Assistant Director of Cultural Institution (F/H) - French at Alliance Francaise de Lagos

Synthetic description of the position

• Under the authority of the Conseiller de co-operation et d'action culturelle (COCAC) and under the supervision of the director of the’Alliance francaise (AF) de Lagos
• you will manage the’establishment jointly with the Director;
• you will ensure the daily management of the courses of the’ establishment (two locations) ;
• you will ensure to maintain the’image d’ pedagogical expertise of the French’Alliance, with the public, Nigerian institutions and partner schools ;
• you will be responsible for the daily management of the’examination Office team.
• you will be in charge of the Central Management of DELF-DALF exams for Nigeria.

Main activities

• L’AF Lagos is located in a recent cultural center (2019), well equipped (9 classrooms, auditorium with 120 seats,’ showroom, restaurant, library, amphitheater, 4 passage rooms). It retains an annex, located in Ikeja, the historic center of the city of Lagos.

In this context, you will need to:

under the authority of COCAC and jointly with the Director of AF : 

• Participate in the definition and implementation of the strategy of the establishment in accordance with the priorities of action of the post in the fields of culture, cooperation or development ;
• Participate in budget development, personnel management and implementation of analysis, monitoring /evaluation tools in relation to management and the Board;
• Assure the interim management of the establishment.

 under theauthority of the COCAC and the responsibility of the Director of the AF

Pedagogy :

• Ensure the proper functioning of the department of courses (+/2000 registrations per year) and exams (+/2000 candidates) on 2 sites ;
• Update the’offer of intramural courses, communication and marketing of courses ;
• Manage a team of teachers (commitments, schedule, remuneration, class observations and reports, training) ;
• Update the internal continuing education plan for the’team of teachers ;
• Conquer and retain new audiences ;
• Prospecting French, Nigerian and foreign third-party companies likely to undergo training ;
• Strengthen existing partnerships with Nigerian institutions (Universities, Ministry of’Education of the STATE of Lagos), create new ones ;Supervise and validate the activities of the pedagogical mission manager (VI) (supervision of certification sessions, follow-up of partner institutions, implementation of the training plan and dedicated’ events).