Education Program Manager for UWS Cambodia

Program Management & Implementation:

• Lead the preparation and provide guidance of implementation of the program-based work plans, M&E indicators in accordance with UWS procedure and guideline.
• Monitor and oversee the day-to-day implementation of the education program and ensure compliance with the agreed work plans and targets met with the donor's requirement.
• Ensure that all staff, partners and schools target have a clear understanding of UWS’s mission, vision, values, priorities and related policies.
• Conduct regular program reflection meetings with the education team, where it is necessary with relevant partners and stakeholders to enhance information sharing and improve efficiency and effectiveness of program implementation and operations.
• Maintain high standards of transparency and accountability in the course of program implementation while ensuring integrity and timeliness of activities implementation in meeting programme objectives, compliance with donors & UWS policies.
• Provision of regular updates on education program progress and challenges to team, line manager and global team to allow for timely interventions and corrective actions.
• Ensure the timely reviews and adjustments for the program implementation plans and budgets as may be required from time to time.

Program Monitoring and Partnership Development:

• Work closely with the global program team, education program coordinators to design and develop new funding proposals.
• Coordinate with MEAL team to undertake participatory assessments, surveys and planning new projects initiatives including conducting relevant research, proposal writing and program documentations
• Help to shape national action plans for achieving Zero Education Poverty target that such plans draw on good practice programming from UWS and other NGOs.
• Lead documentation activities using a creative range of communication approaches to ensure that lessons reach key audiences and feed into policy dialogue in Cambodia and globally.
• Budgeting and Reporting
• Responsible for the education programme budgetary controls and oversights of programme budgets and expenses under unit portfolio.
• Undertaking monthly budget monitoring in order to ensure accuracy of financial reports, manage budget variances, explain variances and propose measures for managing the variances.
• Responsible and accountable for the preparation of timely and high-quality progress and end of project narrative and financial reports by having close collaboration and support of the finance department in accordance with the donor reporting schedule and formats.
• Team Leadership and Development
• Recruit and lead a dynamic team of Cambodian professionals to deliver Education programs in line with USW’s values
• Coach the team to excel and play a role as future leaders in their areas of expertise.
• Encourage the culture and practice of learning, creativity and innovation amongst the team members
• Child Safeguarding and Reporting
• Responsible for being the key contact person for SEOs/EOs in target provinces to raise concerns.
• Support the National CPS led to respond to cause for concerns in the province in collaboration with local authority and local authority children’s social care services.
• Adhere to the guidelines laid out in the UWS Child Protection Policy,
• Collaborate with the National Inclusion Lead Support Education Officers to implement inclusion and child protection and safeguarding procedures and policies in schools.
• Any other reasonable tasks as required by the line manager