Senior Project Manager Job Vacancy in Ukunda Kenya - Innovations for Poverty Action

Buddy Reading Project

Position: Senior Project Manager

Deadline to Apply: 31st October

Start Date: 1st December 2011

Location: Ukunda - Coastal Region

Innovations for Poverty Action is a nonprofit Organization in Kenya that innovates and evaluates approaches to solving development problems, and disseminates information about what works and what does not, to policy makers,practitioners, social entrepreneurs and donors around the world.

The HALI (health and literacy intervention) is an interdisciplinary study between several institutions in Kenya, the US and UK including the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University and the College of Charleston.

It is a large randomized cluster trial concerned with assessing the most effective way of improving educational outcomes among Kenyan primary school children. In 2012 we will add a new component to this work - the buddy reading project. This involves an older child conducting reading activities with a group of younger children.

The project aims to evaluate how successful this approach is in improving reading achievement among participants.

The Job

We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to fill a position that has arisen in our Ukunda Office.

Description of work:

The Senior project manager will work closely with academic researchers and field staff to perform a variety of tasks including, but not limited to:

• overall project management,
• budget management,
• logistics planning,
• providing regular feedback to team members and design mechanisms’ of improving work environment,
• organize data collection activities and ensure that the field team produces high quality data and that the surveys are store safely.

The anticipated manager should exhibit high standards of professionalism, have ability to train new hires and maintain good relations with the government officials, schools and parents.

This position entails 50% Field work and 50% office work.

The Candidate Profile:

Required

• Bachelors or Master’s degree in Education or other social sciences
• Excellent management and organizational skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Well organized, detail-oriented, able to prioritize, and manage multiple tasks simultaneously with minimal supervision
• Demonstrate integrity consistent with the position’s significant financial and programmatic responsibilities
• Advanced user of Microsoft office suite (Excel, Word, Power Point), and the internet
• Experience with position responsibilities listed above

To apply:

Please send a cover letter and detailed CV, 3 references, daytime phone number(s), and email address.

Your CV should include your scores or grades and other measures of academic achievement, and details about any relevant work experience.

Applications can be submitted to any of our branch offices,

or by email to jobs-kenya@poverty-action.org,

or by post office using P.O Box 373, Busia area code 50400 Kenya.

If you submit by email, please ensure that the subject line reads: “SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER.”REF NO: BR-2011-10-01

Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by the Senior Project Manager.

The statements are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all possible duties, tasks, and responsibilities.

Management reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

Please note that IPA will never request any form of payment from an applicant.

Applicants are encouraged to confirm the information listed above with IPA prior to releasing any extensive personal information to the organization.

Please direct questions to jobs-kenya@poverty-action.org.

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