Program Manager at Educate!

You are the right fit for this role if you;

• Are a strong people manager and implementer who is able to translate vision into actions and gets things done as part of a team.
• Have significant program management experience that enables you to immediately bring considerable strategic value to a project. Experience in managing a project at an early stage is preferred. Experience in leading innovation within an organization is also preferred.
• Ability to guide others through major changes, encourage teamwork, develop team capabilities, and motivate contributors to meet deadlines.
• Professional and interpersonal skills with the energy, vision and drive to succeed in a fast-paced, high-performance environment.
• Can serve as a custodian of the program culture, embodying Educate!'s cultural values, and effectively disseminating them to the frontline teams.
• You thrive well in a highly collaborative environment and are obsessed with the common good and well-being of the frontline teams

Performance Objectives
Program Management and Quality Assurance (40%)

• Lead execution of the Skill Up Educate!'s Bootcamp for out-of-school youth as per program design goals with key feedback collected and incorporated to improve product impact.
• Inform, co-build and execute systems to maintain quality assurance, ensuring that the program is being delivered as designed.
• Manage to key Bootcamp Performance Indicators set out to improve retention,& trainer engagement while fostering data driven decision making culture to the program team.
• Anticipate risks and develop proactive courses of action in collaboration with the Director of Program Implementation/supervisor.
• Collaborate with the field -Ops team to improve timely reporting and documentation of program activities.

Performance Management ( 35%)

• Develop and maintain a positive, healthy high performance team culture that empowers the team to be responsive and agile with clear recruitment and monitoring strategy.
• Co-lead initiatives for product strategy understanding, buy-in, and ownership for field teams in cultivating an environment of providing aligned relevant strategy feedback and co-creation
• Monitor team performance and provide the right support to the team, provide coaching, feedback and mentorship to the team to minimize challenges and build pipeline.
• Manage to set program goals while building an accountable work culture in reporting, teamwork and co-building for risker aspects with the frontline teams.

Financial Management (15%)

• Draft and manage approved Skill Up Bootcamp Implementation budget as per organizational standards.
• Take charge of monthly and quarterly program budgeting and operationalization with full team accountability and process follow through.
• Uphold financial integrity standards ensuring program activities are run within budget making suggestions of budget savings, efficient Implementation within the cost model.

Partnership Engagement (10%)

• Lead & grow partner engagement strategy leading off lessons to iterate forward strategy development and actions to leverage local actors in building product community ownership and support
• Build field team capacity to establish scalable brands and partnerships relevant for smooth program delivery.
• Benchmark working practices for partner engagement to leverage system and local actors for sustainable structures that benefit programs efficiently.

Qualifications And Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, with a minimum of 3 years relevant professional experience (4-5 years preferred).
• Excellent program manager with people management skills. Managed a dynamic team
• Comfortable managing a budget and using Excel; demonstrated project management experience; program management experience is required
• Comfortable working and being in the field frequently.
• Fluent in English and Kiswahili, with strong writing skills in both
• Kenyan nationals only
• A good fit with our Five Cultural Tenets (see "What is Educate! About?" Below; learn more by looking at Educate!'s culture deck here.