Programme Managing Director

Responsible for providing overall leadership management and general technical direction of the entire program, ensuring an integrated vision among different components, functions and stakeholders, and a focus on achieving the results defined in the contract.

What You Should Have:

• Bachelor’s degree essential, MBA (or Master’s) would be preferred.
• At least 10 years of progressively responsible experience working in project management and design in developing countries, preferably including experience in the state or country to which you will be assigned.
• At least 5 years of management experience, including direct supervision of professional and support staff and assembling teams working in multi-faceted roles including field based roles.
• A proven track record of excelling in the leadership of operational teams, as well as in design- thinking, process and system design and application, managing complex and inter-related functions, as this will be critical overseeing a large scale school system transformation.
• Prior experience within a fast-paced, high-growth, metric-driven operational organization will be an advantage.
• Strong management skills, leadership qualities, professional reputation, ability to build or access key contacts within the Ministry of Education or equivalent local and state regulatory bodies.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with government representatives, for-profit private sector entities, local community organizations, donors, consortium members and other stakeholders, at national and sub-national levels.
• Respect and sensitivity towards cultural, gender, ethnicity and religious diversity.
• Maturity and confidence in dealing with high ranking officials of government institutions, international institutions and non- government institutions.
• Demonstrated excellent communications and writing abilities and superior interpersonal and cross-cultural communication skills.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience in building the Ministry of Education and devolved structures capacity in developing and realizing education strategic plans to provide quality Education services is a plus.
• Passion for NewGolbe’s vision of democratizing the right for all children to succeed.

Director, Policy& Partnerships

Oversee an entire program’s large-scale, government-led, system- wide education transformation within all new locations.

What You Should Have:

• Bachelor’s degree with superior academic performance.
• Over 4 years’ experience in government program delivery or working in account management or as an engagement manager.
• In depth experience building and systematically managing key complex relationships and accounts to ensure program delivery in a complex, multi-stakeholder program or project.
• Previous experience working with a Ministry of Education on program delivery, preferred; If not within education, experience with another government delivery program or project, such as in health or ICT.
• Confidence, authority, and level-headed decision making needed as the leadership voice for the program.
• Knowledge of local, state and federal government issues related to the provision of primary education in the country would be preferred.
• Ability to balance commercial interests and social benefits – a blend across business and political acumen, but also high emotional intelligence and relationship-building skills.
• Experience acting as an on-the-record spokesperson.
• Highly capable and thoughtful problem-solving skills; able to act as an intermediary and a solutions driven lead, to ensure effective collaboration and communication between the Government client and our organization.
• Prior experience within a fast-paced, high-growth, metric-driven operational organization will be an advantage.

Director, Projects

Seeking a talented, motivated and adaptable individual to support the Managing Director and the senior leadership team as Project Director. 

What You Should Have: 

• Passion for NewGlobe’s vision of democratizing the right for all children to succeed.
• A Master’s Degree in Business Administration or related field.
• 8+ years’ executive level experience – including team management, operations, strategy, and leading strategic & operational initiatives. At least one work experience that required highly independent work in an exceedingly challenging environment.
• Impeccable managerial and interpersonal skills.
• Proven track record of effectively interacting with senior management.
• Ability to work strategically and collaboratively across departments.
• Effective, versatile and action-oriented.
• Excellent communication skills (writing and speaking) and the ability to multitask.
• Strong logical structuring and analytical skills, be able to see patterns, be a fast thinker and a good decision maker.
• Excellent organizational skills, with keen attention to detail and ability to follow up systematically on a broad set of initiatives and decisions.
• Strong willed, a fast learner and able to effect changes fast. Ability to flourish in dynamic, ambiguous environments, to produce high quality work with very short deadlines, effectively prioritize work among multiple competing demands, and adapt to unexpected work demands.
• Excellent presentation creation skills using slide decks, spreadsheets and written reports.
• High integrity with zero tolerance for any unethical business practices.

