REQUIREMENT FOR PROGRAM MANAGER
The program manager is a strategic leaders who oversee a collection of related projects to achieve broad organizational goals. His role blends securing resources (donations, campaigns, grants) with overseeing project implementation, requiring skills in donor relations, campaign management, strategic planning, budget control, leadership, stakeholder communication, and quality assurance of the program to drive organization goals, common in non-profits. He elaborates, plans, monitors, evaluates, and closes projects by coordinating teams, resources, and stakeholders, with key responsibilities including defining the scope, managing deadlines and budgets, reporting progress, ensuring projects meet objectives, identifying risks, communicating, monitoring, and evaluating performance of projects and programs. This requires leadership, organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills to ensure project or program success.
Qualifications required:
Bachelor’s degree minimum (Business, Engineering, Tech); Master's (MBA) often preferred in Business Management/Public Administration and good governance/Economics studies/ Development studies/Finance/ or related field with 3 years of project/program management experience.
Experience & Skills required:
- Extensive experience (3-5+ years) in project/program management, often starting in project leadership roles.
- Strong team leadership and communication skills, strategic thinking, problem-solving, and conflict resolution.
- Exceptional written and verbal skills for stakeholder management.
- Broad understanding of project methodologies and managing interdependencies.
- Budgeting, resource allocation, and performance evaluation.
- Proficiency with project management software (e.g., MS Project) and general office suites.
- Extensive experience with computers
- Competency in Microsoft applications, including Word, Excel, and Outlook
- Familiarity with project management software tools and methodologies
- Ability to work well with others
- Exceptional analytical and strategic thinking
- Assertiveness
- Resilience
- Negotiation, critical thinking, and proactivity.
- Strategic planning to drive both funding and success
- Personal Qualities: Big-picture thinking, adaptability, results orientation, sense of responsibility, and ability to motivate.
- Knowledge of cost analysis and cost interpretation techniques
- Judgment & Decision-making skills.
- High analytical skills.
- Interpersonal skills.
- Time management skills.
- Flexibility skills.
- Fluent English and or French; knowledge of all is an advantage.
- Strong in IT skills: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and know financial and management software (QuickBooks or SAGE).
Job Profile/Responsibilities:
- Overseeing multiple related projects to achieve strategic goals.
- Managing stakeholders, resources, budgets, and project teams.
- Ensuring program delivery aligns with organizational objectives
- Managing program lifecycle, risks, and governance.
- Manage donor databases
- Allocating resources across projects.
- Facilitating stakeholder communication and managing expectations
- Planning and initiation of projects within programs
- Overall management of marketing, communication, and quality assurance of the program
- Specifying guidelines
- Establishing methods and priorities
- Evaluating projects and programs
- Processing results
- Reporting to stakeholders
- Develop and execute strategies for individual, corporate, and foundation giving,
- Write grant proposals
- Organize fundraising events
- Plan, execute, monitor, and evaluate projects from start to finish
- Manage timelines, budgets, and resources
- Build and lead the team, allocate tasks, coordinate internal and external stakeholders, and ensure adherence to the plan;
- Align fundraising efforts with project needs
- Report on fundraising progress and project outcomes to stakeholders
- Define the project objectives, scope, deliverables, milestones, and timeline in
- Collaboration with stakeholders.
- Cultivate relationships with donors, partners, and volunteers
- Monitor progress, costs, and performance, identify obstacles, and alert Stakeholders.
- Identify, analyze, and implement risk mitigation strategies.
- Ensure seamless communication between all stakeholders (team, management, clients) and prepare reports.
- Effectively manage the budget, time, resources, and materials or equipment.
- Finalize deliverables, evaluate results, and document lessons learned.
How to Apply
CVs and cover letters should be submitted no later than January 21st, 2026. Please click on the “Apply” button to complete your application.