Basic objective of the Role:
Effective and timely overall management of the Camara project delivery according to agreed project milestones and project plan
Key Responsibilities:
Planning and Coordination: Identify, manage and coordinate project tasks and timelines to support the project deployment in Kenya
Develop / maintain full-scale project plans and associated communication documents
Oversee the project implementation team in the different phases of the project
Reporting on a weekly basis to key international Camara staff on progress
Logistics: Provide the project management and lead in cross functional teams to meet challenging project commitments in line with agreed metrics
Financial Management: Forecast requirements and prepare budgets; schedule expenditures; analyse variances and initiate corrective actions, project finance reporting
Team Management: Recruit, select, train, assign, schedule and coach teams
Communications: Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and project partners/stakeholders in a clear and timely fashion.
Collate and collaborate on necessary donor reporting with key Camara local and global staff on project
Key Competencies:
Demonstrates passion and enthusiasm for Camara’s vision, and motivates, leads, and empowers others to achieve organisational goals.
Demonstrated ability to lead teams within a project and give direction to fellow team members to complete tasks to a defined timeline.
Proven experience in successful financial management of projects
Strong ability to resolve problems and determine system improvements whilst working
Good understanding of the Kenyan education context
Excellent communication skills to establish and maintain positive working relationships with schools, partners, government, staff and key stakeholders
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Personal commitment to organisational excellence; displays honesty, integrity, and a strong sense of ethics in all decision and actions
Is resilient; remains calm and deliberate under conditions of stress
Has the ability to organise time to the best advantage of Camara.
Person Specification:
2 years+ Project/Programme management experience (essential)
Must have previous experience working in a developing country (essential)
Fluent in English (essential), knowledge of Swahili an advantage
All ordinarily resident applicants who are not Kenyan citizens must have the required work and/or permanent residency permits to be eligible for consideration (essential)
Educated to a degree level (desirable)
