Contract Program Manager

**ROLE**: Contract Program Manager

**LOCATION: Bangkok, Thailand + other locations**

**PREFERRED START DATE**: Rolling

**CONTRACT TERM**:1 - 3 months

**ABOUT THE JUMP FOUNDATION**:
We are a non-profit organization that believes in inspiring, empowering, and engaging youth through collaborative and innovative transformational learning programs.

We offer a series of leadership activities for international and university students, including in-school and online programs (JUMP Schools and JUMP Connected) and outdoor adventure programs (JUMP Experiences and JUMP Adventures). We facilitate participants to develop personal, community, and inter-community leadership skills.

To help realize our vision of making transformational learning accessible to all, we allocate a proportion of our annual revenue to support experiential youth-focused development projects worldwide.

JUMP is committed to employment equity. We encourage qualified applicants from members of minority groups, indigenous people, LGBTQ+ people, and all those with the knowledge, skills, and values to engage effectively with diverse communities.

**OUR VISION FOR THIS ROLE**:
This individual will be an enthusiastic and goal-oriented manager, who plans, coordinates, and oversees JUMP Experiences and JUMP Schools programs. The Program Manager will oversee the design and development of programs for partner schools, ensuring high-quality program delivery. The Program Manager will effectively solve problems through individual initiative, accurately communicating with the JUMP Foundation’s multi-cultural and international network and contribute to the total efforts of the dedicated JUMP Program team.

**WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE**:
The Program Manager will have competence and flexibility in a variety of responsibilities, including but not limited to the following:

- Managing, overseeing and executing the Program Management process for all assigned programs.
- Management and oversight of program logistics
- Managing Facilitation Teams (pre-program, on-program & post-program)
- Operating within the Risk Management System (Risk Assessment, Risk Management Plans, Reporting & Emergency Response)
- Monitoring and Evaluation of the program (Surveys, Impact analysis & End-of-Program Report)
- Managing the creation and tailoring of Program Resources, including Program Specific Handbooks for Students, Educators and Facilitators
- Manage and oversee program financial processes, and perform financial management KPIs for Programs. Manage information relating to Program Locations and location-specific training for staff
- Overseeing the Program Management Process for multiple programs
- Build systems to support and sustain JUMP Program Management
- Support Partnership Development and contribute to revenue generation
- Facilitate on JUMP Schools and JUMP Experience programs as needed

**KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY**:

- Managing relationships with JUMP partners (organizations, third party providers, schools, etc.)
- Designing, managing, and facilitating JUMP programs
- Following the program management process (needs assessment with partner, program design, program execution, post-program reporting and evaluation)
- Leading and managing the team of program facilitators
- Program budgets management and reporting
- Developing and refining the program curriculum
- Monitoring and evaluation of programs
- Innovating JUMP programs to meet the needs of our partners

**REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE**
- 3+ years of experience in program management of experiential education programs
- Passion for working with youth
- Background in experiential education, program design and facilitating off-campus programs
- Self-starting and welcomes personal and professional development
- Attentive to detail, task-oriented, resourceful, and able to meet deadlines
- Strong interpersonal and networking skills
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Passion for working within cross-cultural environments
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
- Ability to Manage and communicate existing network of external/internal partners
- Administrative Supervision
- Group Facilitating & Supervision skills
- Autonomous Capacity
- Flexible and able to travel extensively within the assigned country and the South East Asia region
- Prior experience living and working in South East Asia.

**DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE**
- 2+ years of experience in program management of experiential education programs
- Passion for working with youth
- Background in experiential education, program design and facilitating off-campus programs
- Self-starting and welcomes personal and professional development
- Attentive to detail, task-oriented, resourceful, and able to meet deadlines
- Strong interpersonal and networking skills
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, E