Program Manager, Foundations for Education and Empowerment

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Job Detail

  • Job ID 1009112
  • Experience  5 Years
  • Industry  Management
  • Qualifications  Associate

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Act as focal point for the F4EE grant and provide overall guidance, oversight, quality control and coordination for the project.
  • Build relationships and maintain coordinated communications with AKFC, AKF country units, AKF’s Global Partnerships Team and Global Program Team, AKDN implementing agencies and other local partners.
  • Be responsible and accountable for all F4EE reporting and donor compliance requirements, including the preparation and submission of the annual work plans, quarterly and annual technical reports, oversight of financial reports and other deliverables as stipulated in the F4EE Grant Agreement.
  • Analyze project performance on output and outcome indicators and other results-based management (RBM) and monitoring and evaluation benchmarks, and recommend and implement procedural changes to improve operations to meet objectives.
  • Ensure integration of gender equality considerations in all aspect of program implementation and management.
  • Collaborate with AKFC, AKF field units’ finance teams and the F4EE Regional Finance Manager to ensure timely and quality financial reports are produced and shared with AKFC.
  • Analyze, synthesize, and articulate the lessons, challenges, and risks emerging from the project, working with the F4EE Regional Team, AKF country units, and AKDN partners to integrate these into project planning and implementation.
  • Support the F4EE Regional Team in the implementation of the project’s Learning Agenda to inform and improve policy and practices in Education and Early Childhood Education, and gender equality both nationally and within the region.
  • Coordinate the planning and execution of regional events and workshops together with the F4EE Regional Team, AKF country units, and local administration teams.
  • Ensure AKDN agencies are supported and provided with information to engage Global Affairs Canada counterparts at their country level and connect these efforts with AKFC in Ottawa for coordination and consistency.
  • Organize F4EE governance meetings, including for the Project Oversight Committee, the Project Steering Committee, and the Sub-Project Steering Committee meetings.
  • Prepare briefing notes, summaries, background papers and program analysis for a variety of audiences as needed and assigned.

Required skills

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