Program Manager Africa

JOB DESCRIPTIONS

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Program Management: 65%

• Lead Rise Up’s programmatic work across Africa, managing international outcomes, and budgets, and supporting strategic decisions in line with organizational standards and policies.
• Partner with the Associate Director of Programs to establish and uphold systems, policies, procedures, and standards.
• Supervise and mentor program assistants, delegating tasks to ensure balanced workloads.
• Lead participant recruitment, selection, and onboarding across Africa and maintain communications with staff, donors, partners, consultants, and participants.
• Coordinate and implement Rise Up’s Accelerators in the region including leading in training logistics, travel preparation, communication with facilitators, and materials development, as well as working closely with consultants and the Director of Learning.
• Guide the development and program application and dissemination efforts of new groups of leaders.
• Provide curriculum input, and facilitate sessions as needed.
• Support leader participation at Rise Up events.
• Collaborate in expanding regional partnerships by supporting new partner recruitment, selection, and programmatic onboarding.

Donor and Stakeholder Relationship Management: 15%

• Foster good working relationships with donors, partners, and organizations in new geographies, and maintain relationships with stakeholders in Rise Up geographies.
• Contribute information and writing to donor and program reports, including collaborating in the writing of subgrantee summaries.
• Coordinate regional calls with donors, execute donor engagement events, and communicate project and leaders’ updates with regional donors.
• Coordinate with the communications team to highlight program achievements and milestones to stakeholders and donors.
• Act as the primary contact for Employer of Record (EOR) partners in Africa, maintaining regular communication with the EOR manager to provide program updates, monitor timelines, and address work outcome issues.
• Keep the Rise Up Associate Director of Programs informed of any major changes in deliverables, contracts, or EOR matters. Support leadership in EOR-related decisions, including hiring, promotions, onboarding, and offboarding.

Subaward Management: 20%

• Lead subaward proposal revisions, selection, and funding decisions for Africa programming, working collaboratively with country teams and U.S. staff.
• Support the grant-making process with PHI and coordinate with the Program Assistant, Grants and Contracts Manager, and Program Team to ensure a smooth and effective process.
• Review subgrantee proposals and reports, provide technical assistance, oversee monitoring and evaluation, draft reports, and offer timely and sure detailed feedback is provided on subaward performance.

Other

• Travel about 10% of the time domestically and internationally to Africa for work retreats.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in international public health, international development, global economic development, international education, or related field.
• 3 years of experience of demonstrated impact work in African countries.
• Bachelor’s degree required, or you can substitute with four additional years of related experience.

Other Qualifications

• Strong communication skills, including translating technical material for a lay audience.
• Strong interpersonal skills –ability to establish and keep working relationships with coworkers, partners, and participants.
• Excellent cultural competency.
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision.
• Experience in workshop facilitation.
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Experience handling challenging situations with limited resources.
• Experience working with the Microsoft Suite and other relevant software.
• Basic experience in program administration, including managing high-volume correspondence in English.
• Experience with logistics coordination for programs and/or events.
• Experience working in a multi-cultural and/ or international environment preferred.
• Willingness and ability to travel about 10% of the time domestically and internationally to Africa for work retreats.
• Masters’ degree in Global Health, International Education, Global Economic Development, Public Policy, International Development, or related field preferred.