Country: Myanmar
Closing date: 30 Nov 2015
Exceptional Career Opportunity in Lashio, Myanmar.
Looking for a great career development opportunity that welcomes and shares your skills while adding real value to local communities? Look no further!
This Programme Manager position is a full-time role (1.0) at the DevelopEd Education Centre in Lashio, Myanmar.
A bit about DevelopEd:
Our guiding vision is to promote community development via quality education. Working closely with local community members, we design and provide quality adult education courses, and facilitate student-led community projects. Our education centre is currently in Lashio, a small yet bustling town in Northern Shan State, Myanmar. Our passion is working side-by-side with rural communities to assist in promoting community development at the grass-roots level.
Specifically, our Lashio project provides (1) English language education, (2) Social Science education, and (3) practical community development projects with local Lashio and rural youth. All of our activities are designed to be context-relevant, sustainable and directed by the target communities.
Why do we do this? Because local community members here in Lashio have expressed a strong interest in learning the English language and Social Sciences. One of the virtues of such education is that by improving our skills we increase our opportunities, and DevelopEd is all about creating new opportunities for our students and their communities.
We are currently implementing plans for growth and expansion. To ensure this growth is a success for DevelopEd and all of our local stakeholders, we are seeking staff who are passionate about education, community, and development, and who aspire to be leading professionals in their field. DevelopEd is proud to provide training as appropriate.
About this role:
This is a management role. The Programme Manager will be responsible for ensuring that goals are achieved and tasks are completed, and that other DevelopEd staff and DevelopEd students behave in a manner that is appropriate for DevelopEd.
Within the organisation, a career track from this role involves progress toward senior management and, subject to performance, a Director’s role within the organisation.
The Programme Manager currently reports to the Programme Director.
Responsibilities:
Programme Planning and Organisation
- Plan the delivery of programmes and their activities in accordance with the vision and goals of the organisation.
- Implement steps to successfully achieve the mission and objectives of the organisation’s programmes.
- Develop new initiatives to facilitate the strategic direction of the organisation.
Programme Staffing
- Recruit, interview, and recommend well-qualified programme staff, namely teachers and Head Teacher.
- Ensure all teachers complete organisational induction and training processes.
- Establish and implement performance review processes for all teachers.
- Support the Head Teacher and other teachers by ensuring that all required curricula and resources are available in a timely manner.
Programme Control
- Ensure programme curricula are relevant, effective, and available for teaching staff to use in class.
- Write programme reports for senior management and directors.
- Monitor departmental budget and expenditure.
- Ensure all programme and financial records are accurate, up to date, and consistent with established professional practice.
Qualifications and Experience required:
- A university degree.
- 3-5 years of coordination or supervisory experience in an educational environment.
- Proficiency in the use of the Microsoft Office suite, namely Word, Outlook, Excel (simple accounting, databases, and spreadsheets).
- Proficient English and Burmese language skills.
Preferred Skills:
Experience in a front-line teaching role will be a significant advantage.
How to apply:
To apply for this position, please email a brief cover letter and your current CV to our DevelopEd team:
- Mark Brown (Programmes Director):mark@developed.org.au
- Chris Nguyen (Operations Director):chris@developed.org.au
- Subject: Application for Programme Manager | DevelopEd (Lashio).
Please note:
The DevelopEd team will not be available to respond to any queries until after Wednesday, 11th of November. However, rest assured, we will respond to all applicants after this date.
Thanks in advance for your interest in working with DevelopEd and for your patience.