<p> Education Programme Manager, Myanmar</p><p>Location: Myanmar Country Office in Yangon with regular (up to 30%) field trips to Programme focus areas and to Naypyitaw. Occasional international trips are also envisaged. Some weekend and evening work will be expected depending on when key meetings and events are happening (time off in lieu of hours worked will be available for additional hours)</p><p>Contract type: Permanent</p><p>Salary & Benefits: Competitive salary and benefits </p><p>Closing date: 5:00 pm (Myanmar time) on October 9th, 2016 </p><p>Interview date: applications will be reviewed while received and interviews might start before the closing date</p><p>Introduction to VSO</p><p>VSO is the world’s leading independent international development organization that works through skilled volunteers to fight poverty. Specializing in long-term capacity development, we place skilled and experienced volunteers with partner organizations to transfer technical expertise, share learning and build networks. Through our volunteers, we harness the talents, enthusiasm and skills of ordinary people to bring about lasting change. </p><p>The Myanmar VSO Education programme involves active engagement with and support to the government education sector as well as civil society, and education provision to disadvantaged children. For more information about the Programme please visit: https://www.vsointernational.org/fighting-poverty/where-we-fight-poverty/myanmar/education-programme-myanmar The role </p><p>Job Description: Education Programme Manager Responsible to: Country Director, Myanmar No. of direct n/a Location, Group & Myanmar Country Office in Yangon with regular (up to 30%) field trips to reports: Function: Programme focus areas and to Naypyitaw. Occasional international trips are also envisaged. Some weekend and evening work will be expected depending on when key meetings and events are happening (time off in lieu of hours worked will be available for additional hours) Role Purpose: To manage the strategic development, implementation and successful delivery of the Education Programme, supporting all of VSO’s work in Myanmar in order to optimise the contribution towards reducing poverty. Responsibilities Key Performance Indicators Competencies Skills Required 1. Raise VSO’s profile and build 1.1 Guarantee VSO’s Working together - Essential: strong partnerships by ensuring attendance and quality of Strength that VSO has positive visibility inputs in Government, donors Successfully works as a Development and Education among key stakeholders working in and NGO/INGO working team member and sector knowledge: Able to the education in Myanmar, and by groups; develops others’ team- demonstrate knowledge and building strong partnerships to working skills. understanding of development support programming. This 1.2 By building on the work issues and experience of includes regular attendance to done by the exiting Education Communications and applying these at project or relevant meetings and working Programme Manager, ensure a influencing - Strength community level. Experience groups with national and dynamic, transparent and Inspires others by: and knowledge of the international organizations and effective network exists advocating plans and Education Sector. Previous Government entities in Yangon, between VSO and key ideas within and outside experience of influencing at a Naypyidaw, and in VSO areas of stakeholders (volunteers, VSO; maintaining a wide, senior level for development interest and the willingness to present and potential partners, influential network; goals. research well-informed and donors, Government and other coaching. updated information on how the key stakeholders). Analysis and Creative education work is developing in the Managing Knowledge - problem-solving Ability to Myanmar context. Strength analyse, grasp fundamentals Leads initiatives that of an issue, finding innovative improve knowledge ways to solve or pre-empt management; develops problems. Able to develop others’ knowledge multiple ideas to solve an 2. Partnership Development and 2.1 All active Annual management skills. issue or situation and to see Management: constantly assess, Partnership Reviews and opportunities in a complex negotiate, maintain and review Programme Area Reviews are Striving for excellence - field. The ability to be relevant partnerships during and at conducted; Strength analytical and also to take a completion of volunteer placements Leads initiatives to improve swift decision, including in a by regular meetings and review 2.2 Beneficiaries, partners and monitoring, evaluation and high risk situation. visits as required. volunteers are integral to learning; is a role model for review of VSO programmes; continuous learning and Programme Management improvement. Experience of planning, 2.3 Current partnerships are Managing Resources- designing and managing working effectively. New Strength programmes with many strategic and programmatic Leads others to pursue stakeholders, delivering in partners are identified and significant or innovative challenging contexts to effective partnerships funding opportunities; finds deadline. Ability to developed. creative ways to allocate understand wider objectives of 3. Programme strategy and funds and people on the programme. Good management: Continue on the job complex projects knowledge of techniques for by done by the exiting Programme 3.1 Programme development is effectively. planning, monitoring and Manager to consolidate a strong informed by consultation with controlling programmes. education programme in Myanmar, partners, volunteers, internal Leading for the Future Experience of organisational in line with VSO’s global and stakeholders and beneficiaries Builds confidence and assessment, planning and regional strategy. Support and it is evidence-based; excitement in VSO’s work review tools and processes. How to apply</p><p>Please apply online by following this link: https://www.vsointernational.org/about/careers</p><p>VSO is committed to a policy of equal opportunities, and seeks to have a diverse workforce. Applications are welcome from people of all origins, ethnicities, religions, gender, age, sexuality and disability. Every application will be reviewed against the above requirements with the position only.</p><p>Due to a high volume of applications, only short listed candidates will be contacted.</p>