Program Manager job at Street Business School

JOB DETAILS:
Location: Fort Portal, Uganda
Job Level: Manager

Reporting to: Country Director, Uganda
Direct Report: Project Assistant

Contract Duration: 13 months (December 2024 – December 2025); potential for extension
(Please send a cover letter and CV to the email. Qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview. Candidates MUST be based in Fort Portal and be fluent in Rutooro).

At SBS, we’re not just another nonprofit organization. We are catalysts for change, empowering women around the world through our groundbreaking entrepreneurial training. Our proven methods have doubled incomes and lifted families out of poverty with dignity. With a global reach spanning 35 countries and over 250 partners, we’re making a real difference in lives, families, and communities.

We believe in the power of every individual to succeed through their own hard work. We provide opportunity, not charity. As coaches, we guide individuals to recognize and harness their innate power. Through our model, we empower local leaders to create a ripple effect of impact and drive social change on a global scale.

What you will do for us:
As the Program Manager for Project Kunihira, you will be responsible for the high impact, high efficiency implementation of an innovative program that will transform women’s incomes through entrepreneurship in the Fort Portal region.

You will build a keen understanding of the SBS entrepreneurship curriculum and combine it with your robust experience in implementing complex field projects to ensure that every milestone is hit on time. You will work with local NGO partners as well as the SBS team to plan, execute, review and report on the project activities. You will build clear and insightful communications for the donor.

Your responsibilities:
• Delivering overall implementation and management of the program, from inception to close-out
• Ensuring that program outcomes and deliverables are completed on time, within budget, and in compliance with donor and Street Business School requirements

• Providing oversight of the program and working collaboratively with internal stakeholders as well as other NGOs, with an unwavering commitment to delivering results through partnership

• Serving as a liaison and driving shared vision and strategy among the donor and other key partners
• Maintaining strong relationships with the donor, under the guidance of the Country Director and COO, providing strategic influencing to ensure collaboration with other NGOs

• Ensuring that all budgets and expenses are carried out according to both donor and SBS’s policies and regulations.
• Working closely with Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) to ensure timely and accurate ata and lessons learned are collected; translating insights into program improvements as agreed with the Country Director and Head of MEL.
• Track progress with key deliverables across the program and identifying any that are at risk and need attention and communicate/ escalate as needed
• Review and support development of bimonthly newsletter (as desired) and other central outreach material

Must haves:
• Minimum 5 years of experience in executing field projects, with at least 2 years as project manager
• Full understanding and experience in using  project management tools like RACI, stakeholder maps, risk registers, etc.
• Experience working with multiple NGO partners to deliver complex workstreams
• Experience of managing a project budget of >$200,000 (US)
• Fluent in Rutooro

Desirable
• Experience in facilitating workshops with multiple external stakeholders
• Good knowledge of the Fort Portal area and the community

This position is a one-year contract from January to December 2025 which may be extended based on funding for the project.

SBS believes our team is better and stronger with a diversity of perspectives and experiences. We welcome applications from candidates historically underrepresented in the international development sector. If you do not meet all the stated qualifications but feel you can succeed within this role, please consider applying for this position. SBS is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment
$200,000 (US) • Fluent in Rutooro “”>

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education:

Job application procedure
Interested in applying for this job? send all the required documents to [email protected]