Project Director - PlayMatters
Core
Lead a five-year, private foundation-funded project in East Africa to increase quality educational opportunities for refugee and host community children.
Role type
Senior Program Director (Humanitarian Education)
Builds
Educational programming for children in crisis-affected contexts
Domain
International humanitarian aid, education in conflict zones
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Strategic leadership, multi-country project management, partner/subgrantee management, donor relations, performance planning, financial oversight, staff capacity building, gender-sensitive programming
Preferred skills
Experience in East Africa, fluency in local languages (implied by context of Ethiopia/South Sudan/Uganda)
Technologies
N/A
Responsibilities
Provide strategic and technical leadership for project implementation; Develop and monitor annual work and performance plans; Oversee project delivery against performance frameworks; Manage partners/subgrantees and financial reporting; Report to donors through formal and informal channels; Maintain relationships with government officials and stakeholders; Represent the project publicly.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC