Program Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Full professional proficiency in English and French
• Passion for LEEP’s mission and a strong commitment to achieving meaningful, scalable impact
• Strong interpersonal skills and adeptness at understanding the perspectives of various stakeholders and collaborating towards shared goals
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
• Strong project management skills
• Adept at working across a broad range of tasks, and switching between them with ease
• Strong prioritisation skills, with a clear sense of how work ties into LEEP’s broader goals
• Enterprising, a quick learner, and creative problem-solver
• Comfort with risk and ambiguity, and working with a high level of self-direction
• Ability to remain focused and solution-oriented in a fast-paced environment
• Capable of working in a remote environment
• Willing to travel for at least 8 to 12 weeks per year

Nice To Haves

• Experience working or living in one or more French-speaking African countries

Responsibilities

• Tracking key activities and milestones across portfolio of countries, identifying and escalating key risks and blockers, and ensuring plans stay on track
• Troubleshooting any program blockers and identifying creative solutions
• Sharing learnings with the LEEP team and constantly improving our programs
• Engaging with policy-makers across multiple ministries and agencies, and staying in close communication
• Preparing advocacy communications and educational resources
• Participating in government meetings and presenting at stakeholder workshops
• Project planning with government partners
• Overseeing and managing grant agreements and activities
• Engaging with manufacturers in focus countries, both large companies and small- and medium-sized enterprises
• Presenting the case for lead paint phase-out and how LEEP can support
• Working in collaboration with LEEP’s paint technologist to find solutions to manufacturers’ requirements
• Finding suppliers of non-lead based raw materials
• Conducting paint studies: finding and purchasing paints, preparing samples, and sending them to the lab, in collaboration with government partners
• Preparing study reports and summarising existing literature
• Recruiting local consultants and/or building partnerships with local organisations, and managing these relationships
• Engage in weekly all-hands calls, program team meetings and 1-1s with your manager

Benefits

• 33 days of paid leave
• Generous sick leave and parental leave policies
• 4% pension contribution or equivalent
• Professional development opportunities
• Health Insurance in places where government healthcare is limited
• Annual team retreat