Project Coordinator In Charge Of Partnerships – Mastercard Foundation Elearning Initiative

About Cyber School Cyber School Technology Solutions CSTS is a premier provider of quality educational services offering world-class solutions to enhance the online educational environment globally. CSTS works with experienced educators and technocrats across the globe in designing and developing digital educational resources, portals, and learning management systems (LMS) to make learning exciting and enjoyable. Be it digital content on 3D, enabling digital online learning through our (LMS), professional development courses, training in digital pedagogy and instructional design, or using Artificial intelligence (AI) to address learner challenges (Eye-n-Joy), all our products, educational tools, training, and support material and services are well-researched and tested, providing appropriate solutions to achieve student success at all levels. We are devoted to partnering with parents, guardians, both public and private organizations to turn young people into remarkable contributors in the real world. ABOUT THE ELEARNING INITIATIVE Cyber School Technology Solutions (CSTS) and Mastercard Foundation eLearning initiative will work to improve access to quality and relevant education for 95,000 youth (50% women), in 20 Education Institutions (EIs), with 12,500 transitioning into meaningful and dignified work by 2026. We will do this by: i. Supporting Education Institutions (EI) to successfully implement eLearning, thus increasing their resilience against COVID-19 and future situations preventing in-class learning. ii. Addressing the skills mismatch between the young people graduating from EIs and employability by integrating work readiness and entrepreneurship skills into the technical skills curriculum. The initiative is about building the resilience of EIs to move beyond survival. We will empower them to cope by deepening eLearning, skilling instructors and students in using digital technologies to teach and learn, while deliberately including lower-income youth, refugees, women, and people with disabilities. We will pay special attention to resolving their learning challenges with special-assistive devices, sign language integration, mentorships, internships, scholarships and instructor skilling on social-emotional learning (SEL). We will set them up to thrive by increasing the quality of education and building workforce readiness skills.

Responsible to: Project Manager

Partnerships to Manage:

• Higher Educational Institution Reps

• Private Partners and Vendors (e.g., PSFU, FUE, UMA, Diwala, Yunikee)

• Public Partners (e.g., MoES, UCC, NCHE, DIT, NITA).

Main Contacts: Within Project Mgt Office:

• Project Manager

• Project Team

Outside Project Mgt Office:

• Higher Educational Institution Reps

• Private Partners and Vendors (e.g., PSFU, FUE, UMA, Diwala, Yunikee)

• Public Partners (e.g., MoES, UCC, NCHE, DIT, NITA).

Personal Profile

Qualifications:

• Master or equivalent in social science, management international development, or another relevant field.

• A degree in social science, management international development, Law will be
  an added advantage.

• Certified Project management professional

• Certificate in partnership management (high desirable)

Skills:

• Should have strong organizational and planning skills.

• Very good and efficient communicator.

• Should have strong leadership, communication, interpersonal, motivational, and
  analytical skills.

• Should have good public relations experience and negotiation skills.

• Self-motivated, positive attitude and a willingness to learn.

• Should have technical capacity to identify institutional, and technical bottlenecks and propose solutions.

• Able and willing to travel frequently to project partners’ institutions.

• Strong English language skills. Ability to speak / write at least one local language
  an added advantage.

Experience:

• 4 years of experience with educational institutions.

• 5 years of experience with partners’ management

• Substantial Africa exposure.

• Proven skills in planning and budgeting and management of financial resources.

 

 

Purpose of the Job (Main objectives of the Position)

• Develop and manage project partnerships successfully to achieve project goals and objectives.

• Suggest, establish, and maintain communication structures / flows and plan for communication between Project Management Office / Staff and Partners.

• Suggest and assist with creating communication networks between partners which facilitate project implementation and learning.

• Monitor progress of each partner and partnership and report same regularly to the Project Manager.

• Based on the monitoring, suggest extra studies / meetings / seminars that can address shortcomings and establish best practice and share same with partners.

• To monitor partners’ compliance with project / MCF policies and guidelines.

• Promote the project in the best possible manner.

Key Functions Critical Indicators

Key Results Areas (KRAs)

Develop and manage project partnerships successfully to achieve project goals and objectives by ensuring all partners:

• Prepared the Stakeholder Register

• Develop Partnership agreement and MoU templates

• Ensure partners understand and sign required project management agreements / contracts.

• Are aware of and participate in partnership and project events.

• Share progress updates and report as agreed with the Project Mgt Office.

Suggest, establish, and maintain communication structures / flows and plan for communication between Project Management Office / Staff and Partners.

• Work with the relevant Project team members to prepare the stakeholder engagement Plan

• Assist in defining – Partners communication structures and flows.

• Kept partners and relevant stakeholders informed of the project activities and results.

• Interacted with relevant stakeholders to establish and maintain strong linkages (e.g., through meetings and functions).

• As requested by Project Manager, consulted Government institutions on policy matters and related issues.

Suggest and assist with creating communication networks between partners which facilitate project implementation and support and learning.

• Identified common interests among partners: Areas of work, strengths, weaknesses, needs.

• Connected partners where there is a need and nurtured the connections.

Monitor progress of each partner and partnership and report same regularly to the Project Manager.

• Visit partners regularly to create a good working relationship.

• Established and maintained a high-level system which reports on partners’ progress in relation to targets.

• Prepared consolidated reports as required.

• Visited underperforming partners to identify reasons for delays and discuss mitigation activities.

• Participated in partners’ internal e.g., board meetings as requested to provide guidance.

• Provided leadership, mentoring, and coaching of partners.

Based on the monitoring, suggest extra studies / meetings / seminars that can address shortcomings and establish best practice and share same with partners.

• Reviewed all progress / partner reports and prepared consolidated reports as required.

• Ensured ‘lessons learnt’ are translated into efficiency and effectiveness enhancing changes in policies, procedures, processes, and implementation.

• Suggested extra studies / meetings / seminars that can address shortcomings and establish best practice

• Ensured lessons learnt are shared with relevant partners and staff.

To monitor partners’ compliance with project / MCF policies and guidelines

• During visits, probed partners’ compliance with project / MCF polices and guidelines – e.g., youth, gender, PWDs.

• Informed relevant project specialists and program leads of observations with recommendations.

Promote the project in the best possible manner.

• Assisted all project staff in planning important public events, as required.

• Participated in key public events which can promote the activities of the project.

• As requested, reviewed outputs of other staff targeted to external recipients.

• Appeared in public in a professional manner. Always well dressed and spoken at public events and in the office.

Perform any other relevant duties that may be assigned by the Project Manager.

• Arrange partner workshops and events and schedule meetings with partners for the Project Manager.

• Additional duties assigned by the Project Manager completed timely.