Program Manager at Best Search Recruitment

Company A high level and structured mentoring programme for entry/mid-career professional women to aid progression and help them achieve their career aspirations; and also influence the institution of gender friendly policies in organizations. Our goal is to initiate and promote the emergence of a highly motivated, and talented female work force that are not only valuable role models but are agents of positive cultural and policy changes within their respective organizations. The following goals and targets have accordingly been set:

• Bringing together a steady pool of successful career and progressive entry / mid level women to be mentors and mentees respectively.
• Providing one-on one guidance and practical counselling, ensuring documented feedback and follow up.
• Designing and implementing programs that provide first class, practical career and business guidance.
• Designing and driving gender-sensitive policies for implementation by senior professionals in their respective organizations. We will give the required intellectual and moral support to fruition.
• Ensuring that Institutional organizations adopt progressive gender targets in the context of a merit based system. We will build a formidable network of focused women who will facilitate a new chapter of the female experience in the work place & business in Nigeria.
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• It will go beyond the formalised capacity building approach adopted by many gender empowerment groups. We will support a highly personalised engagement mechanism and ensure feedback from both parties. Our vision will however not be fully realized if it does not strive to impact work place practices to reflect the gender dynamics of the contemporary organisation. Therefore, we will also drive the institutionalization of gender sensitive policies using the same approach adopted for the mentoring program- articulation of the issues/ one on one engagement/feedback. The issue has now gone beyond encouraging women to pursue a career world it is now about helping women to reach their full potential and balance by providing the necessary guidance to women at critical times in their careers and providing the frame work for organizations to play their part.
• Job Summary The responsibilities of the Program Manager include identifying, attracting and coordinating the mentors and mentees, establishing the design, monitoring and evaluation of existing procedure of the NGOs projects, improving and developing new projects, if appropriate. As part of the Senior Management Team the Programs Manager will be involved in developing the strategic plan for the NGO.                                                                                                                   

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, expertise, and ongoing support to supervisors, mentors, and mentees;
• Develop materials and training, deliver and evaluate trainings for mentors, mentees and supervisors;
• Develop base of supervisor understanding and support ;
• Annually evaluate and revise mentor program to increase its effectiveness;
• Analyze costs and demonstrate program benefits;
• Provide leadership in knowledge, methods, and materials related to mentoring;
• Provide support to mentors in assuming and growing in their roles and responsibilities;
• Provide and promote observations of people at work among mentors and mentees;
• Attend and/or present on mentoring at relevant professional conferences;
• Schedule time willingly with mentors, mentees, and supervisors ;
• Get involved in solving specific problems with work conflicts, in mentoring pairs, with supervisors; and other persons who are not program participants ;
• Monitor the effectiveness of program activities throughout the year ;
• Solicit feedback from mentees, mentors, and supervisors;
• Visit all mentees at work and provide feedback to them on their work and professional growth;
• Assist all mentees in submitting documentation for their Professional Development Goals and Plan.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in International Development, Programs Management or related field. Masters preferable.
• Experience in managing project cycles.
• Creativity and innovation in creating new projects.
• Significant work experience with a non profit organization involved in mentoring programmes for entry/mid-career professional women. Fund raising experience is vital to this role.
• Strong English skills (spoken and written).
• Strong interpersonal skills and mentoring skills to work effectively with supervisors, mentors, and mentees;
• A track record that demonstrates energy and creativity, and the ability to successfully prioritize and manage competing priorities.
• Demonstrated success in project planning, financial management, program monitoring, and report writing.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including public speaking and presentation skills.
• Experience in data processing (Microsoft Word), spreadsheet (Microsoft Excel), E-mail, and Internet browser software.