MsingiTek – Program Manager
2025-05-20T10:31:54+00:00
Tanzania Enlightenment Development Innovations (TEDI)
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FULL_TIME
Tabora
Tabora Urban
00000
Tanzania
Nonprofit, and NGO
Management
2025-05-23T17:00:00+00:00
Tanzania
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About You: You are an experienced leader passionate about scaling impact in education. You excel at managing teams, fostering accountability, and enabling others to perform at their best. You thrive in dynamic environments, using real-time data to inform decisions, guide problem-solving, and drive continuous improvement. You are comfortable working with government officials and engaging stakeholders at various levels from the region to the ward and school level. You are also comfortable raising difficult issues with Imagine Worldwide’s leadership, concisely articulate challenges, and engage in solution-oriented discussions.
Your Goals: As MsingiTek Program Manager, at scale, you will lead a team of five Field Supervisors (each overseeing 10 schools), ensuring high-quality implementation across all schools. Working alongside your team in the field, you will provide feedback, troubleshoot challenges, and reinforce best practices. You will monitor program performance, resolve operational issues, escalate structural issues, and build strong relationships with government and community stakeholders to ensure long-term sustainability. Success will be measured by key indicators such as student time on task, equipment functionality and stakeholder ownership across all the 50 schools you are overseeing.
Your Responsibilities: This is a snapshot of your responsibilities – it’s not exhaustive, and we encourage you to take ownership of your role in ways that drive program success.
- Lead and support five Field Supervisors, ensuring they know how to use the tools and data provided to them to succeed.
- Set clear expectations and track progress, using data to provide feedback and drive improvement.
- Visit each Field Supervisor weekly in the field, troubleshooting challenges, reinforcing best practices, and mentor for stronger execution.
- Foster a culture of accountability, trust, learning, and problem-solving within the team.
- Ensure high-quality implementation by monitoring time on task, hardware functionality/breakage, and school engagement (attendance) across your portfolio of 50 schools.
- Use data to identify risks trends, address gaps, and drive targeted interventions in collaboration with Imagine Worldwide and your government counterparts.
- Continuously assess team efficiency and resource allocation, exploring ways to improve effectiveness and reduce the implementation cost per learner.
- Represent the MsingiTek in existing government meetings on a need basis, ensuring alignment with government priorities.
- Maintain strong relationships with education officials and community stakeholders to foster long-term program ownership.
- Participate in weekly check-ins with Imagine Worldwide, sharing data, team and implementation insights, priorities and most importantly – transparently sharing risks and challenges.
Your Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Public Administration, Community Development or related field.
- 5+ years of experience in program management of similar size/complexity as MsingiTek.
- 3+ years of experience in rural community engagement.
- 3+ years of team leadership experience, preferably managing remote field-based teams.
- Experience working with government stakeholders at various levels.
- Experience implementing technology-driven programs (preferred).
Your Skills:
- Team Leadership: Ability to mentor, support, and manage a high-performing team.
- Data Aptitude: Ability to interpret data, identify trends, and provide strategic recommendations.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Ability to build momentum with government and communities.
- Communication: Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
Your Traits:
- Critical Thinker: You see beyond challenges, naturally identifying root causes and solutions.
- Results-Oriented: You focus on delivering impact and holding yourself and others accountable.
- Collaborative: You engage effectively with diverse stakeholders and inspire collective action.
- Humility: You listen, learn, and adjust your approach based on feedback and experience.
- Integrity: You lead by example, earning trust through action.
- Passion: You bring contagious energy and commitment to making a difference every day.
Eligibility Requirements:
- Must have a Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Public Administration, Community Development, or a related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of program management experience and 3 years in rural community engagement.
- At least 3 years of team leadership experience, preferably with remote field-based teams.
- Willingness to work in Tabora and engage with stakeholders at various levels.
Important Dates:
- Application Deadline: Not specified in the provided information. Candidates are encouraged to apply promptly to ensure consideration.
- Program Launch Date: Not explicitly stated, but responsibilities include ensuring program readiness.
Lead and support five Field Supervisors, ensuring they know how to use the tools and data provided to them to succeed. Set clear expectations and track progress, using data to provide feedback and drive improvement. Visit each Field Supervisor weekly in the field, troubleshooting challenges, reinforcing best practices, and mentor for stronger execution. Foster a culture of accountability, trust, learning, and problem-solving within the team. Ensure high-quality implementation by monitoring time on task, hardware functionality/breakage, and school engagement (attendance) across your portfolio of 50 schools. Use data to identify risks trends, address gaps, and drive targeted interventions in collaboration with Imagine Worldwide and your government counterparts. Continuously assess team efficiency and resource allocation, exploring ways to improve effectiveness and reduce the implementation cost per learner. Represent the MsingiTek in existing government meetings on a need basis, ensuring alignment with government priorities. Maintain strong relationships with education officials and community stakeholders to foster long-term program ownership. Participate in weekly check-ins with Imagine Worldwide, sharing data, team and implementation insights, priorities and most importantly – transparently sharing risks and challenges.
