About Us
At UiPath Foundation, we are changing the trajectory of children living in poverty through long-term personalized support and technology-enabled educational opportunities. With the guidance of inspiring role models, we are equipping each child with the skills for the future and the confidence to succeed, both in school and beyond.
About Ambasador Relations
The Future Acceleration Program is our flagship intervention at UiPath Foundation. It focuses on enabling underprivileged children, aged 11 to 15, to understand and develop their potential. Through this program, together with our strategic partners, we provide 200 children from 6 counties of Romania with an integrated long-term support package, which responds to the challenges and shortcomings they face. This package consists of monthly scholarships, educational activities, clothes, stationery items, medical services, participation in Summer Camps and the digital infrastructure they need to participate in the online activities.
This is what you’ll do at UiPath Foundation
The Program Manager (PM) is an organized, strategic-thinking, people-oriented, passionate, and dynamic person who will lead the implementation and continuous improvement of the Future Acceleration Program. The PM will ensure that program activities are well-planned, executed effectively and aligned with the foundation’s mission. While leading the team and liaising with our partner organizations, the Program Manager will play a critical role in fostering collaboration and ensuring the program meets the needs of the children we serve.
Key responsibilities:
I. Responsibilities of the Future Acceleration Program Manager
- Develops annual plans for the program in collaboration with the foundation team and partner organizations.
- Coordinates the execution of the budget of the Future Acceleration Program, under the supervision of the Educational Programs Director and in close collaboration with the Finance Director.
- Monitors program activities to ensure they adhere to timelines, budgets and operational standards.
- Oversees the delivery of educational activities, monthly scholarships and the distribution of materials such as clothes, stationery and digital equipment.
- Develops and adapts educational methodologies for program activities, tailored to the children’s needs.
- Gets directly involved in designing or delivering educational activities, working closely with partners to provide pedagogical support.
- Implements best practices in education to help children achieve measurable progress in the program.
- Provides mentorship or coaching to local coordinators or partners, focusing on improving educational processes.
- Oversees the Summer Camp planning and implementation, making sure that the educational activities address children’s needs and that partners, volunteers, and team members follow their designed role.
- Oversees the internal Monitoring and Evaluation process and implements changes to address the issues that arise in the analysis.
- Coordinates the Future Acceleration Program team and the local coordinators from partner organizations, making sure everyone has the information needed to perform their work in due time.
- Evaluates the performance of team members, focusing on kind and transparent communication, growth, trust and building excellence.
- Builds and maintains strong relationships with strategic partners, local community stakeholders and other collaborators.
- Prepares regular progress reports for the foundation’s leadership and stakeholders.
- Identifies opportunities to enhance the program’s impact and propose solutions to address challenges.
- Serves as the primary point of contact for all program-related inquiries and communications.
II. The Program Manager is part of the internal team responsible for the implementation and monitoring of the Child Safeguarding Policy, therefore she/he:
- monitors the implementation of the Child Safeguarding Policy and compliance with its standards across all activities within the Future Acceleration Program and offers support across all programs of the Foundation.
- supports the Child Safeguarding Team with information from local partners, proposes solutions, and gathers the necessary paperwork.
III. Other responsibilities within the larger UiPath Foundation team:
- Collaborates efficiently with the Volunteering Program Manager for all the activities involving volunteers.
- Works closely with the Global Donors Engagement Manager and provides information and feedback to support the foundation’s fundraising campaigns.
- Supports the Finance Director with administrative and financial aspects of the program.
- Supports the Communications team in building accurate and child-safeguarding compliant communication materials about the program activities.
- Supports the Alumni Community strategy creation and program implementation.
What are we looking for in a candidate?
- Prior experience in the management of educational programs;
- Prior (formal or informal) pedagogical experience;
- Previous work in disadvantaged communities is desirable;
- Project management and budgeting skills;
- Experience in coordinating teams;
- Experience in managing communities of people and their common growth;
- Excellent knowledge of digital trends and how these impact access to education for underprivileged children;
- Proven capacity to build and maintain partnerships with public sector, private and nonprofit actors;
- Willingness to be exposed to emotionally challenging stories related to children and their life situations;
- Knowledge of Children’s rights and child protection and safeguarding-related issues;
- Great communication skills both face-to-face and online;
- Excellent command of Romanian and English;
- Tech savviness, experience in working with digital tools and platforms and the ability to learn new user-friendly online platforms at a fast pace;
- Empathy and compassion;
- Initiative, ownership of one’s work and attention to detail;
- Adaptability and openness.
Selection process:
Apply for this role by February 5th, 2025, EOD by submitting the application form.
The interviewing process will have 3 stages: an online interview with the shortlisted candidates after a review of all the submissions, a practical assignment and a final face-to-face interview. Thank you for considering UiPath Foundation as a potential employer and for your willingness to contribute to positively impacting children’s lives through education!