Head of Programmes Job Opportunity – STIR Education

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Job Title:      Head of Programmes
Organisation: STIR Education
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Reports to: Country Director
About Us:
STIR Education is an International NGO headquartered in London and
currently operating in India and Uganda. 
At STIR Education, we strongly encourage self-learning, taking ownership
of your workload, and supporting the organisation in a holistic way – in order
to collaborate with us to grow the STIR dream and the Teacher Changemaker
movement. We see teachers as the solution, not the problem, in addressing the global
learning crisis that affects 250 million children in developing countries
today. We motivate and network teachers so they can improve their own
professional practice as well as influence their peers and the wider system.
The networks are deeply embedded into education systems, both government and
private. The core model underpinning the STIR strategy is a journey that gives
teachers the opportunity to collaborate with peers in local networks and gain
exposure to evidence based practices – motivating teachers to develop the
professional mindsets and behaviours to improve student learning. There is a
strong focus around impact measurement; and in aligning with government and
other large-scale systems.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • 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
  • Manage the quality implementation
    framework at STIR, to ensure STIR’s core goals and learning questions are
    met during the five-year current strategy period.
  • Build a strong external profile, working
    with the Uganda Country Director and other senior team within Uganda and
    STIR globally, to maintain funder relationships, and generate new key
    relationships /partnerships in Government, Union and NGOs to broaden the
    visibility and presence of STIR externally
  • Perform as a member of the Senior
    leadership team
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience: 
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Ability
    to foster a cooperative work environment.
  • Mature
    in character and strong interpersonal and communication skills with the
    ability to work effectively with people of diverse backgrounds.
  • Demonstrated
    ability to supervise and train employees based on identified needs.
  • Highly
    creative and innovative to grow the programme in Uganda
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

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