Director, Academics

Ultimately responsible for educational outcomes across schools, and will serve as an individual contributor, collaborator and a manager in this role.

What you should have:

• The Academic Director must be a data-driven individual with experience developing and managing cultures of high performance and high expectations. You must be a great academic leader who understands exceptional instruction and can motivate and support others in realizing a vision of academic excellence. Ideal candidates have worked in organizations with a proven track record of generating large learning gains.
• In addition, the Academic Director must:
  • Be a self-starter and problem-solver, who thinks three and four steps ahead.
  • Be hard working and collaborative, with the tenacity to plow through challenges and an appreciation for teamwork toward achieving a shared vision.
  • Be a fast learner and someone who is able to flourish in fast paced, dynamic, and sometimes ambiguous environments.
  • Be both detailed and results-oriented, driven by the data that will allow us to know what is working and what isn’t working for kids.
  • Have strong project management skills and excellent organizational skills, with keen attention to detail and ability to follow up systematically on a broad set of initiatives and decisions.
  • Be an effective, articulate communicator who can represent Bridge to external audiences.
  • Be humble and ready to “roll up your sleeves” to get things done
• Education and Qualification:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Education or related field, graduate degrees preferred.
  • 10 years’ experience working in education.
  • 2 or more years of teaching experience with evidence of outsized student learning gains is an added advantage.
  • Experience working in the education sector

Director, Schools

Responsible for the performance management of every school in the territory or program.

What You Should Have:

• Proven management and leadership experience, leading teams of people to accomplish an objective.
• Proven experience managing field-based teams.
• Belief in data-driven decision making.
• School management experience a plus.
• Relentless focus on achievement for yourself and others.
• Bias towards action.
• Flexible and loves to work in a dynamic environment.
• Collaborative leader with strong relationship building skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong communication skills.
• Undergraduate degree (or its equivalent) or Masters degree.

Director, People

Looking for an operationally focused, relentlessly driven star to lead our People operations across the Region.

What You Should Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in business or other related field with top academic marks; MBA/grad degree a plus.
• Relevant Professional Certification.
• Minimum of ten years of significant leadership experiences in hr/administrative/ operational
• roles for rapidly scaling companies.
• Strong analytical thinker, ideally with previous experience in board commercial and operational areas.
• Self-starter; highly driven individual that will take ownership from the get-go and proactively look for improvement.
• Emerging markets experience a major plus.
• Strong leadership skills and demonstrated ability to work with a very diverse workforce.

Director, Operations 

Responsible for setting up the processes, systems and staff to ensure operational performance of the entire network of schools under management in each new territory.

What You Should Have:

• At least 8+ years of post-undergraduate, full time work experience.
• Work experience managing a multi-unit retail environment.
• Work experience in emerging markets.
• Work experience, preferably in operations, as an employee at any company that has rapidly
• grown in headcount and number of locations, e.g., large scale retail.
• Work experience in a fast-paced environment with dynamic priorities and demands.
• Work experience developing and managing a culture of total focus on customer satisfaction.
• Work experience drastically improving the productivity and reducing cost of a product or service.
• Work experience managing and coordinating several teams to deliver on a tight schedule.
• Record of building data-driven operational systems.
• Record of engaging in and leading cross-functional teams and initiatives.
• Record of strong academic performance from a leading undergraduate and, if attended,
• graduate institution.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational, leadership, analytical problem solving and strategic thinking skills.
• High integrity with zero tolerance for any unethical business practices

Director, Leadership & Devt

Delivery excellence, integrity, quality and systematization are all part of ensuring successful implementation of induction training and on-going professional development.

What You Should Have:

• A Bachelor’s degree in education or related field.
• Two or more years of teaching experience is desirable. Prior experience in teacher training would be a bonus.
• Exceptional organization, project and people management skills. Prior experience in having led and managed teams would be a plus.
• A data-driven, evidence-based mindset. Comfort in collecting and analyzing data to inform decisions is integral to this role.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and G-suite.
• Willingness to travel across territories as per the business needs

Supervisor, Schools

Responsible for the professional development, including ongoing performance management of school staff.

What You Should Have:

• Proven community leadership experience, leading teams of people to accomplish an objective.
• Experience in mentorship and coaching of youth and adults, either inside or outside of a school setting.
• Teaching experience a plus.
• Belief in data-driven decision making.
• Relentless focus on achievement for yourself and others.
• Bias towards action.
• Flexible and loves to work in a dynamic environment.
• Collaborative leader with strong relationship building skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong communication skills.
• Undergraduate degree in Education is COMPULSORY. Masters is an added advantage.

IT Operations Manager

Ensure the provision of superior customer service throughout the business, through the maintenance, enhancement, and efficient operation of IT functions.

What You Should Have:

• Excellent technical knowledge of PC hardware.
• Working technical knowledge of current protocols, operating systems, and standards.
• Software and hardware troubleshooting.
• Windows desktop (7/8/X) and Windows Server (at least 2012) experience.
• Routers, switches, and firewall experience.
• Microsoft Office support.
• Active Directory administration.
• TCP/IP.
• Experience working and training on a variety of IT subjects and applications.
• Excellent writing and oral communication skills.
• Good research skills, including ability to identify and propose solutions to issues/crisis.
• Knowledge of Android technologies, smartphones, LAN and Wifi configurations.
• Experience with admin of Microsoft systems such as Navision, IIS, or Sharepoint.
• Experience with AWS.
• A Degree from a recognized university with top marks in Computer Science or a related discipline.
• 5-10 years relevant IT/industry work experience.
• Experience working within a fast-paced environment.
• Relevant Microsoft certification.

Director, Communications

As Director, Communications, you will be the communications lead for a large scale government education programme. You will support the government in the creation and delivery of communications strategies and ensure that the programme is being communicated effectively to a wide range of stakeholders both at a statewide, national and international level. You will be able to leverage relationships to influence communications approaches and build strong advocacy platforms to further the aims and ambitions of the work. You will create, write and design content that is both compelling and impactful; that places your programme at the core of the group communications strategy.

What you will do

• Manage the communications for a statewide government education programme.
• Act as the communications lead for a government communications team and programme.
• Develop compelling communications strategies for the promotion of the programme 
• Directly manage media engagement and cultivate media contacts.
• Pitch stories to both national and local media to achieve high visibility for print, broadcast, TV and online media outlets.
• Evaluate opportunities for communications partnerships and platforms that will strengthen the programme.
• Act as a spokesperson and represent the programme in local and national forums.
• Build a strong advocacy engagement programme with national and multinational partners.
• Write clear and compelling pitches, press releases and articles.
• Support the government to develop content strategies for digital communications.
• Identify media trends, news cycle opportunities.
• Support internal communications initiatives to promote the programme.
• Analyze and measure results of communications initiatives.
• Work closely within the communications group to ensure that the communications strategy for the programme is advanced and complementary to the group strategy.

What you should have

• A Master’s degree
• 8+ year’s relevant experience in communications.
• Experience of working with or for the government in a communications capacity.
• Experience in Nigeria, of working in communications for political, campaigning, non-profit, or social enterprise. Experience with a multinational organisation is a plus.
• Experience working within a matrixed global organisation.
• Strong experience of creating and executing communications plans and strategies.
• An established network of local and national media contacts.
• Experience of being the lead external relations contact for media and stakeholders.
• A strong sense of the news agenda and ability to make issues and campaigns relevant.
• Experience of handling crisis communications.
• Experience of supporting the creation and delivery of social media and digital campaigns.
• Strong writing and editorial skills.
• A strong-sense of teamwork and ability to both manage and execute programs.
• An extremely proactive and determined attitude.
• Prior experience within a fast-paced, disruptor, metric driven consulting or educational organisation is a bonus

