programmes while contributing to Christian Aid’s
organisational values and goals, and plays a key role in building relationships
with donors, ensuring contract compliance, and supporting programme teams and
partners in delivering high-quality programmes aligned with organisational
values and goals, while fostering a mindset of connection and enhancing
collaboration.
The role is critical for ensuring that each programme
achieves an integrated total economy approach, with all work (donor funded or
not) fitting into the programme focus and partnerships driven new model.
Some of the main responsibilities of the Contracts and
Portfolio Manager include:
- Lead
the management and oversight of restricted programme delivery across the
MCC aligning with organisational values and goals, while ensuring
complementarity with unrestricted initiatives.
- Provide
management oversight for effective contract management and compliance for
all donor contracts within the MCC restricted income portfolio, to ensure
maximum impact.
- Develop
and maintain relationships with external donor contacts as the main point
of contact for Christian Aid to foster a mindset of connection.
- Oversee
donor-funded programme expenditure budgets and appeal funds, advising the
MCC SLT to ensure teams have what they need to deliver donor funded work,
e.g. correct staffing in place to ensure regular reviews and corrective
action taken as needed.
- Implement
a robust donor portfolio risk management framework and support audits to
ensure consistent high-quality work is delivered, and ensures the donor
portfolio is strategic and delivers on strategic focus and model.
- Work
closely with MEAL colleagues to ensure donor reporting obligations are met
across the MCC contract portfolio, ensuring consistency of delivery and
alignment with decolonised MEAL approaches.
- Foster
a team mindset by engaging in a dynamic way across the cluster, and by
providing coaching, guidance, and professional development opportunities
for the Restricted Funding Officer.
- Collaborate
with internal teams such as MEAL, Finance, Advocacy, and Operations to
ensure integrated programming approaches and foster a mindset of
connection.
About you
Who we are looking for
Essential:
- Degree
or equivalent qualification in business, economics, international
development, or a related discipline.
- Substantial
experience managing multi-million-pound donor-funded programmes across
multiple geographies, in collaboration with key MCC staff.
- Understanding
donor compliance requirements.
- Detailed
understanding of donor compliance requirements for institutional donors
such as governments or private foundations.
- Significant
expertise in financial planning, monitoring, reporting, and risk
management for restricted funding portfolios.
- Demonstrable
experience in managing audits and due diligence processes with donors or
external stakeholders.
Desirable:
- Demonstrable
experience working within humanitarian programming contexts.
Further information
At Christian Aid we strive to be an inclusive and diverse
employer and recognise the value that this brings in helping to build strong,
creative and high performing teams.