Assistant Program Manager at Strathmore University

Reporting: Program Director-BMIA Project

Relationships And Contacts:

• Dean and members of Management Committee.
• Faculty members.
• Collaborative partners, partner business schools in Kenya and globally.
• Interdepartmental relationships with colleagues across the Business School.

Job Purpose

The Bloomberg Africa Media Initiative is a multi-disciplinary program launched by Michael R. Bloomberg in 2014 to advance business journalism in Africa in order to accelerate development of a globally competitive media and financial reporting industry to improve market transparency, economic growth and governance.

The initiative provides cross-disciplinary educational programs and mid-career fellowships to increase the number of highly trained business and financial journalists, and convenes media, business and technology leaders to promote interactive dialogue and build strong relationships to enhance the quality of financial coverage.

The Strathmore Business School, Center for Business Journalism is serving as the Secretariat responsible for the implementation of the training program in five African countries (Ghana, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Cote D’ivoire).

Job Responsibilities

• Establish clear ownership for project tasks, ensure that team members have the tools needed, and provide timely feedback.
• Coordinate and facilitate delivery of project objectives.
• Track progress and review project tasks to make certain deadlines are met appropriately.
• Assess project issues and identify solutions to meet productivity, quality and customer goals.
• Proactively communicate project status, issues & risks to management.
• Define & maintain all implementation processes, manage implementation lifecycle; coordinate documentation when needed.
• Follow SBS policies, procedures and methodologies
• Conduct regular status meetings with all stakeholders, keeping the stakeholder’s needs and requirements continuously in view. Work collaboratively with faculty and support staff to maintain thorough knowledge of product capabilities, and to ensure that all communications between SBS and its stakeholders are precise.
• Troubleshoot technical issues when the need arises, and escalating appropriately as needed.
• Other duties may be assigned. The job description is a guide to the level and range of responsibilities the post-holder is expected to undertake initially and duties of that post may be altered from time to time to meet changing demands

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree Holder
• Masters will be an added advantage
• Experience in managing Executive Education programs is desired
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of
• constituencies in a diverse community
• Ability to gather data, compile information, and prepare reports.
• Program planning and implementation skills.
• Effective communication Skills