Job Description
Worldreader is seeking an experienced and dynamic Program Manager to serve as our Regional Program & Partnership Manager for West Africa.
Based in our Accra, Ghana office, s/he will work in collaboration with in-country and global Worldreader staff to manage all Worldreader programs across West Africa.
Our ideal candidate has a depth of experience in the education sector and experience applying educational technology to achieve learning goals.
You are creative, adaptable, thrive in a fast-paced environment and are willing to experiment with new ideas and approaches. You are comfortable working with a global team in a technology enabled environment.
The Regional Program & Partnership Manager reports to the Director of West Africa. All applicants must have current work authorization for Ghana and the ability to travel regionally.
Responsibilities
Program Management
- Develop and manage work plans and the coordination of task delivery from the local and global Worldreader team and partner organizations.
- Administer program and project budgets across multiple geographies.
- Support the development and lead local implementation of tools such as training to trainers, teachers, and parents, facilitators guides and manuals to support the delivery of our services and impact. successful programmatic implementation partner capacity building.
- Implement and/or design standardized processes to support a more streamlined rollout of projects across the region.
- Regional travel up to 40%.
External Representation and Advocacy
- Raise visibility of Worldreader, our products and impact through regional external events and speaking opportunities.
- Build relationships across the education and edtech spheres in Ghana and across West Africa to build the visibility and credibility of our solutions.
Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in a relevant field (education, project management, public administration, etc.) with 7+ years of relevant work experience in the education space.
- Proven success leading educational program implementation in West African countries.
- Demonstrated expertise in building and sustaining partnerships.
- Experience working with international donors, managing donor compliance, and reporting on timelines, and budgets.
- Strong customer service skills, which include a sense of urgency, ability to complete duties quickly and efficiently, impeccable attention to detail, and ability to multitask.
- Literacy and ed-tech enthusiast with the ability to build the excitement and capacity of partners in applying a digital reading solution.
- Experience, proficiency preferred, with project management systems and Salesforce or other CRM.
- Experience working for a global or regional organization with experience in multiple countries across West Africa.
Application Process
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Closing Date: Ongoing
About Worldreader
Worldreader is a non-profit organization working globally with partners to support vulnerable and underserved communities with digital reading solutions that help improve learning outcomes, workforce readiness, and gender equity.
Worldreader combines 21st-century technology, a library of culturally-relevant digital books in 52 languages, and integrated support.
Over the past 10 years, Worldreader has reached more than 18 million people with 63m books in communities where paper books, including storybooks and textbooks, are not always close at hand.
Our global offices and programming hubs are in East Africa (Kenya), West Africa (Ghana), India (New Delhi), South America (Peru), and more recently in the United States.
In West Africa, Worldreader works in dozens of schools and libraries, partners with leading education and early childhood development organizations, and reaches millions of readers via their mobile phones.
