Senior Partner Manager

Why you’d want to work here..

• Big, meaningful work: deliver a multi-million rand programme that creates real outcomes
• Remote-first done properly — with intentional connection and collaboration
• A culture built on trust, accountability, learning, and shared joy (yes, really)
• Smart, committed people who care about delivery quality and impact

About our client..

Our client is a remote-first social impact organisation building pathways into high-value learning and career opportunities. They’re hiring a Senior Partner Manager to lead a major South African grant-funded programme into implementation — in a high-compliance, audit-ready environment with quarterly targets, indicators, financial outcomes, and evidence submission.

What the job involves..

• Leading delivery against quarterly targets, evidence requirements, M&E, reporting, and audit standards
• Establishing the programme “delivery engine” (governance rhythms, documentation discipline, risk management)
• Running an activity-based costed implementation plan linking tasks, timelines, budgets, outputs, and verification evidence
• Coordinating partners, service providers, funders, and relevant public/private stakeholders
• Managing forecasting, planning, and cross-functional delivery alignment with multiple internal teams
• Preparing for and running steering groups, risk reviews, and stakeholder reporting

What you need to be considered..

• Partner/project/programme management experience (multi-stakeholder, multi-million rand, complex delivery)
• Grant implementation experience with compliance reporting and evidence submission (ideally SA context)
• Demonstrated experience building implementation plans and controlling budgets at activity level
• Strong planning, forecasting, and outcomes-based reporting capability
• High accountability and comfort operating under audit scrutiny
• Excellent written communication (funder reporting, evidence narratives, governance documentation)

Bonus points if you..

• Have national/government grant funding experience (indicator protocols, evidence schedules, funder governance)