Team Leadership: Ability to mentor, support, and manage a high-performing team. Data Aptitude: Ability to interpret data, identify trends, and provide strategic recommendations. Stakeholder Engagement: Ability to build momentum with government and communities. Communication: Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Public Administration, Community Development or related field. 5+ years of experience in program management of similar size/complexity as MsingiTek. 3+ years of experience in rural community engagement. 3+ years of team leadership experience, preferably managing remote field-based teams. Experience working with government stakeholders at various levels. Experience implementing technology-driven programs (preferred)
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Vacancy title:
MsingiTek – Program Manager
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO, Category: Management]
Jobs at:
Tanzania Enlightenment Development Innovations (TEDI)
Deadline of this Job:
Friday, May 23 2025
Duty Station:
Tabora | Tabora Urban | Tanzania
Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, May 20 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
About You: You are an experienced leader passionate about scaling impact in education. You excel at managing teams, fostering accountability, and enabling others to perform at their best. You thrive in dynamic environments, using real-time data to inform decisions, guide problem-solving, and drive continuous improvement. You are comfortable working with government officials and engaging stakeholders at various levels from the region to the ward and school level. You are also comfortable raising difficult issues with Imagine Worldwide’s leadership, concisely articulate challenges, and engage in solution-oriented discussions.
Your Goals: As MsingiTek Program Manager, at scale, you will lead a team of five Field Supervisors (each overseeing 10 schools), ensuring high-quality implementation across all schools. Working alongside your team in the field, you will provide feedback, troubleshoot challenges, and reinforce best practices. You will monitor program performance, resolve operational issues, escalate structural issues, and build strong relationships with government and community stakeholders to ensure long-term sustainability. Success will be measured by key indicators such as student time on task, equipment functionality and stakeholder ownership across all the 50 schools you are overseeing.
Your Responsibilities: This is a snapshot of your responsibilities – it’s not exhaustive, and we encourage you to take ownership of your role in ways that drive program success.
- Lead and support five Field Supervisors, ensuring they know how to use the tools and data provided to them to succeed.
- Set clear expectations and track progress, using data to provide feedback and drive improvement.
- Visit each Field Supervisor weekly in the field, troubleshooting challenges, reinforcing best practices, and mentor for stronger execution.
- Foster a culture of accountability, trust, learning, and problem-solving within the team.
- Ensure high-quality implementation by monitoring time on task, hardware functionality/breakage, and school engagement (attendance) across your portfolio of 50 schools.
- Use data to identify risks trends, address gaps, and drive targeted interventions in collaboration with Imagine Worldwide and your government counterparts.
- Continuously assess team efficiency and resource allocation, exploring ways to improve effectiveness and reduce the implementation cost per learner.
- Represent the MsingiTek in existing government meetings on a need basis, ensuring alignment with government priorities.
- Maintain strong relationships with education officials and community stakeholders to foster long-term program ownership.
- Participate in weekly check-ins with Imagine Worldwide, sharing data, team and implementation insights, priorities and most importantly – transparently sharing risks and challenges.
Your Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Public Administration, Community Development or related field.
- 5+ years of experience in program management of similar size/complexity as MsingiTek.
- 3+ years of experience in rural community engagement.
- 3+ years of team leadership experience, preferably managing remote field-based teams.
- Experience working with government stakeholders at various levels.
- Experience implementing technology-driven programs (preferred).
Your Skills:
- Team Leadership: Ability to mentor, support, and manage a high-performing team.
- Data Aptitude: Ability to interpret data, identify trends, and provide strategic recommendations.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Ability to build momentum with government and communities.
- Communication: Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
Your Traits:
- Critical Thinker: You see beyond challenges, naturally identifying root causes and solutions.
- Results-Oriented: You focus on delivering impact and holding yourself and others accountable.
- Collaborative: You engage effectively with diverse stakeholders and inspire collective action.
- Humility: You listen, learn, and adjust your approach based on feedback and experience.
- Integrity: You lead by example, earning trust through action.
- Passion: You bring contagious energy and commitment to making a difference every day.
Eligibility Requirements:
- Must have a Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Public Administration, Community Development, or a related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of program management experience and 3 years in rural community engagement.
- At least 3 years of team leadership experience, preferably with remote field-based teams.
- Willingness to work in Tabora and engage with stakeholders at various levels.
Important Dates:
- Application Deadline: Not specified in the provided information. Candidates are encouraged to apply promptly to ensure consideration.
- Program Launch Date: Not explicitly stated, but responsibilities include ensuring program readiness.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 60
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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