Program Officer, Operations

Room to Read seeks to transform the lives of millions of children in developing countries by focusing on literacy and gender equality in education. It is an INGO with its head office in San Francisco, USA and currently working in 10 countries of Asia and Africa.

Room to Read Nepal invites applications from interested Nepali citizens for the positions of;

3. Program Officer, Operations – Program Operations Unit (Kailali) - 1

• Serves as the primary person responsible for the project management and ongoing implementation of Literacy Program implementation and fostering and monitoring relationships with schools, communities, District Education Office (DEO) and partner NGOs.
• Serves as the main point of contact for school leaders should issues arise, and should be available to visit each school under their responsibility at least once every quarter. 
• Coordinates with the School Infrastructure Program Officer and Literacy Program Field Officer - Technical to organize work with schools.
• Manages the Partner staff such as Project Coordinator, Literacy Facilitators and Library Management Facilitators who also have a dotted-line reporting relationship to the Literacy Program Field Officer for technical support and guidance.
• Assists in developing the annual plan and budget for the assigned geographical area in line with the guidance provided by the Global Office.

QUALIFICATION:

• Master’s degree in Business, Management or other related field with a minimum of 5 years of professional experience.
• At least a working knowledge and understanding of project management methodology and software.
• Strong planning, budgetary, supervising, and project implementation skills.
• Ability to travel regularly to project sites.

For further detail job description, we encourage you to visit our website given below. If selected, we will provide you the competitive salary and benefits, capacity building opportunities, career progression and enjoyable working environment.

Application Procedure:
Please submit a cover letter explaining with evidences how you meet the above person specifications along with your recent resume by email (no calls, faxes, or drop-ins please) to the folowing email address OR by post through G.P.O. Box 21103, Kathmandu with “Application for position you are applying for and location of the position” as the case might be in the subject line.

Email: nepal.hiring@roomtoread.org

For further details please visit http://www.roomtoread.org/page.aspx?pid=262 or email nepal.hiring@roomtoread.org

Last date for application: November 30, 2014