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Position Overview:
Children of Vietnam is seeking a dedicated Program Manager to join our team. The ideal candidate will play a key role in managing all the programs implemented in Vietnam, ensuring the successful planning, implementation, and evaluation of programs, and supporting the overall success of our mission.
Responsibilities:
- Program Design and Planning:
- Collaborate with relevant managers, coordinators, and stakeholders in designing, planning, and implementing new programs and initiatives.
- Provide support and guidance throughout the project cycle so that project design, start-up, implementation, and close-out of projects are in line with COV quality principles and standards, donor guidelines, and industry best practices.
- Ensure that program objectives are SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound) and aligned with organizational goals.
- Program Monitoring and Evaluation:
- Develop and implement monitoring and evaluation systems to track program performance and outcomes.
- Review all program reports before delivering them to the US Office and partners.
- Regularly collect, analyze, and report data to measure program effectiveness and impact.
- Quality Assurance:
- Work closely with program coordinators, program officers, and program assistants to ensure adherence to program guidelines, standards, and best practices.
- Conduct regular assessments and evaluations to identify areas for improvement and ensure program quality.
- Promote the ongoing development of the program approach within COV.
- Capacity Building:
- Provide training and technical assistance to program staff and partners on monitoring, evaluation, and quality assurance methodologies.
- Build the capacity of the VN office’s staff to monitor program activities and collect accurate data effectively.
- Learning and Knowledge Management:
- Proactively identify issues and concerns and use participatory processes to facilitate learning processes within the organization by documenting and sharing best practices, lessons learned, and success stories from program implementation.
- Promote a culture of continuous learning and improvement, and knowledge co-creation.
- Coordination and Communication:
- Encourage and foster effective communication and collaboration between program teams, partners, and stakeholders to ensure program cohesion through coordination and information sharing.
- Support to identify, evaluate, and strengthen partnerships relevant to program quality, applying appropriate application of partnership concepts, tools, and approaches.
- Coordinate with other programs and staff within the organization to ensure alignment of program activities with overall organizational objectives.
- VN Volunteer and Intern Management:
- Recruit, train, and supervise volunteers and interns.
- Assign tasks and responsibilities to volunteers and interns and ensure their smooth integration into program activities.
- Provide ongoing support, motivation, and recognition to volunteers and interns. Maintain volunteer and intern records and facilitate volunteer and intern appreciation initiatives.