Regional Schools Manager

   What you will do

• Work closely with a large group of Schools Supervisors in your territory to ensure that they are operating at the highest levels.
• Work closely with the Training Manager to ensure feedback from the field is translated to effective training content, systems and processes which further empower Teachers and Headmasters to lead successful schools.
• Empower Schools Supervisors to focus intensely on instructional leadership, including each teacher completing the scheduled lessons each day; on positive classroom and school management without corporal punishment; and school strength through retention, which is a sign of parents’ belief in the positive contribution of the school. 
• Provide management oversight to Schools Supervisors in your region or territory and ensure operating performance and instructional learning targets are met.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to Schools Supervisors in your region to help develop their management skills and support achievement of their academy goals.
• Regional Managers completely own (and therefore, are accountable for) the performance metrics of all of the schools in their territory, as measured by operational and instructional benchmarks.
• This role requires a constant presence at the schools and close interaction with each School Head or School Administrator to ensure that there is continuous bi-directional communication and coaching.
• In addition to interactions with schools, you will be expected to build close relationships with the local and state level government officials, the traditional and local community leaders, and Parents of the children in the school to promote the importance of education, garner support for the school and education ministry’s activities as it relates to their children and to keep a constant monitor on their feedback.
• Must be ready to travel on a daily basis to schools in your region. The schools are situated in various communities across your territory to which you are assigned.

What you should have

• High level of energy and enthusiasm so as to be effective in a fast paced environment with multiple demands.
• This role would suit someone who has extensive experience doing community based work, field management expertise and strong people management and program management skills.
• A Bachelor Degree in Education or related field with at least 5 years of professional work experience.
• Prior team leadership experience using a hands-on role model approach to management and the ability to coach and motivate others to achieve results
• Proven ability to drive results
• Passion for providing outstanding customer service
• Excellent practical problem solving skills with the ability to multitask and prioritize effectively
• Previous experience building relationships with government and community officials
• A passion for what we do is essential and experience in low cost education environments or in the public schooling environment is an advantage.  
• Must be dynamic, articulate, organized with an attention to detail
• Must have demonstrated capacity to plan, prioritize and deliver tasks on time to meet goals in a high pressure environment
• Must be passionate about following processes and procedures and be extremely data-driven
• Must be passionate about education and schooling in general
• Must be comfortable working in low income communities
• Must have respect and sensitivity towards cultural, gender, ethnicity and religious diversity
• Must have maturity and confidence in dealing with high ranking official of government institutions, international institutions and non- government institutions
• Willingness to have tough conversations when circumstances require it and to take a “no nonsense” approach to driving business results.

Officer, Talent Acquisition

As the Talent Acquisition Officer for KwaraLEARN, you are a key member of the People team. You will have the opportunity to join a fast-scaling global start-up and shape the organisation by developing a highly effective talent pipeline for all positions in. The ideal candidate will have a strong ability to multi-task and take ownership of the current talent acquisition process from the get-go. You’re an extremely effective communicator, both written and verbal, and are energised by interacting with people, building relationships, and networking. These things come naturally to you and are what you crave in your working life. A keen sense of ownership, speedy execution, and scrappiness is a must. The candidate is equally comfortable as an individual contributor as well as a leader who can drive the efforts of a team. 

What you will do

• Work with hiring managers and their teams to assist with external recruitment efforts.  
• Partner with Talent Acquisition & People Operations teams for internal hiring efforts (internal recruitment is the assessment of employees for different or more senior roles.)  
• Use social media, job boards, internet sourcing, and other technical means to source candidates for open jobs for current open roles and identify future talent needs and proactively recruit and source candidates.  
• Manage the recruitment process and life-cycle, including initial assessments, interviews, and offers.  Guide hiring managers and decision makers by providing valuable insight and hiring and employment data. 
• May develop specialized or competitive intelligence and research in regards to talent development.  
• Manage relationships with recruiters, academic and professional groups, and with a wider audience through use of social media and other targeted outreach to key audiences; including coordination of on-campus recruiting, job fairs, conferences, and other opportunities to connect with audiences interested in for-profit education space.  
• Candidate experience focused; coach and mentor a team on meticulous candidate management using an applicant tracking system to track applicants from the selection phase through to on-boarding. 

