Director (Global Partnerships) and Senior Deputy Director (Government Projects)

**The Opportunity**

**Roles & Responsibilities - Director (Global Partnerships)**

Some of the specific job responsibilities are listed below.
- In consultation with the Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Director (Strategy and Communications), to develop an engagement strategy for global partners around the world that advances CIG’s mandate and objectives.
- Lead engagement efforts with global partners. This will involve periodic work travel, securing access and meetings with key representatives, and working with them to identify beneficial areas of collaboration between CIG and these partners, including resource sharing and funding arrangements.
- Enhance and build relationships with key global partners in the medium and long-term.
- Understand the context, needs, goals and challenges of global partners, and work with colleagues from across CIG to negotiate and conclude mutually beneficial partnerships.
- As part of the senior management team of CIG, assist the Chief Executive Officer in selected corporate matters related to the management of CIG.

This position will report to the Chief Executive Officer and will have supervisory duties.

**Roles & Responsibilities - Senior Deputy Director (Government Projects)**
- Raise the profile of CIG’s work with current and potential clients, funders and other key stakeholders and partners (alongside the CIG CEO, Director (Government Projects), and with support from colleagues across CIG).
- Work with the Director (Government Projects) to lead and oversee all aspects of the Project Team’s work, including tracking revenue and costs, and maintaining the highest quality scope, design, leadership and delivery of technical projects, in line with the CIG consulting model.
- Coordinate with the Deputy Dean of the Academy to manage respective team inputs to cross-cutting projects.
- Work with governance and public administration experts in CIG’s Projects Team, Academic Faculty and Expert Network to develop the CIG Consulting Model Products and Services, including the design, validation and implementation of practical tools to improve public sector governance (these tools will be deployed during project work).
- Develop a pipeline of high-quality opportunities for CIG to work with government partners around the world to improve the quality of governance and build stronger nations.
- Develop and expand CIG’s Expert network, to bring in top quality experience and expertise to support out technical projects.

This position reports to the Director (Government Projects).

**Skills and Aptitudes**
- Planning, anticipating, strategising and initiating, without detailed instructions
- Meeting and delivering presentations to clients, and addressing client requirements
- Designing and scoping agreements, MOUs, projects and timelines and deliverables
- Adapting and innovating under conditions of uncertainty and rapid change
- Understanding government, public policy and public service delivery
- Engagement and management of senior stakeholders (e.g. heads of global partner organisations, senior government leaders)
- Oral and written communication in English

**Experience and Qualifications**
- Graduate and postgraduate qualifications from reputable institutions in areas such as political science, comparative politics, public administration, business management, economics or law
- At least 8 years’ progressive experience in government and public policy
- At least 8 years’ progressive experience in fostering strategic partnership, stakeholder engagements, fundraising initiatives, consulting or government advisory
- Good track record of effective and empathetic team leadership and staff development
- Good track record of successful management of an international portfolio of concurrent engagements and partnershipsGood track record of project design, management and delivery to a high standard of quality