Job DescriptionThe Fleming Fund is a 10-year, large scale (+£235m) and complex fund management programme which operates in up to 25 LMIC countries and runs until 2026. Reporting to the Programme’s Africa Regional Director, the Regional Coordinator will be responsible for leadership and oversight of the Fleming Fund’s activities in South and Eastern Africa, supporting the end-to-end process of grant recommendation and delivery. The Regional Coordinator has a wide range of responsibilities including setting standards, shaping and implementing agreed strategies for Fleming Fund investments, sharing responsibility for funding recommendations, engaging with stakeholders, and seeking to ensure that Fleming Fund grants achieve maximum value for money. The role manages the Regional Hub, including a team of 7-8 technical and programme delivery experts. A key part of the role includes high-level liaison with AMR Coordination Committee members and governments throughout the region, as well as with partners, including the UK Department of Health and Social Care, FCDO, FAO, OIE and WHO.Key Responsibilities Include

• Leading the end-to-end grant management process for the Fleming Fund Grants Programme at the regional level, under guidance from the Regional Director, including:
  • Making recommendations for country selection for grant-making
  • Being the primary point-of-contact of, and coordinating with, Governments and grantees
  • Coordinating, supporting and participating in development of Country Investment strategies
  • Coordinating the drafting of Terms of reference for grants
  • Reviewing grant applications and making recommendations for grant approval
  • Reviewing and approving quarterly financial and technical reports from grantees
  • Undertaking periodic on-site inspections of grantees and grant-supported sites.
  • Coordinating Country Reviews
• Managing the Regional Hub team:
  • Ensuring appropriate mix of skills for country visits, including sourcing consultants
  • Ensuring appropriate requests for support from the Core Technical Team
  • Providing problem solving advice and addressing challenges to grant delivery
  • Ensuring grant execution to the highest technical standards
• Management of the Regional Hub:
  • Ensuring compliance with systems and processes to ensure appropriate use of Mott MacDonald’s Business Management Systems (BMS) to deliver the Regional Hub’s activities
  • Ensuring planning processes, project work plans, budgets and action plans are completed and monitored for the region
  • Ensuring periodic financial, operational, and technical reporting (weekly, monthly, and quarterly) to the UK team is completed in a timely manner, in consultation with the Regional Director
  • Ensuring completion of deliverables on time to agreed standards
  • Overseeing all operational aspects of the Regional Hub, including new office set-up and local entity licensing (if necessary), managing the inter-entity agreement drafting between the Mott MacDonald local entity and Mott MacDonald UK, and leading the operational relationship between the two entities, with support from the UK.
• Corporate responsibilities:
  • Establish good and considerate working relationships with all staff in the International Health division, International Development Services Unit, ISMA Region and Mott MacDonald Group as a whole in a way which demonstrates respect for their particular roles and responsibilities.
  • When required, work closely with immediate colleagues and unit employees to provide a high-quality service to internal and external customers.

Candidate SpecificationEducationEssential: Higher education (post graduate degree) in public health, international development, adult education or similar.DesirableTraining:Applicants should highlight any relevant training or professional developmentExperienceEssential: Significant experience working in a similar role of technical oversight and project management/ coordination for projects in low- and middle-income settings.Working with multiple stakeholders including experience of effective client engagement.Overseeing Technical Delivery Of Projects Including

• Supporting Development of clear project terms of reference and ensuring activities are well defined for effective outcomes.
• Quality assuring activities and outputs, providing constructive feedback to ensure strategic focus is maintained and agreed objectives delivered.
• Ongoing oversight and support including troubleshooting and problem-solving.

Sourcing, selecting and managing technical assistance as required to support effective project delivery.Experience in monitoring and evaluating programmes.Coordinating and consolidating inputs from multiple stakeholders.Regular client reporting on programme activities.Experience of planning and delivering public health programmes/ projects.Desirable: Designing and/or delivering capacity building programmes in developmentManaging, supporting and evaluating the delivery of education/ professional development activities that seek to strengthen skills in low- to middle-income countries.Experience of managing calls for funding and reviewing applications.Key SkillsEssential: Excellent communication, interpersonal and teamwork skills.Able to multi-task and maintain a critical overview of interrelated tasks, projects and issues, ensuring delivery according to targets and timelines.Able to provide constructive and timely feedback in a diplomatic way to improve the quality of outputs.Able to negotiate and advocate with multiple stakeholders.Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively: communicating, building relationships and influencing effectively with colleagues, clients and stakeholders.Strong problem-solving skills and ability to analyse problems and select remedies and opportunities.Excellent written and oral English language skills.Desirable: Ability to work in both local and English language. Other languages would be considered an asset.Job ProfileThe Fleming Fund is a UK Government programme managed by the Department of Health and Social Care which is playing a leading global role in addressing the problem of anti-microbial resistance (AMR) in low- and middle-income countries in Africa and Asia.It Is Designed To Align With The Global Action Plan On AMR, And This Is Reflected In The Objectives Of The Fleming Fund Which Are ToThe Country, Regional and Fellowship grants portfolio of the Fleming Fund is managed by Mott MacDonald and aims to address critical gaps in surveillance of antibiotic resistant bacteria and use of antibiotics in low- and middle-income countries.

• Improve laboratory infrastructure for the diagnosis of drug resistant bacterial infections and surveillance of bacterial AMR
• Strengthen human resource capacity and work force reforms
• Strengthen AMR surveillance systems
• Align human and animal health surveillance systems using a One Health approach
• Build foundations for AMR surveillance data use
• Promote rational use of antimicrobial medicines in humans, animals and crops
• Provide value for money in grant funding

Funding is delivered through grantees across the portfolio of up to 25 African and Asian countries to improve surveillance and use of data on antibiotic resistance, consumption and use.The majority of funds are invested in Country Grants which support the implementation of individual country’s National Action Plans for Antimicrobial Resistance to ensure national ownership, alignment of approach with other stakeholders, and sustainability. The Fleming Fund adopts a One Health approach by promoting cross-sectoral approaches to surveillance of resistant organisms and the drivers of resistance development (e.g. use of antibiotics in agriculture, animal health, and in human medicine).Funding is also available for the Fleming Fellowship Scheme, which provides professional development and improved awareness and advocacy to more than 180 individuals from within national surveillance systems. The fellowships provide medium term mentoring to cover skills in laboratory methods, epidemiology and surveillance, pharmacy, and in advocacy and policy.Regional Grants and Strategic Alignment Grants are in place to improve quality assurance, surveillance and the use of data, training and online learning, and for strategic investments in collaboration with other donors.The Fleming Fund has been operating since 2016 and has been extended into a second phase to take the programme to March 2026.Other InformationEquality, diversity and inclusionWe put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.Agile workingAt Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments. We embrace agility, flexibility and trust.More About Mott MacDonaldWe’re a global engineering, management and development consultancy.Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.Our values: progress, respect, integrity, drive, excellence