The Team Leader will provide overall leadership, management oversight, and technical direction for the project, ensuring that project deliverables are met on time and deliver desired impact. The Team Leader will manage the full-time team dedicated to this programme, and the drawdown of additional short-term technical assistance and other external expertise as needed. The Team Leader will also have primary responsibility for ensuring successful integration of consortium partners in a one-team approach.  The Team Leader will be the primary liaison with the funder, GoN counterparts, and other key stakeholders and implementing partners. They will achieve synergy with relevant other national and sub-national level programme’s and donor-funded projects operating within Nepal.  The candidate must have experience of working in Nepal, with technical, supervisory, and management experience in governance and social system strengthening programmes of similar scope and scale. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the project’s principal liaison with FCDO and the Government (national and provincial) and other key stakeholders including civil society, the private sector, universities, regulatory bodies, and health associations and build and maintain effective relationships with all key stakeholders. 
• Work in synergy with other health system strengthening efforts to ensure comprehensive support to the health sector. 
• In addition to leading the team, the Team Leader will be expected to operationalize the key elements of the programme to ensure delivery against the expected results, including building on the gains of previous governance and system strengthening activities. 
• Oversee financial and administrative management of the programme, ensuring budget discipline and compliance with FHI 360 policies and procedures and FCDO rules and regulations. 
• Supervise the development and submission of programme deliverables and provide accurate and timely reporting to FCDO and key stakeholders on all programme areas. 
• Oversee the establishment of effective and accurate programme reporting, monitoring and evaluation, financial management, and personnel and procurement systems. 
• Ensure the achievement of high-quality results as committed in the work plans and M & E plan. 
• Provide onsite support and supervision to programme teams and partners on a regular basis to ensure quality implementation of activities. 
• Conduct performance assessments of direct supervisees, identifying and recommending areas for improvement and opportunities for professional development. 
• Mentor and manage staff in a respectful and transparent manner, working with staff to build their technical and administrative capacity. 
• Serve as a member of the FHI 360 Nepal Senior Leadership Team and provide input and assistance to the management of the country programme 
• Create, promote and maintain a safe and equitable work environment for all personnel, including a harassment-and violence-free work culture, and systems for safeguarding project participants. 
• Represent FHI 360 in external forums as needed at the federal or provincial level  
• Perform other duties as assigned by FHI 360 Nepal Office Country Director. 

Requirements:

• Master's degree in behavioral and social sciences, or a related field with five to seven of experience and management experience in governance and social system strengthening programmes of similar scope and scale or a bachelor's degree with over seven years of experience as mentioned above.  
  
• Experience in managing development partner funded governance, system strengthening and capacity building, and/or social accountability projects; experience of leading FCDO projects preferred. 
• Demonstrated experience with implementing devolved and subnational governance and systems strengthening programmes – technical background in governance, health, education, public financial management. 
• Demonstrated ability to develop and foster relationships with national and subnational government counterparts, local organisations, and donors. 
• Excellent communication (both oral and written), analytical, organisational, interpersonal, and cross-cultural skills. 
• Familiarity and experience working on devolved sub-national governance or health and/or education systems strengthening in Nepal. 
• Strong existing relationships with key stakeholders in Nepal. 
• Proactive in managing multiple tasks, managing and working in the virtual work environment, and flexible, adaptive and open to managing time as needed for and demanded by the project and for working with different teams in different time zones as needed.    
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication, coordination and collaboration, team building and management, and problem-solving skills.   
• Excellent oral and written English and Nepali including documentation skills.