What you should have

• Bachelor’s degree with superior academic performance.  
• 1+ year headhunting/recruitment experience, particularly with building diverse teams.  
• Prior experience within a fast-paced, metric driven Talent Acquisition organisation (agency or corporate)  We particularly value experience in extreme growth situations. 

Director, Schools Inspection 

The School Inspection Director will lead a team of School Inspection Supervisors who in turn manage a large field team of School Inspection Associates. The primary audit focus for School Inspection is the entire ecosystem of the Schools Department, which includes all aspects of school management, school materials, school personnel, school hardware, and any other action that is part of our overall performance. 

What you will do

• Establish School Inspection Procedures. The School Inspection Director is responsible for creating and implementing School Inspection procedures and methodologies after deeply understanding our processes. The School Inspection Director will measure, monitor, and analyse current processes, make recommendations for improvement and develop new solutions to enhance quality control. The School Inspection Director will use and continually improve the core audits and best practices already in place.
• Manage School Inspection staff:  The School Inspection Director will lead the School Inspection team of supervisors & associates. This includes training them on new or revised procedures and systems; supervising them during the School Inspection process to ensure that they are correctly utilizing School Inspection methods and systems; and also supporting them as they monitor corrective actions implemented by other departments for critical/major and minor nonconformities, ensuring that actions are effective, implemented in a timely manner, and are permanent in nature to avoid recurrence of deficiencies.
• Report Quality Issues to Schools and Operations Department Leaders & lead with ensuring rapid resolution. To support teaching and learning activities, the School Inspection Director will ensure there is rapid , clear visibility of audit results always visible to the Schools Department, and for relevant audits, for Operations, including Supply Chain and IT, as well as People. The data from the School Inspection audits is only worth collecting if it is rapidly visible and used to drive decision-making and correct any lapses or errors. Responsibilities also include ensuring that issues reported by School Inspections capture all the necessary data required for action by other teams and are assigned to the right team for resolution. Where systemic issues are made visible, the School Inspection Director is to work with other teams and the MD to identify such issues and any bottlenecks in the resolution process. 
• Maintain School Inspection Records. The School Inspection Director will maintain detailed records ofSchool Inspection activities and issues. These reports provide comprehensive records of School Inspection activities and help the organisation determine what’s working and what needs to be corrected.This includes management of the School Inspection field team, ensuring integrity in data collection.
• Analyze Data Outputs & Create Quality Control Reports. The School Inspection Director will support and enhance the organisation’s performance by analyzing and assessing audit data. In this aspect of the role, the School Inspection Director finds patterns and areas for improvements based on School Inspection data over time and utilizes these reports to improve processes and performance. The School Inspection Director determines whether their teams meet targets, deliver expected performance, and maintain overall workflow. This data must be provided rapidly to drive decisions in real time.
• For any project, be ready to propose a plan and execute. This includes creating a timeline, liaising with other departments to get the support you need, managing performance and motivating staff members, figuring out how to get things done when things don’t go as planned, getting the data you need and getting it right, conducting analyses, framing the results, and answer any and all questions about your work.
• Lead and provide technical expertise during engagements with the government School Inspection partners which will include:
• leading meetings with the government partner and writing periodic reports; identifying & anticipating challenges / bottlenecks in the collaboration with the government partner and partnering with the MD and Policy & Partnership team to address these. 
• working with School Inspection shared services to ensure that the School Inspectionaudits within the programme align to the needs of both the program and the government partner 
• detailed review of the structure of their School Inspection team and working with them to better structure their teams to drive operational excellence in the schools
• working with School Inspection shared services to design and then scheduling and carrying out School Inspection-focused training for the government partner School Inspections