Assistant, Admistration at Bridge International Academies

Location: Benin, Edo

Job Description

• We invite you to join this incredible endeavor that is having world-changing impact across multiple continents. You will join a team of dedicated change-makers committed to ensuring that each decision we make keeps a child’s experience of learning as its guiding principle.

Nigeria:

• The education crisis is one that requires urgent, collective, and concrete action to surmount.While Nigeria is said to have the largest number of out of school children in the world, the education crisis is not just about out of school children, but also about children who are in school and not learning. In Sub Saharan Africa, statistics say that 88% or almost 9 out of 10 children and adolescents will not be able to read proficiently by the time they are of age to complete primary and lower secondary Education. With Nigeria being the most populous country in Sub Saharan Africa, this crisis impacts us most.
• Bridge started operations in Nigeria in 2015, opening its affordable private nursery and primary schools targeted at providing life changing education for families living in low-income areas of LagosState in parts ofIkorodu,Alimosho,Badagry, Ojo,Epe, and other local government areas.In 2017,Bridge further expanded its reach to the most marginalized and vulnerable communities by partnering with the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) and the State ofBornoto set up a public school serving out-of-school children and children from internally displaced communities. In 2018, Bridge became technical partners to the Edo State government in its implementation of the Edo State Basic Education Sector Transformation program to reform its public primary and nursery school system.
• Today, Bridge works with both communities and governments to ensure hundreds of thousands of children have access to either a well-run, high achieving affordable private or free public school so that the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 of Quality Education becomes a reality for the millions of children in Nigeria quickly.You will join a group of Nigerians taking concrete action to help address the education crisis in Nigeria and ensure a better future for the children of Nigeria.

­­­People Group:

• People are at the core of what we do, from the teachers in our academies to software developers building our tech platform – and we do it at massive scale with rapid growth. The Peopleteam is the key in unlocking “people potential” towards achieving our company’s goals.

We believe in:

• Focusing on operational excellence and execution - we want to make our employees' and their managers' lives simpler, and give them the tools and support to be successful. We must excel first and foremost on service delivery.
• Using analytics/data to drive key decisions and continuous improvement - across core HR competencies like compensation, performance, talent, we believe that an analytical approach will enable us to attract, reward, and retain top performers.
• Aligning with the company's strategic objectives - we are all playing for the same team. The human resources function, along with finance, operations, legal, and other functional areas, should be fully in sync.

Administration Department:

• The Administration team designs, develops and administers all workplaces where our employees are based, whether it be the training site, warehouse, the Bridge guest house and/or our support office. Our support office is the central hub for all support functions which serve our pupils. We host all our staff at the training site regularly as part of their ongoing leadership and development. In many of our territories, we have central warehousing facilities to store and deliver school materials (textbooks, uniforms etc.) and, depending on the amount of inter-Bridge travel, a guest house to host Bridge visitors.
• Bridge workplaces should be safe, secure and hygienic and designed to encourage a productive work environment that is focused on innovation and effective cross-functional collaboration. Our workplaces, when designed thoughtfully and administered well, help us stay connected to why we do, what we do, every day.

About the Role

• This role supports the Manager, Administration in the execution of administrative activities.
• You will provide support to the daily management and operations of Bridge international academies. This position conducts business affairs within the scope of the policies and procedures of Bridge international academies.
• The Administrative Assistant's role is to support the administrative needs of the office, conduct daily tasks, and provide general organization-wide support as needed. The successful candidate must project a professional image through in-person and phone interactions. This position requires someone who can effectively manage multiple schedules, deadlines and demands.

What You Will Do

• Organize and coordinate administrative activities for the corporate office andduring trainings.
• Carry out the Administrative on-boarding for new employees.
• Schedule and organize complex activities such as meetings, travel, conferences and department activities.
• Act as a liaison with other departments and outside agencies. Handle confidential and non-routine information and explain policies when necessary.
• Work independently and within a team on special nonrecurring and ongoing projects. Act as project manager for special projects which may include: planning and coordinating multiple presentations, disseminating information, coordinating direct mailings.
• Coordinate division of workload with otheradministrative assistants.
• Provide comprehensive, high-level administrative support to the Director, People and the Manager,Administration.
• Maintain filing systems in collaboration with other administrative staff; coordinateadministrative workflow withadministrative assistants; retrieve this information from files when needed.
• Oversee maintenance of office equipment, order supplies.
• Perform other duties as required.

What You Should Have

• Candidate should possess Bachelor's degree
• Superb Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• At least 2 years’ Administrative experience working in a fast-paced environment.
• Project management experience is a plus.
• High energy, highly motivated personality but a stickler for rules.
• Good communicator – verbal and written.
• Available at all hours (when necessary) to attend to the office in person.

You’re also:

• A detailed doer– You have a track record of getting things done. You’re organized and responsive. You take ownership of every idea you touch and execute it to a fine level of detail, setting targets, engaging others, and doing whatever it takes to get the job done. You can multi-task dozens of such projects at once and never lose sight of the details. Likely, you have some experience in a start-up or other rapid-growth company.
• A creative problem-solver– Growing any business from scratch comes with massive and constant challenges. On top of that, Bridge works in often fragile, sometimes volatile low-resource communities and with complex government systems. You need to be flexible and ready to get everything done effectively, quickly, and affordably with the materials at hand.
• A relentless advocate– The children we serve and teachers we empower never leave your mind. You know them, get them, have shared a meal with them (or would be happy to in the future). You would never shrink back from shaking a parent’s hand or picking up a crying child, no matter what the person was wearing or looked like. Every decision you make considers their benefit, experience, and value.
• A malleable learner– You believe you can always do better. You welcome constructive criticism and provide it freely to others. You know you only get better tomorrow when others point out where you’ve missed things or failed today.
• A data-driven decision-maker– When making decisions, you don’t rely your intuition alone. You collect data, you analyze it and make decisions with clear justifications.
• A curious investigator– You ask why a lot. You don’t just take what you see and accept it. You wonder why it is that way, and are aware that the world we see is created by human choices and actions – and it could be different. You wonder, and see the world as wonderful even when you want to change a part of it that is unjust.

Salary
N2,000,000 - N3,000,000 / Annum