Program Manager - Conflict Prevention, Stabilization, and Transition (CPST) Practice at DT Global

Tasks and Responsibilities:

Project Delivery and Technical Excellence

• Provide day to day home office program management support and ensure effective and efficient coordination between the home and field offices.
• Provide administrative support to program implementation with minimal mistakes and moderate supervision.
• Be familiar with relevant policies and procedures, including US and project host country laws and regulations; DT Global policies and procedures; USAID, regulations; and be accountable for project compliance with these laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Interpret and advise on company policy and regulations to field teams, partners, clients, and beneficiaries.
• Recruit, mobilize, and demobilize short-term consultants and long-term project staff.
• Work to orient consultants and staff to DT Global and project objectives, procedures, resources, and relationships; monitor processes to ensure that proper procedures and rules are followed.
• Ensure that all project technical deliverables are formatted with proper branding requirements established by the contract, sent to the Development Experience Clearinghouse or the Prime Contractor, and properly archived in the home office filing system.
• Copyedit project deliverables and ensure corporate/client branding requirements are met.
• Process expense reports, make travel arrangements, and process consultant invoices and payment requests.
• Review monthly field office expenditures.
• Maintain project files and audit as needed.
• Work with Program Manager to assure consistency and accuracy with USAID approval requests and all project-related procurement.
• Draft and assist with the management of subcontracts, with oversight by Program Manager.
• Prepare, support, and monitor invoices, expenditures, and budgets of subcontractors and beneficiaries for grants and contracts including inputting monthly invoices into budget tracker, assist with the preparation of budget modifications, and assist with budget projections as needed.
• Process contract submission documents including personnel approvals, subcontract modifications, and procurement actions.
• Assist with project start-ups and closeouts including travel to the field as required, sometimes on short notice.
• Analyze regional and country context relevant to assigned program(s).

Business Development

• Participate in business development efforts including formatting CVs, preparing past performance references, charts, program summaries, and other proposal related tasks.
• Prepare information needed for business development and DT Global communications materials such as charts, program summaries/brochures, and concept papers for current and future programs.
• Attend relevant in-person and virtual events and generate summaries for PMUs.
• Other duties as assigned or requested.

Learning and Innovation

• Engage in self-driven professional development and growth activities.
• Contribute to DT Global’s learning agenda.
• Incorporate learning best practices into all aspects of work.

Education & Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in international development, international relations, political science, government, economics, business, or a related field; or a relevant combination of education and work experience required
• 1-2 years of professional work experience
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work independently and in a team
• Attention to detail along with good organizational and prioritization skills
• Strong verbal and written communications skills, including delivering formal and informal presentations and drafting and editing deliverables
• Ability to travel and work overseas on short term technical assignments up to 10%, sometimes on short notice
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience backstopping USAID projects, strongly preferred
• International travel experience, either personal or professional.
• Field work experience, preferably in a developing country
• Interest or background in Conflict Prevention, Stabilization, and Transition (CPST) technical area