Senior Program Manager, GRIT Project

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🕒 July 7

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka – Remote

💵 LKR340k - LKR440k / month

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

📋 Program Manager

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World University Service of Canada (WUSC - EUMC)

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1963

🤝 Non-profit

📚 Education

🌍 Social Impact

Non-profit • Education • Social Impact

World University Service of Canada (WUSC - EUMC) is a Canadian non-profit organization dedicated to improving education, economic, and empowerment opportunities for young people across the globe. By collaborating with a diverse network of students, volunteers, schools, governments, and businesses, WUSC seeks to address inequality and exclusion in over 15 countries worldwide, including regions in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Their initiatives focus on enhancing access to quality education, particularly among girls and refugees, increasing access to training and employment services, and empowering youth to contribute to a more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable world. In Canada, WUSC is involved in the resettlement of refugees through its Student Refugee Program and engages Canadians to foster a better understanding of global development issues.

📋 Description

• Oversee the regional programme and operational implementation of the GRIT project in Sri Lanka • Focus on service delivery to GRIT project participants • Manage relationships with local government, partners, civil society and private sector stakeholders • Establish and maintain relationships with key project partners, including overseas partners • Represent WUSC among stakeholders and support the entrepreneurial ecosystem • Implement project work plans and key outputs in line with expected outcomes • Develop annual work plans and other planning deliverables using results-based management approaches • Develop strategies for capacity building, gender equality, private sector engagement and environmental sustainability • Coordinate project activities with staff, technical advisors, volunteers and partners • Finalize and oversee the project results monitoring system • Monitor markets, project progress and results, ensuring course correction and iterative management • Produce reports for stakeholders, donors and government • Manage direct reports, supervise project staff and consultants, and manage human resources issues • Mobilize, orient, coach and manage international volunteers • Develop and monitor the project budget and oversee procurement and expenditures • Assist with recruitment, field-office and equipment management, and administrative decisions • Assess initiative risks and develop mitigation strategies • Organize donor meetings, field visits and special missions • Coordinate with development actors and represent the project in donor forums and networks • Communicate with donors, funders and strategic partners on behalf of the project

🎯 Requirements

• Master’s in international development, business administration, finance or another relevant area • Minimum five years of progressively more responsible assignments related to management of development initiatives • Knowledge and experience in entrepreneurship ecosystem support and gender lens investing • Proven experience engaging the private sector in development programming • Demonstrated capacity to work in cross-sectoral collaboration • Experience managing technical advisors • Experience working with international development donor agencies • Knowledge of Results Based Management (RBM) for environmental and gender responsive programming and reporting requirements • Proven technical, financial, administrative and organizational skills • Knowledge of donor financial and narrative reporting procedures and requirements • Proven experience working with a multi-disciplinary and international team • Diplomatic skills and knowledge of cross-cultural, interpersonal communication • Proven adaptability to a challenging and constantly changing environment requiring iterative planning • Proven knowledge of and commitment to Gender Equality and Inclusion • Experience in capacity strengthening of local partner organizations and commitment to a participatory partnership approach • Working proficiency in English and Tamil is essential • Excellent writing and communication skills in English • Sinhala is an added advantage • Specialized training in entrepreneurship support, investment and/or gender is an advantage

🏖️ Benefits

• Dynamic work environment with a diverse intercultural workforce • Opportunities to apply skills and gain experience while making a difference for youth around the world • Equal opportunity employer • Female candidates and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply