Manager, Girls Education and Gender Equality Program

About the role

The GEP Manager provides strategic leadership and technical quality assurance for Room to Read Sri Lanka's Gender Equality and Girls' Education Program (GEP), across direct and accelerated implementation models. The role is the Country Office's technical lead, working closely with the Global Office Regional GEP Representative, and reports directly to the Country Director as a member of the Country Management Team.

Key responsibilities

• Design and lead scalable, gender-transformative interventions integrated into the national education system, and lead government collaboration to mainstream the girls' education and gender equality portfolio in government schools
• Review and adapt worldwide GEP content and professional learning materials for Sri Lanka, and build the capacity of the GEP core team through orientations and trainings
• Provide technical oversight and on-site coaching to Core GEP staff and Social Mobilizers, and give input into performance evaluations
• Monitor program use of contextualized materials through regular field visits, and feed back to the Global PDTA team
• Support Program Officers in mentoring sponsored girls, and design and run life skills and other customized programs
• Help develop department strategies, milestones and activities, and prepare concept notes and proposals for partnerships and fundraising
• Work with the RM&E team on monitoring and evaluation systems, and support the Program Operations Director on annual goals, budgets, implementation calendars, procurement and quarterly reporting
• Prepare program reports, support the communications manager with success stories, and represent the organization at forums and donor visits
• Build relationships with government, schools, local authorities, NGOs and communities, and recommend partners in line with policy

Required profile

• Master's degree in a related field such as education, social work or gender
• At least 7 years of relevant experience in gender equality, education, life skills, community and youth development or girls' education
• Strong record of planning, supervision, program development and monitoring and evaluation; a Logical Framework is an added value
• Ability to travel frequently to the field and schools
• English verbal and written communication skills
• Experience training adults and adolescents, and adapting content to different contexts

Required skills

• Microsoft Office
• Monitoring, evaluation and documentation
• Preferred: experience in Sri Lanka with government agencies and schools, mentoring and coaching, and work in a non-governmental organization

What we offer

• Competitive pay with health, dental, vision, long-term disability and personal accident insurance and other statutory benefits
• A chance to work in a growing organization focused on literacy and gender equality in education