RISE program Manager

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• Lead management, guidance, and technical oversight of a proposed new Secondary Education for Out of School youth project throughout the project cycle to ensure project design, start-up, implementation and close-out are in line with CRS quality principles and standards, donor guidelines, and industry best practices. • Lead activities required for ensuring the financial, material and human resources for the quality implementation of the project in Rwanda. Conduct periodic budget reviews and follow-up with partners on timely submission of financial reports to facilitate proper tracking of resource use. • Ensure timely and appropriate project expenditures in line with financial plans and efficient use and stewardship of project material sources. • Effectively manage talent for Secondary Education project and supervise. Manage team dynamics and staff well-being. Provide coaching, strategically tailor individual development plans, and complete performance management for direct reports. • Engage and strengthen partnerships relevant to the Project, applying appropriate application of partnership concepts, tools, and approaches. • Represent the project with donors, INGO working groups, UN, relevant local partners and relevant local government and community actors advancing youth secondary education. • Oversee the identification, assessment and strengthening of partnerships relevant to Secondary Education and the appropriate application of partnership concepts, tools and approaches. • Master’s degree in Education, Social Sciences, International Relations required. Additional experience may substitute for some education requirements. • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in relevant field-based project management experience required, with preferably at least 2-3 years working in the area of Secondary Education, TVETs or equivalent. • Experience in managing moderately complex projects, preferably with an international NGO. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to make sound judgment and decisions and offer innovative solutions • Strong relations management abilities. Ability to relate to people at all levels internally and externally. Strategic in how you approach each relationship. • Good presentation and facilitation skills • Proactive, resourceful, solutions-oriented and results-oriented • Good experience in project grants management, including project design, preferably for grants from multiple public donors.