Country: India
Closing date: 09 Mar 2017
Educo seeks to recruit a dynamic individual as Program Manager, who will assume the leadership role to drive the Educo program across India. The Program Manager, under the general guidance of the Country Director and heading the Country Office program team, develops strategies that expand Educo’s programmatic work in India that seeks to impact the lives of children by building capacity in local communities and working with partners to promote and defend the rights of children.
The purpose of this role is to create and innovate new approaches and projects that expand Educo’s core programming principles. Program Manager is required to critically assess existing models and frameworks and bring strategic shifts to enhance them. The Program Manager leads development of relevant systems for improving efficiency and effectiveness of project management.
The incumbent is expected to have demonstrated innovation, brokered critical partnerships and influenced opinions (internally and externally). S/He would work very closely with the Country Director and should come with the ability to deputize for her when required.
Roles & responsibilities
Create program strategies to achieve Country Office objectives and to grow the portfolio of projects into new areas of work, thematic and geographic
Create frameworks/processes that organise resources and establish time frames that support delivery of high quality program
Manage and build capacities in the program team to ensure the team can optimally deliver on the objectives of the program;
Improve approaches to program management that are consistent with best practices and new learnings to strengthen quality and build Educo’s capacity to deliver.
Broker collaborations and shape/influence opinions and views of stakeholders through convincing engagement.
CHILD PROTECTION POLICY
Educo has a child protection policy that safeguards the protection of children. Educo will undertake all necessary steps to guarantee protection of children and undergo background checks and gather references of job applicants.
How to apply:
The applications should come to info.india@educo.org with “Program Manager_ Rel” in the subject line.