Location: Tunis, Tunisia
Reports To: Projects Manager
Duration: Immediately to end of March 2017
Overall Purpose of Job
The projects team ensures that projects are delivered on time, to budget and to the highest standards, and in accordance with BBC editorial values. The Assistant Projects Manager will be tasked directly by Project Managers and Country Director, although s/he will also be expected to be proactive. Tight deadlines are common. Attention to detail is vital, as well as a can-do attitude and extremely strong relationship management skills. This role supports our North Africa office working on Tunisia, Libya and Algeria projects.
Main Duties
- Provide support to London and country-based project teams by managing aspects of a portfolio of projects, as directed by Projects Managers and North Africa Country Director
- Ensure that project outputs are achieved by effective management of resources and processes, monitoring schedules and deadlines for project deliverables
- Support smooth running of project activities and coordinate with planning, schedules and documentation such as risk assessments as required.
- Work closely with trainers, trainees and BBC Media Action staff to organise and coordinate project activities (including capacity-building and production activities) in line with agreed objectives
- Support in selecting trainees for projects where relevant and monitor their progress and support their learning
- Help coordinate M&E activities with the Research & Learning Group, for example trainer and trainee evaluation of training and production
- Follow BBC safety requirements and instructions and support project /country office teams to comply with BBC Media Action procedures, such as health and safety guidelines, financial management procedures and procurement guidelines as required
- Contribute to the editorial quality and compliance of all programmes and materials produced, with support from in-country and London teams
- Assess future project needs and engage in discussions around work beyond current project
- Help draft detailed, analytical, high quality donor reports which emphasise learning and impact and a very clear grasp of evaluation frameworks
- Provide support to project teams in liaising with the wider BBC, ordering and shipping equipment, sourcing, contracting, staff recruitment and induction
- Ad hoc English and Arabic and/or French translation tasks as required
- Be available to work in office or on location, and may be required sometimes to work long hours, on weekends or on public holidays