Programme Director at University of Oxford
Job Description
About the Blavatnik School of Government
Our vision is of a world better led, a world better served and a world better governed. We are a global school committed to improving the quality of government and public policymaking worldwide, through three routes: teaching current and future leaders; generating research with impact; and engaging with governments and practitioners.
What we offer
The School is a collaborative, friendly, and dynamic department based in an award-winning building in Oxford. We host regular events and talks with well-known guest speakers – all of which are open to staff.
Benefits include:
- An excellent contributory pension scheme
- 38 days’ annual leave
- A comprehensive range of childcare services
- Travel loan schemes
- Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs
- Opportunities for remote working.
About the Role
The Blavatnik School of Government is looking for a strategic, collaborative and implementation-focused Programme Director to support, facilitate, and drive delivery as part of the Senior Leadership Team of the What Works Hub for Global Education (WWHGE) – a new £30m, six-year global research project and policy initiative.
The What Works Hub on Global Education (WWHGE) aims to dramatically increase learning outcomes for children in developing countries by generating new evidence, and working with policymakers and NGOs to deliver the best teaching at scale. It is a collaboration of excellent and highly committed academics working on education-related research; developing country governments who are keen to champion improvements domestically; grassroots organisations who both deliver education and advocate for change; and the international education community, from UN agencies to the Gates Foundation. The Hub will work closely with education and finance ministries around the world, as well as the main funder, the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
As a lynchpin role within the hub and part of the Senior Leadership Team with responsibility for programme management, this role will draw together our 3 pillars into an integrated strategic delivery plan to achieve our mission.
Leading the Programme Management team of eight staff and multiple consultants, with direct line management responsibility up to five staff. Sharing responsibility for overseeing the culture and impact of the Hub team and wider partnership.
The post-holder will also be expected to operate in line with the overall mission and values of the School collaborating with School faculty, professional services and other research centres.
About You
Educated to graduate level with a mission focused, flexible, can-do approach to work, self-motivation, resilience, you will proactively seek to drive improvement and adaptation within the team.
You will have demonstrable experience of successfully delivering complex, high-profile international development or public policy projects with experience of financial management, procurement, logistics, contracting & compliance and human resources.
As a collaborative leader you will be skilled at leading and managing high performing and happy teams both directly and as part of a collaborative matrix and partnership structure.
You will have first-class stakeholder engagement skills and be experienced in working with people at all levels and from a diverse range of backgrounds and perspectives.
Application Process
Please upload a supporting statement, your CV and the details of two referees as part of your online application.
The closing date for applications is 12:00 noon (UK time) on Monday 25 March 2024.
