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About the Role
TAG International is seeking a Senior International Development Manager to lead complex international programmes within its Transnational Threats portfolio. This role involves programme leadership, client engagement, technical oversight, and business development, focusing on areas like counter-terrorism, preventing violent extremism, and strengthening rule-of-law systems.
Responsibilities
- Manage and oversee complex international programmes and projects, ensuring timely, within-budget, and high-standard delivery.
- Provide operational oversight, including contract compliance, financial management, risk management, and client reporting.
- Serve as the primary client contact, fostering strong working relationships.
- Offer technical input, quality assurance, and oversight for programme delivery.
- Lead, support, or contribute to programme activities, reporting, monitoring, evaluation, and lessons learned.
- Recruit, manage, and coordinate technical experts, consultants, and delivery partners.
- Identify and mitigate delivery, financial, commercial, and legal risks.
- Identify and develop new opportunities with existing and prospective clients.
- Lead or support opportunity capture, pursuits, and competitive tenders.
- Develop technical approaches, methodologies, commercial offers, and project budgets.
- Produce and review high-quality proposals and technical submissions.
- Grow existing projects and client accounts to meet financial and impact targets.
- Develop networks of local partners and subject-matter experts.
- Monitor market developments and trends to inform TAG's services and strategic positioning.
- Manage and develop team members, promoting high performance and professional growth.
- Collaborate across TAG to mobilize expertise and operational support for bids and delivery.
- Share learning and best practices within the organization.
- Represent TAG professionally with clients, partners, and in the market.
- Uphold TAG's values and maintain high ethical and professional standards.
Requirements
- Significant programme management or operational experience in international development, government, or the security sector.
- Relevant technical knowledge of international development and transnational threats, including counter-terrorism and serious and organised crime.
- Proven experience delivering complex programmes in international settings.
- Experience working with UK or other government clients and partners.
- Demonstrable record of contributing to winning new business and developing client accounts.
- Experience writing, contributing to, or evaluating technical proposals for donor or government clients.
- Strong commercial and financial acumen, including experience with project budget development and management.
- Excellent client, partner, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to lead teams, manage competing priorities, and maintain quality in a fast-paced environment.
- Sound judgment and a practical, solutions-focused approach.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Existing right to work in the UK (visa sponsorship is not provided).
Skills
- Programme management
- Operational oversight
- Client relationship management
- Technical oversight
- Risk management
- Financial management
- Business development
- Proposal writing
- Team leadership
- Stakeholder management
- Commercial awareness
- Communication skills
Location
- London, UK
- International travel
Work Type
- Permanent
- Full time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- £55,500 - £60,000 depending on experience
Benefits
- Discretionary annual bonus of up to 10%
- 25 days’ annual leave plus UK bank holidays
- Three days leave normally reserved for Christmas closure
- One additional day off for your birthday
- One paid volunteering day each year
- Private medical insurance following successful completion of probation
- Workplace pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Eyecare support
- Opportunities for professional development
About the Company
- TAG International is a specialist international development and national security company.
- We design and deliver programmes that help governments, communities, and institutions address complex security, governance, and resilience challenges.
- We work on behalf of UK and international government clients and multilateral organizations, operating in complex and fragile environments.
- Our approach combines specialist technical knowledge, strong local and international partnerships, and practical delivery experience to create impactful solutions.
- We offer the opportunity to work closely with clients, partners, and experts, contributing across the full programme lifecycle and influencing our work and development.
Equal Opportunity
- TAG International is committed to equality of opportunity and creating an inclusive working environment.
- We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, identities, experiences, and perspectives.
- Recruitment decisions are based on skills, experience, and organizational requirements.
- We provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process upon request.