Job advert - Project Manager

Summary

This is an exciting time to join the Project Management team, as Lively Minds prepares to expand the programme, both within the countries it operates in, and outside of their boarders. To do this effectively, we need to ensure that all our operating systems and processes are as efficient as possible, as well as ensuring that our people know how to use them effectively. This role has high visibility as it will work across the organisation and with the leadership team, with responsibilities from Day One.

Duties and Responsibilities

Project Management & Coordination

Support the organisation by providing leadership and guidance on project management best practices, tools, and lessons learned.
Lead on specific projects assigned by the CEO and Operations Director, ensuring effective planning, execution, and risk management.
Maintain a strategic view across all projects, identifying interdependencies, risks, and bottlenecks.
Collate, analyse, and present data on project progress, risks, and impact to senior management and external stakeholders.
Facilitate cross-team coordination and problem-solving discussions to ensure alignment and efficiency.

Project Governance

Ensure risk management is embedded across projects, proactively identifying and mitigating risks in consultation with relevant teams.
Support continuous learning and improvement by capturing best practices and facilitating retrospectives across projects.
Ensure the right tools and mechanisms are used to maintain up-to-date documentation.

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

Adapt communication style to engage effectively with different stakeholders, from field teams to senior leadership and external partners.
Present project updates, risks, and key insights to senior management and external stakeholders.
Facilitate meetings and workshops to drive project success and cross-team collaboration.
Ensure information flow across teams, supporting clarity on priorities and expectations.

Other

May be asked to deputise for the Operations Director, Country Director (Ghana), or other Senior Management Team members at external events.

Contribute flexibly to the wider team’s work, leveraging skills and experience to support Lively Minds’ mission

For a detailed understanding of the role and person criteria, please see the Job Description.

About us

Our mission is to get preschool children in rural Africa school-ready. At present over 250 million children worldwide fail to receive the education and care they need in their early years which means they are less likely to do well in school, find gainful employment, and are at greater risk of early marriage, early parenthood and even criminality. Current approaches to solving this crisis are not proving effective or scalable in lower middle-income countries.

Over the past few years, the Lively Minds programme has been delivered in over 350 communities in rural Ghana and Uganda reaching over 50,000 children. During COVID we launched a radio programme for parents and this is now reaching over 2million households each week. We are extremely proud that the Government of Ghana have now adopted the programme and we have a ground-breaking partnership with them to support them to institutionalise it, fund it and to scale it to 60 education districts, reaching over 4000 communities and 1million children. We see this partnership as the test case that will provide the blueprint to take the programme to scale in Uganda and elsewhere within the next 5 years.

We’re a lively ambitious organisation, determined to have a major positive impact on the world. We work hard, at a fast pace, in a challenging environment. We expect everyone to give their best to achieve the best possible results. Our work is demanding but provides plenty of opportunity for innovation, responsibility, growth, collaboration, creativity and fun. We want all staff to be happy, fulfilled and to feel appreciated and valued in their work.

How to apply

Please download an Application Form and send the completed form together with your CV to jobs@livelyminds.org before the deadline.

Deadline for applications: Monday 10th March 2025 at 11:59pm GMT.