Education Program Manager

Position Title: Education Program Manager

Status: Full Time

Reports to: Chief Program Officer

Supervises: Education Program Coordinator, School Garden Program Officer, Curriculum and Training Specialist, Scholarship Program Coordinator and Infrastructure Coordinator

Language Requirements: French, English and Haitian Creole

Start Date: March 4, 2024

Mission Statement: To improve the quality of life for the Haitian people, particularly women and children.

Vision: Our vision for Haiti: Joyful children, healthy families, thriving communities, and the resources to make it so.

Brief Organizational Summary: Hope for Haiti is an innovative and creative international development organization that has been working in Haiti for 35 years. The organization partners with private donors to create community-based sustainable change through grassroots and strategic holistic approach. Hope for Haiti is an action-oriented and fast-paced organization that believes in partnership solutions to poverty alleviation. Our vision for Haiti: joyful children, healthy families, thriving communities, and the resources to make it so. Hope for Haiti has a distinguished and well-established Board of Directors that provides the organization with strong governance, oversight, and strategic direction. Building upon the organization’s proven track record of success, Hope for Haiti stays true to its mission and founding principles while offering a dynamic and supportive work environment. For more information about Hope for Haiti, please visit www.hopeforhaiti.com.

Position Summary:

The Education Program Manager will lead the planning, innovation, and implementation of Hope for Haiti’s strategic plan for Education in the Sud Department. He/she will manage Hope for Haiti’s education programs, activities and steward the organization’s relationships with in-country partners, the MENFP, donors and other education stakeholders. This includes maintaining regular communication with partners, attending meetings at the MENFP and any education cluster meetings, conducting bi-annual site visits to partner sites, writing reports and collecting monitoring and evaluation from the partner sites. The Education Program Manager (EPM) will ensure that HFH is on the forefront of innovation in international educational development in both research and implementation. The EPM will manage a team focused on coordinating education activities including: financing programs (back-2-school, teacher salary subsidies, scholarships), professional development programs (teacher training, director training and meetings, parent workshop, etc.) and any other related activities. The EPM will also oversee the implementation of any agricultural-related projects that occur at our partner sites. This includes coordinating with and training local partners, procuring materials, organizing laborers and volunteers, establishing a reporting system and supervising progress and challenges. The Education Program Manager reports directly to the Chief Program Officer.

Major Responsibilities:

• Support technical design, oversight, and monitoring of activities for education (lead strategic planning activities, develop program SWOT, work collaboratively with the MEAL team to monitor key program indicators, etc.)
• Manage Hope for Haiti’s Education Program, including finance programs such as Teacher Salary Subsidy, Back to School Fund and Scholarships, professional development programs, agriculture programs, school lunch programs, school infrastructure, computer labs and others as needed;
• Jump into the international educational development field and stay ahead of new trends, theories and best practices in education globally and within Haiti;
• Revise Hope for Haiti’s school partner guidelines, create strategic plans for all schools and develop exit plan for school partners that are being sustainable;
• Partner with healthcare and economic development teams to improve the quality of life for students and their families at partner schools;
• Develop school nutrition programs in coordination with the Community Health Program Manager and local farmers to create sustainable and nutritious feeding programs;
• Contribute to the systematic assessment of the analysis of EDU sector problems in communities, local authorities and other stakeholders, and support the design of initiatives to systematically build capacities.

Other Important Tasks and Deliverables:

1. Complete, in conjunction with the MEAL team, a minimum of two monitoring visit at each of the 24 partner schools per fiscal year to create and complete monitoring form, talk with beneficiaries, take photos, make recommendations and collect data;
2. Update school monitoring form annually and include school needs/priority list and estimated budget;
3. Maintain a database of education stakeholders including teachers, parents, students and partners that can be used for strategic planning, storytelling and reporting;
4. Actively search for new education partnerships, including collaboration with MENFP;
5. Develop Education team professional development plans aligned with program objectives;
6. Quarterly impact stories, testimonials and photos on Education Programs;
7. Grant reporting including data, stories, testimonials and photos for major Education Partners and/or donors;
8. Facilitate all Education related donor trips including creating itinerary, arranging field visits, providing translations English to Creole, Creole to English and facilitating trip logistics;
9. Other tasks as requested by the supervisor.

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

• 5-10 years work experience in education or in the international development services field. 5 years of management experience preferred;
• Masters degree in Education, Teaching, International Development, Community Development, Social Studies or equivalent is required;
• Good communicator with strong organizational, time management and analytical skills;
• Excellent interpersonal, cultural and diplomatic skills;
• Impeccable fluency in French, Haitian Creole and English (spoken and written), is required;
• Superior writing and editing skills. At least three year of previous experience preparing project proposals, donor reports, grants, stories and data;
• Demonstrated experience in grants management or program development is required;
• Demonstrated ability to design and implement strategies that employ evidence-based approaches to meet project targets, especially under rigorous timelines;
• Experience working and collaborating with diverse sets of stakeholders, such as local NGOs, government officials, donor representatives, and international staff;
• Knowledge of participatory approaches and tools for community planning, monitoring, and evaluation;
• Strong computer skills: must be competent in the use of Windows MS office, Google Gmail tools, Asana and Bamboohr

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS THAT ALIGN WITH CORE VALUES

Resiliency

• Ability to respond appropriately and sensitively to cultural differences as they arise among the organization’s service population
• Flexible, adaptable, patient and accepting of the fact that Hope for Haiti and its activities are constantly evolving in line with its resources and goals.
• Ability to adapt to and make level-headed decisions in stressful situations
• High energy and strong physical condition, including but not limited to the ability to hike distances over 5 kilometers and lift at least 30 lbs over the shoulders

Empowerment

• Ability to conduct and participate in staff meetings and strategic planning professionally and to represent Hope for Haiti’s mission to team members and colleagues

Accountability

• Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize assigned tasks.
• Personal commitment to the mission and vision of Hope for Haiti and a desire to help the most vulnerable population
• Maintains the highest level of confidentiality with sensitive information

Collaboration

• Ability to effectively work with a team
• Ability to resolve interpersonal conflict while preserving a team-oriented outlook

Hope

• A shared belief that there is always a pathway to improvement despite the challenges that lie ahead.
• Positive outlook and ability to work through difficult situations knowing that it’s possible to achieve desired outcomes.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

National candidates only. This is a full-time position based in Les Cayes, Haiti. This position is NOT accompanied, and the organization provides no relocation, logistics, or housing packages. Compensation is based on Hope for Haiti’s Compensation Scale.