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in Tanzania 2020: New Job Vacancies at Room to Read Tanzania 2020
AJIRA TANZANIA 2020 / NAFASI ZA KAZI 2020
Position: Project Manager
Location: Tanzania - Main - Dar Es Salaam
Posted: 13th February, 2020
Type: Full time
Job ID: R-01230
Position Overview:
The
Project Manager supports the timely and accurate execution of the
localization of Literacy Cloud into Kiswahili, and digitization of new
content, as well as providing continuing technical project management
support for the platform in Tanzania. The Project Manager is responsible
for the overall implementation of the IMC project in Tanzania, which
also includes the creation of 60 Literacy Program schools, publishing of
5 Kiswahili titles, and a government engagement strategy, in addition
to the Literacy Cloud component. The Project Manager works in
collaboration with our Tanzania Country Team, the Global Office Project
Manager, the Global Digital Content Manager and Literacy Cloud Team at
Room to Read in San Francisco, and liaises with the India-based
technical implementation partner to address bugs and fixes in the
Kiswahili interface in an organized and coordinated way.
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Duties & Responsibilities:
Management, Planning, and Coordination (Overall Project)
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date tracking of project activities and spending and serve as primary point of contact for overall project execution. Support departments to revise work plans as needed to meet deadlines, and communicate with necessary stakeholders when major work plan changes occur
- Identify implementation challenges and provide solutions or flag for Program Operations Director or other stakeholders for additional support
- Act as primary liaison between Tanzania Country Office and Global Office Project Manager, and other global office counterparts as needed, to communicate project updates, delays, changes, and concerns
- Monitor project budget to ensure project activities stay within approved budget and coordinate with Global Office Project Manager to address budget issues and provide accurate budget forecasts.
- Facilitate and support annual planning and budgeting in partnership with Global Office Project Manager
- Review and approve staff expense reports to ensure expenses, documentation, and coding are compliant and within approved budget
- Review and approve staff weekly time sheets and trip reports to ensure accuracy and compliance
Program Implementation, Monitoring and Reporting
- Plans, coordinates, and documents all the project related activities including success stories
- Participate in and supervise the successful execution of each stage of the Literacy Cloud project. Including frequent, open communication with the project team members and stakeholders.
- Visiting various project stakeholders and beneficiaries to support and supervise project implementation.
- Oversee Tanzania Country Office contributions to quarterly and annual Room to Read and overall IMC narrative reports and financial reports, including reviewing department inputs for quality, contributing when appropriate, and ensuring timely submissions to the Global Office Project Manager and Global Office Technical Lead
Platform Development Management
- Project manages the implementation of the new platform and collaborates with project team members to ensure the timely completion and/or reconciliation of outstanding tasks
- Collaborates with Tanzania Country Team and Global Digital Content Manager to communicate project status, timelines, deadlines, etc., and ensure the timely completion of platform development activities, including localization of the platform into Kiswahili, digitization of storybook titles, and video and resource development.
- Reviews and/or delegates completed tasks for quality assurance/confirmation of task completion
- Liaises with the Tanzania Country Team to identify local expertise to support platform development in Kiswahili, including:
- A technology firm to support platform testing with local stakeholders and troubleshooting in schools; and
- Digital designers to develop and/or format platform banners and print content
- Collaborating with a local translator to complete translation of platform User Interface elements from English into Kiswahili;
- Coordinating with the Global Platform Manager to validate and implement the localized User Interface; and
- Coordinate workshops with a local technology firm, teachers and storybook creators to test and validate the User Interface localization.
Other
- Participate in any other activities which may be required to be undertaken to fulfill the objectives of the IMC Project, including any other duties as assigned by Program Operations Director.
- Occasional travel to both Kibaha and Tanga Field Offices if needed
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Qualifications and experience:
Required:
- 5+ years of experience in project management, including managing multiple project groups and timelines and managing a project budget
- Experience working as part of a geographically distributed team, working through online collaboration, across time zones and cultural diversity
- Demonstrated experience managing a team or group through areas of ambiguity to achieve a goal
- Excellent managerial and interpersonal skills, including skills of managing and mentoring people
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Swahili
Preferred:
- 2+ years of experience working with Content Management Systems
- Experience working with online collaboration & project management software tools
- Experience working in a start-up, software development or similar environment
- Familiarity with Adobe In Design, Adobe Photoshop, managing/editing digital color space
- Experience working with an international team, across cultures and languages
Recommended:
To be successful as a member of the Room to Read team, you will also:
- Have a passion for our mission and a strong desire to impact a dynamic non-profit organization
- Be an innovative and creative thinker – not afraid to try something new and inspire others to do so
- Have a very high level of personal and professional integrity and trustworthiness
- Have a strong work ethic and require minimal direction
- Work well independently as well as part of a team
- Thrive in a fast-paced and fun environment
- Room to Read is a child-safe organization; all personnel are expected to adhere to Room to Read’s Child protection policy and Code of conduct.
Location: Dar es Salaam
Location(s)Tanzania - Main - Dar Es Salaam
Recommended:
To be successful at Room to Read, you will also:
- Have passion for our mission and a strong desire to impact a dynamic nonprofit organization
- Be a proactive and innovative thinker who achieves results and creates positive change
- Have a very high level of personal and professional integrity and trustworthiness
- Embrace diversity and a commitment to collaboration
- Thrive in a fast-paced and fun environment
ABOUT US
Room to Read is a global organization transforming the lives of millions of children in low-income communities by focusing on literacy and gender equality in education. Founded in 2000 on the belief that World Change Starts with Educated Children®, our innovative model focuses on deep, systemic transformation within schools during two time periods that are most critical in a child’s schooling: early primary school for literacy acquisition and secondary school for girls’ education. We work in collaboration with local communities, partner organizations, and governments to develop literacy skills and a habit of reading among primary school children and ensure girls can complete secondary school with the skills necessary to negotiate key life decisions. By focusing on the quality of education provided within the communities and ensuring these outcomes are measured, we have created a model that can be replicated, localized and sustained by governments. Room to Read has benefited 16.8 million children across over 37,000 communities in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Grenada, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Rwanda, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Vietnam, and Zambia. Learn more at www.roomtoread.org.
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