Program Management and Delivery Consultant with Security Clearance

Program Management and Delivery Consultant The Consultant may be asked to do any or all of the following tasks: The Consultant may be asked to do any or all of the following tasks: The Consultant may be asked to do any or all of the following tasks: Due Diligence: Identify Opportunities: The Consultant shall identify major opportunities to enhance CDC's project planning and execution processes, specifically for its Compact and Threshold Agreement projects. These opportunities will focus on developing a project methodology that can be used repeatedly and adapted as needed.
Propose Improvements: They will suggest ways to make the management of investment development tasks more efficient and thorough. This includes looking at how projects are planned, executed, and monitored to find areas for improvement.
Implement Solutions: If CDC agrees with the Consultant's suggestions, the Consultant might be asked to put these measures into action themselves or oversee their implementation.
Conduct Site Visits and Reviews: The Consultant may need to visit locations where projects are planned to get a better understanding of the situation on the ground. They will also review existing documents to assess the management capabilities present and identify any potential risks and issues.
Advise on Further Actions: After assessing the project(s), the Consultant will advise CDC on any additional research or studies needed as part of CDC's oversight process. This includes understanding the costs and impacts of implementing their suggestions, especially how these changes might affect the ability of the organizations responsible for carrying out the projects to deliver the expected results and benefits.
Program Oversight: The Consultant will help the CDC oversee and manage the implementation and performance of program and project management services. They will offer advice to CDC by regularly reviewing and providing feedback on the delivery methods used by CDC and its Accountable Entities (AEs), ensuring that projects align with predefined specifications, timelines, milestones, and budgets. Furthermore, the Consultant will help identify any unexpected issues arising during the implementation process and suggest solutions to address these challenges. General Technical Advisory Support: In addition to above, the Consultant may be asked to provide general technical advisory support, including: Assist in defining what's needed for Integrated Project Management (IPM) strategies, tools, and methods to ensure successful and sustainable delivery of projects funded by CDC.
Evaluate technical documents related to project design and planning (like preliminary designs, studies, and health and safety plans) to help select the best methodologies for CDC-funded programs and projects.
Promote awareness and learning about the social and working cultures in CDC's partner countries through guidance, tools, and support.
Examine local laws and regulations to identify their impact on project management and execution strategies.
Guide CDC's partner countries in managing and overseeing projects effectively, covering areas such as quality assurance, project review cycles, decision strategy, FIDIC, contract management, and solutions with management and legal components.
Guide CDC and their partners in methodologies to assess issues and risks to project outputs and outcomes to include impacts associated with program and project identification, design, construction, climate change, policy reform and institutional strengthening.
Strengthen institutional project management capacity by providing guidance and support to integrate international and local best practices in project delivery into CDC-funded projects.
Draft terms of reference for hiring project management services to oversee projects.
Advise on implementation and work plans developed by country teams, assessing their technical suitability and providing feedback for decision-making.
Ensure consistency with best practices by reviewing draft tender documents and contracts.
Assess proposal evaluations from technical and procurement perspectives to ensure the best selections are made.
Review partnership arrangements to ensure effective collaboration between different teams and entities involved in project delivery.
Verify the qualifications of key project staff before they are hired, ensuring they meet the necessary technical standards.
Provide general technical advice on proposed programs, helping CDC make informed decisions.
Evaluate the capacity of project teams and partners, offering recommendations for capacity building and improvements to ensure successful project implementation.
Facilitate the development and implementation of IPM programs for CDC and its partners, ensuring effective project management.
Address other specific needs for the successful and sustainable delivery of CDC-funded projects as required. Requirements Minimum of fifteen (15) years of experience managing large complex development projects. Complexity can be characterized as having one or more of the following factors: multiple significant stakeholders, senior government engagement, community acceptance issues, multiple working languages, ex-patriot design and construction modalities, FIDIC contracts, changes in national policy and, environments with low rule of law, poor market availability of services and/or short implementation seasons.
Familiar with CDC’s Compact and Threshold development and implementation cycles.
Previous experience working with CDC during project development and implementation.
Demonstrated expertise applying project methodologies in CDC partner or similar LMIC countries.
Proven experience identifying major risks, and opportunities associated with large infrastructure projects during project development/design and proposing mitigation measures as necessary.
Proven experience carrying out visits to project areas to provide oversight to projects under implementation, ensuring that investments are being owner managed to achieve agreed-upon specifications, schedules, milestones, and budgets.
Proven experience developing approaches/options to enhance sustainability and resiliency of project designs within an integrated project management framework, and translating those into scopes of work.
Experience providing training and developing guidance on project management systems in organizations that have yet to develop such resources.
Strong diplomatic and interpersonal skills required.
Minimum qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree.
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
Preferred: Experience and/or certification in project methodologies (e.g. Prince2, PMI, PM4R).
Experience with Project Assessment Tools (e.g. Project Definition Rating Index).
Experience with digital project management platforms.
Excellent oral and written communication skills in other languages relevant to CDC’s portfolio such as Spanish, Portuguese, and French.
Demonstrated experience in developing and delivering educational resources to professionals in a global environment.
Demonstrated experience in the civil infrastructure delivery field.
Demonstrated experience collaborating among multi-disciplinary teams including engineers, environmental specialists, resettlement specialists, legal specialists, policy specialists, evaluation specialists.
Minimum five (5) years working on multiple CDC funded programs across sectors and regions.

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