Academic Director, Multinational Social Enterprise at Talentstone Africa

PURPOSE
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.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Advocating for learning outcomes and serving as an in-country academic consultant for other departments
• Leading execution and interdepartmental coordination of the core academic program
• Providing feedback to the Curriculum team, to improve learning outcomes and culturally contextualize what is taught
• Representing our client with key national stakeholders, including the Ministry of Education and other government education officials
• Conducting necessary market and regulatory research to inform instructional systems and policies (timetable, teacher specialty configurations, retention policies, exam policy, placement policy)
• Managing the Academics team based in Nigeria: Curriculum, Field Work, Measurement and Evaluation (M&E), Instructional Leadership, Innovation

QUALIFICATION / EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

Education:        
    Bachelor’s degree in Education or related field, graduate degrees preferred

 Experience:

• Ten (10) years’ experience working in education. Two (2) or more years of teaching experience with evidence of outsized student learning gains is an added advantage.
• Experience working in the education sector in Nigeria

Skills:

• Effective, articulate communicator who can represent our client to external audiences
• Self-starter and problem-solver, who thinks three and four steps ahead.
• Hard-working and collaborative, with the tenacity to plough through challenges and an appreciation for teamwork toward achieving a shared vision.
• Detailed and results-oriented, driven by the data that will allow us to know what is working and what isn’t working for kids.
• Humble, ready to “roll up your sleeves” to get things done