Jobs at STIR Education - Head of Programmes

Job Title:      Head of Programmes
Employer: STIR Education
Location: Kampala, Uganda

Duties:
Oversee the development and monitoring of the annual programme plans and budgets.
Manage the high STIR quality delivery of the different programme models and ensure learnings are shared between departments.
Provide leadership in the development and implementation of programme strategies ensuring quality, efficiency and effectiveness of the programme.
Build, maintain and create relationships with partners. We collaborate and network with partners ranging central and local government, CSOs, the teachers union, and education NGO partners.
Work in liaison with the Country Director to ensure smooth scale-up through expansion and pilot programmes, in order to meet the strategic targets for STIR’s Teacher Changemaker Movement
Responsible for people management in accordance with STIR values and culture; empowering them to achieve growth/development of skills and competencies.
The jobholder will also model a data-driven approach to your work – through ensuring that the programmes collect timely data through coherent data management; evaluate their learning and use it in decision making.
Develop and share a knowledge base about what enables an effective embedding and implementation of the STIR programme at a system level (based on certain geographic hubs) and ensure lessons are shared with all partners, policymakers and key stakeholders, as well as used to improve STIR’s programming

Education:
The ideal candidate should possess a Master’s degree in Education/Management/ Public Administration or relevant qualification
Possession of a post graduate qualification in PPM or M&E is added advantage.

Experience
A minimum of five to seven years’ experience in programme work at leadership level with multiple projects
Previous exposure and experience in initiating new project cycle; management of partners; reporting; Planning and budget management

How to Apply:
All applicants are encouraged to send a cover letter (no longer than one page) which should explain why you are interested in and how your experience makes you a suitable candidate for, updated copy of your CV and details for three professional referees to stwongyeirwe@stireducation.org

NB:
Mention your Current Notice period, Current CTC and Expected CTC in the text of your mail.
Assessment will be carried out by a panel which will cover the technical skills as well.

Deadline: 15th May, 2017 by 5:00pm