Education Portfolio Manager (PM)

The Education Portfolio Manager (PM) will be an education expert with project management experience. This position will be responsible for working with FHI 360 and PwC London to provide oversight of the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning processes for each project, maintaining a portfolio oversight, as well as being the key point of contact for the projects.
The Education PM will also be responsible for managing the relationship with DFID and with other stakeholders including government ministries in the countries under their responsibility. This will include direct relationship with DFID Education Advisers in relevant DFID country offices, as well as ministries and other stakeholders as appropriate.
Job Summary / Responsibilities:
The Education Portfolio Manager will report on the detailed progress of each education project to PwC London, DFID and the respective Ministry and will be the point of escalation for any issues or concerns. Based on the GEC in-country progress and development, the Education PM will furthermore input strategic programming guidance to PwC’s overall management decision-making process as directed by the FM’s Senior Management Team.
Monitoring
A key part of the Education PM’s responsibility will relate to the quarterly reporting cycle for each project, including reviewing Quarterly Project Reports, approving quarterly Requests for Funds and ensuring that the quarterly monitoring cycle is carried out to appropriate standards. In that regard, the Education PM will line manage one Country Technical Monitor for each country under their responsibility and have matrix line management responsibility of one Country Finance Monitor for each country under their responsibility.
Evaluation
The Education PM should be familiar with the evaluation plans of each project, and if required be involved with the selection and briefing of the external evaluator, working with the PwC evaluation team to ensure that plans for measuring all outcomes and intermediate outcomes are adequate.
Learning
The PM will be a key point of contact for the PwC Learning function, feeding through key lessons learned within the countries under their responsibility and responding to specific requests for learning around the GEC learning agenda as it evolves. The PM will also play an important role in facilitating learning across projects within the countries under their responsibility.
Under the guidance of the Child Protection Lead the PM will also have the overall responsibility for ensuring implementation of the PwC’s child protection policy at the regional level. This will include ensuring all FM staff, contractors and visitors in country are fully trained on the policy and that non-adherence is escalated appropriately within the FM immediately. In addition the PM will have the lead responsibility to ensure that GEC projects adhere to minimum standards around keeping beneficiaries safe and that risks to GEC beneficiaries are escalated appropriately and action taken to these risks.
Locations in Kenya and Zimbabwe.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree or its International Equivalent – Knowledge/Information Services, Communications, Education, Environment, Health, Behavioral, Life/Social Sciences International Development, Human Development or Related Field.
Master’s degree or its international equivalent preferred.
Typically requires 8+ years of project management experience.
Articulate, professional and able to communicate in a clear, positive manner with clients and staff.
Experience in multi-sector management and implementation.
Experience in monitoring and evaluation as well as strategic planning, capacity building and team management.
Must be able to read, write and speak fluent English
Fluent in host country language as appropriate. Preferred Education and/or related experience with operating in insecure environments.
Management Experience 5+ Years
This job description summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time.
 
 
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