Manager, Learning and Development (North-West Nigeria) at NewGlobe

About the Role

• Delivery excellence, integrity, quality, and systematization are all part of ensuring successful implementation of induction training and ongoing professional development.
• Content design and personalization: The L&D Manager will be responsible for designing and coordinating with Shared Services L&D on the content of induction training and ongoing scheduled professional development modules. In addition, the L&D Manager will work directly with the Schools Director to use performance and behavioral data of school leaders and teachers to smartly deliver time-sensitive “refresher” training on core modules and custom-designed content for Supervisors of schools to use in school-based training and coaching.
• Training execution and project management: The L&D Manager will project manage all residential induction training sessions for school staff. This is a complex role – managing 50+ support office staff to lead induction training for 1500-2000 teachers and school leaders. It is your job to train, mentor, and evaluate every person leading a training classroom each step of the way, ensuring that they achieve ambitious outcomes with our school leaders and teachers. The importance of the success of this training cannot be understated -- it is the foundation for the success of all of our programming, by ensuring that each teacher and school leader leaves training with a new vision for their school and classroom, new practices for classroom management, new understanding of structured pedagogy and its use, and knowledge of critical school management practices.
• This role reports to the Schools Director.

What You Will Do

• Design effective program-specific training content that meets the needs of the program.
• Lead school leader and teacher induction training and ongoing professional development efforts for your territory; ensure all induction training graduates and current school staff are world-class school leaders and teachers, prepared to succeed in supported classrooms and schools, passionate and motivated to deliver for each child.
• Use big data on academics, school management, and community engagement to identify areas for further professional development, and continuously improve training quality and efficacy.
• Investigate academic, school management and community engagement trends through the year to inform training content and delivery, and advise ongoing school field visits led by School Management, Schools Group.
• Collaborate with L&D Shared Services to ensure that all content for induction training and professional development efforts are effective; coordinate across teams to ensure that content is up to date and accurate -- this is a complex and critical process.
• Develop, coach, and mentor a deeply skilled and mission-aligned team of Supervisors, School Management who will support L&D on the execution of large-scale induction training and ongoing professional development.
• Lead professional development, including onboarding and ongoing support for Supervisors, School Management in collaboration with L&D Shared Services, using core programming and data from school performance.
• Be a world-class project manager ensuring high-quality delivery, continuous improvement and transparency for the execution of induction training and professional development programs in your territory.
• Work closely with the Administration, People Operations, Technology, and other teams to ensure seamless user experience for teachers and school leaders during induction training and professional development.

How Your Success Will Be Measured
Your success in the role will be measured by training deliverables:

• 100% of trainings are on-time, on-budget, and in line with the strategic direction set by your program's Schools Director (management scope and sequence).
• 90% training mastery for every training, as measured by assessments administered during training.

You are also responsible for ensuring that you drive learning in schools after training has concluded:

• Teachers in schools are able to complete 90% of assigned lessons
• Teachers take attendance for their pupils 90% of the time
• Supervisors, School Management visit 90% of scheduled school visits to drive pupil learning and support teachers and school leaders.

What You Should Have

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education or related fields
• Experience designing training materials for adult learners
• 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
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organizational, leadership, analytical problem solving and strategic thinking skills.