Our client is looking for a suitable candidate to fill the position of a Program Manager.
The main duties and responsibilities include:
The main duties and responsibilities include:
- The Manager assists the Training Director in the planning and management of the Programme.
- He/She ensures the smooth running of Programmes by ensuring that students are admitted according to the agreed criteria, monitoring the progress of teaching at host universities and the SFSE.
- The position is also responsible for ensuring that funds to students and universities are disbursed in time and organizing the review of the curriculum.
Primary Duties/Responsibilities
Programme Planning
Programme Planning
- Assists in the preparation of programme funding proposals to donors.
- Prepares the initial draft of the annual Programme of Work and Budget and periodic revisions to the PWB.
- Monitors programme expenditures in accordance with approved annual budgets
- Prepares periodic donor and management reports
- Prepares periodic projections of expenditures as may be required by funders of the Programme.
- Estimates intake and output of students over the medium and longer term.
- Monitoring and Evaluation to ensure that the program outputs and outcomes are met.
- Conducts periodic monitoring visits for the purposes of programme planning and management
- Ensures that the organization’s policies, procedures and processes pertaining to the programme’s operations are adhered with
- Undertake periodic performance assessment of staff based on set work objectives
Programme Management
- Monitoring the admission of students and processing scholarships to the students
- Monitoring the progress of teaching of the programmes at host universities and at the JSFSE
- Overseeing curriculum development and its periodic review
- Monitoring the disbursement of funds to the universities and students
- Preparing annual and other reports on the programmes implementation
- Attending and participating in management and other meetings of the secretariat
- Advises the Training Director on all matters relating to the management and cost effectiveness of the programme
- Verifies all financial reports
- Coordinates and supervises as appropriate the activities any part-time staff or consultants engaged for the programme
- Signing letters of scholarship offers to students once consultations and collective decisions have been made
- Prepares all donor reports both narrative and financial.
- Ensures that all collaborating universities adhere to the policies and procedures for the organization’s grant management and accounting.
- Verifies payments before approval by Director of Training
- Conducts periodic monitoring visits for the purposes of programme planning and management
- Manages the processing of the PhD thesis Research award applications.
Academic Board
- Serves as Secretary to the Academic Board
- Serves as Secretary to its Sub-Committees, Panels and Working Groups and arranges for the their meetings
- Ensures efficient servicing of the activities of the Academic Board and its sub-Committees
- Prepares reports for the Academic Board and its Sub-Committee meetings.
Shared Facility for Specialization and Electives
- Coordinates the administrative aspects of the SFSE including the preparation of courses, reproduction of teaching materials, and engagement of lecturers and examination of students for the Programme.
- Manages and coordinates the activities of the staff directly involved in the Facility with particular reference to the teaching facilities, accommodation, transport and subsistence for the Programme.
- Verifies SFSE related advances and all payments.
- Ensures that SFE advances are accounted for on a timely basis.
Experience: At least 5 years experience in Project Management and Administration
Duration: 3 year term
Please send your CV and remuneration details to: theleadrecruiter@gmail.com
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
