Senior Project Manager Critical Minerals Support Facility Design

Senior Project Manager Critical Minerals Support Facility Design

Allied Talent Partners is a talent marketplace, connecting experienced professionals with climate-related projects and businesses in Africa. High-Level Overview Client : The client is a philanthropic organisation dedicated to addressing climate change and promoting sustainable development in Africa. They collaborate with governments, regional bodies, civil society, labour, research institutions and the private sector to implement innovative solutions that foster low-carbon development and climate resilience. Through grant making and fiscal hosting the client supports an ecosystem of actors across the continent working at the nexus of climate and development.

Project : The client is supporting the establishment of the Critical Minerals Support Facility (CMSF) to respond to the growing demand among African critical mineral producer countries for targeted support in navigating the opportunities and risks of the global energy transition. The Facility will offer technical assistance (rapid response and long term technical assistance) to help governments enhance domestic value addition, improve ESG performance, foster SouthSouth collaboration, and support investment mobilisation. The CMSF will be incubated by the client with the goal of spinning off as a standalone institution. The client seeks an experienced Senior Project Manager to oversee the design phase of the CMSF. The role involves managing a complex, multi-stakeholder initiative to ensure the facility is designed to promote value addition, just development pathways, and climate-smart governance for Africa's critical minerals sector. The project requires coordination with consultants, partners, and internal teams to deliver a robust operational model, governance framework, and implementation plan.

Role and Responsibilities

Role : Senior Project Manager CMSF Design Direct Report : Head of Programmes Candidates Required : 1 Key Responsibilities :

• Develop and manage a detailed workplan and timeline for the CMSF design process.
• Establish and operationalise the Steering Committee, including drafting terms of reference, facilitating meetings, ensuring the SteerCo has access to information (minutes of meetings, briefing notes etc).
• Serve as the primary liaison between the client, external advisors, and stakeholders, ensuring inclusive and transparent consultations.
• Oversee consultants and technical advisors, ensuring alignment with project goals and quality deliverables.
• Maintain documentation of milestones, decisions, and risks, providing regular updates to client leadership.
• Deliver a final design package for the CMSF, including governance framework, operational model, and implementation plan.
• Support high level engagements by the client team and SteerCo members with producer countries and other stakeholders.

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Requirements

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Terms of agreement : Required start date : July 2025 Contracting period : 6 months (full-time), with potential extension into early 2026 to accommodate a December operational pause and ensure completion of all deliverables, if required. Working Arrangement Location : Remote, with periodic Africa-based travel (subject to project needs). African nationals based on the African continent are strongly preferred. Diaspora candidates will be considered if based in time zones compatible with African working hours.

About Allied Talent Partners

Allied Talent Partners (ATP), a Three Cairns Group initiative, is a mission-driven, not-for-profit talent marketplace focused on solving the human capital bottlenecks slowing down sustainable development efforts in emerging economies, with an initial focus on Africa. ATP connects vetted, experienced, context-relevant professionals to high-impact opportunities in energy access and sustainable development strengthening local capacity and fuelling economic vitality. We specialize in fixed-term, deliverable-driven engagements from interim leadership and generalist projects to niche technical expertise handling project scoping, talent vetting and matching, contracting, payroll, and compliance so that our clients can focus on impact.

Our Hiring Process

Stage 1 : Applied Stage 2 : Review Stage 3 : Screening Interview Stage 4 : Competency Interview Stage 5 : Case Study Stage 6 : Reference Check

Stage 7 : Recommended to Client Stage 8 : Client-Consultant Discussion Stage 9 : Hired