Vacancy Description
MS the research and development team within ALX, working with a range of funding and implementation partners to explore opportunities to serve new and existing customers with valued products and services. ALX Labs is responsible for identifying new products and services, developing, testing and bringing them to market-readiness.
Responsibilities
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
1. Work Planning & Monitoring
- Development of research methodologies including: theory of change and research hypotheses, logical framework and monitoring and evaluation framework.
- Developing project work plans, monitoring the progress of projects against the work plans, and updating against progress.
- Communicating changes to work plans to project, partners and the clients.
- Monitoring assumptions in the project theory of change, and reporting findings to the Head of Department.
2. Relationship Management
- Establishing relationship management systems and protocols to build positive working relationships with the client, partners, consultants and project team personnel.
- Operating as the single point of contact (SPOC) for all project activities and communicating key developments to relevant ALX teams and wider project stakeholders
3. Quality Assurance
- Development of procedures, policies, recordkeeping, and duties as required related to overall administration of projects, including procurement.
- Agreeing a Quality Assurance Plan and supporting the implementation of the Plan.
- Supporting in the organisation of peer review of inputs, outputs and deliverables.
- Organising internal and external audits as required.
- Ensuring project documentation is properly named and filed in accordance with company guidelines.
- Reviewing deliverables and consultant reports for technical rigour.
- Ensuring contracts and terms of reference are accurate and aligned with the project workplan.
- Ensuring consultants and subcontractors deliver assignments to meet client and business needs.
4. Financial Management
- Ensuring projects are delivered in accordance with project budgets.
- Regularly invoicing the client and providing financial information as requested.
- Ensure project financial information is accurate and up to date.
5. Risk Management & Health and Safety
- Monitoring and management of project risks, and communicating potential impact to the client, stakeholders and internal reporting mechanisms.
- Ensuring full compliance of the project within ALX’s Quality Management System, Health and Safety procedures and Delegation of Authority, enforcing regulations and procedures within the project team.
6. HR Management
- Oversight of the recruitment, procurement and mobilisation of project staff, consultants and sub-contractors.