Camara Educational Foundation Project Manager recruitment in Kenya April 2014
Reporting to: Africa Operations Manager
Location: Kenya
Contract: 6 Months (with possible extension as project needs dictate)
Camara is an International organisation dedicated to using technology to deliver 21st century skills, and as such improve education in disadvantaged communities around the world.
Founded in 2005 in Ireland, the organisation has built a proven model of ‘education delivery’ that is both sustainable and highly scalable.
Camara has provided eLearning Centres to 2,500 schools in Africa, Ireland and the Caribbean – installed nearly 50,000 computers and trained over 12,000 teachers how to use the technology for learning purposes.
Camara adopts a social enterprise model that sells a wide range of products and services (reused computers, educational software, training programs, technical support) to our Educational Hubs at heavily subsidised prices.
Camara Educational Foundation (Camara Kenya) is a registered Kenyan NGO and has been in operation since 2006, the longest standing operation in the Camara network.
Basic objective of the Role: Plan and implement the roll-out of large ICT Intervention to schools across 3 counties in Kenya
Key Responsibilities:
- Planning and Coordination: Identify, manage and coordinate project tasks and timelines to support the project deployment.
- Develop / maintain full-scale project plans and associated communication documents.
- Logistics: Provide the project management and lead in cross functional teams to meet challenging project commitments in line with agreed metrics.
- Financial Management: Forecast requirements and prepare budgets; schedule expenditures; analyse variances and initiate corrective actions.
- Team Management: Recruit, select, train, assign, schedule and coach your team.
- Communications: Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and project partners/stakeholders in a clear and timely fashion.
- Computers loaded with Camara content delivered to schools
- Network of eLearning Centres
- Teacher training
- Consulting and project management support to schools in their preparation of the eLearning Centre room
- Technical support to schools
- End-of-life take-back
- Demonstrates passion and enthusiasm for Camara’s vision, and motivates, leads, and empowers others to achieve organisational goals.
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams within a project and give direction to fellow team members to complete tasks to a defined timeline.
- Strong ability to resolve problems and determine system improvements whilst working.
- Excellent communication skills to establish and maintain positive working relationships with schools, partners, government, staff and key stakeholders.
- Personal commitment to organisational excellence; displays honesty, integrity, and a strong sense of ethics in all decision and actions.
- Is resilient; remains calm and deliberate under conditions of stress.
- Has the ability to organise time to the best advantage of Camara.
- Excellent oral and written communication.
- 3 years+ Project/Programme management experience
- Must have previous experience working in a developing country
- Project Financial & Budgetary controls
- Fluent in English, Knowledge of Swahili would be beneficial
- Educated to degree level
Please send a CV and Cover Letter to HR@camara.org
Closing date: 09 May 2014
Your Cover Letter should outline relevant experience for this role as well as your salary expectations