Jobs at NewGlobe

About the Role

• The Managing Director is 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.
• You will be responsible for leading and overseeing the development, delivery and day-to-day management of a high quality, innovative, cost effective and sustainable education program resulting in immediate and lasting change for children and building the capacity of the duty bearers.
• This is a highly hands-on job, involving intense program management, broad technical knowledge covering financial management, supply chain, government relations and school operations management.
• For this role, we need someone who has the experience of managing highly complex and large programs with a lean team coupled with a deep passion for programme mission. Leadership, humility and self-awareness are a must to be successful.
• This is an incredibly fast-paced and absorbing role that will ask a lot of you but it will also be personally rewarding in that you will see the impact of your efforts first hand.

What You Will Do

• Act as the senior General Manager for the program, overseeing budgets, strategic and operational delivery and stakeholder management.
• Lead and manage the program team – providing the vision, day-to-day coordination, resource management, and supervision required to accomplish project objectives and to deliver superior quality products.
• Be the primary liaison with the designated Ministry of Education, State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and elected political champions and his or her representatives, responding to client needs within the limits of the arrangement.
• Ensure quality control and the overall responsiveness of technical assistance provided, including necessary adjustments to operations to fit the requirements of the programme.
• Identify issues and risks related to program implementation in a timely manner, and suggest appropriate program adjustments.
• Ensure the technical and methodological soundness of activities and, in collaboration with the Collaborate with colleagues to solve problems and build a learning environment within the program team and other function heads of the organization.
• Responsible for on or under-budget delivery of all aspects of the programme. 

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 (or other relevant Government entity) and devolved structures capacity in developing and realizing education strategic plans to provide quality Education services is a plus.
• Passion for our vision of democratizing the right for all children to succeed.

go to method of application »

About the Role

• The Managing Director is 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.
• You will be responsible for leading and overseeing the development, delivery and day-to-day management of a high quality, innovative, cost effective and sustainable education program resulting in immediate and lasting change for children and building the capacity of the duty bearers.
• This is a highly hands-on job, involving intense program management, broad technical knowledge covering financial management, supply chain, government relations and school operations management.
• For this role, we need someone who has the experience of managing highly complex and large programs with a lean team coupled with a deep passion for programme mission. Leadership, humility and self-awareness are a must to be successful.
• This is an incredibly fast-paced and absorbing role that will ask a lot of you but it will also be personally rewarding in that you will see the impact of your efforts first hand.

What You Will Do

• Act as the senior General Manager for the program, overseeing budgets, strategic and operational delivery and stakeholder management.
• Lead and manage the program team – providing the vision, day-to-day coordination, resource management, and supervision required to accomplish project objectives and to deliver superior quality products.
• Be the primary liaison with the designated Ministry of Education, State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and elected political champions and his or her representatives, responding to client needs within the limits of the arrangement.
• Ensure quality control and the overall responsiveness of technical assistance provided, including necessary adjustments to operations to fit the requirements of the programme.
• Identify issues and risks related to program implementation in a timely manner, and suggest appropriate program adjustments.
• Ensure the technical and methodological soundness of activities and, in collaboration with the Collaborate with colleagues to solve problems and build a learning environment within the program team and other function heads of the organization.
• Responsible for on or under-budget delivery of all aspects of the programme. 

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 (or other relevant Government entity) and devolved structures capacity in developing and realizing education strategic plans to provide quality Education services is a plus.
• Passion for our vision of democratizing the right for all children to succeed.

go to method of application »

About the Role

• The Academic Officer will ultimately be responsible for educational outcomes across schools in their assigned territory and will serve as an individual contributor, collaborator, and manager in this role.
• As an individual contributor, the Academic Officer will manage all academic events and initiatives for the territory.
• This will include the implementation of cyclical events (e.g., provision and maintenance of a school and academic calendar, daily and weekly timetables) and any new learning innovation launched throughout the academic year.
• As a collaborator, the Academic Officer will be responsible for coordinating with Shared Services Instructional Design and Learning Innovation to ensure that all levers of achievement are robust and contextualized for the territory.
• Within the territory team, the Academic Officer will work with other departments to ensure that all schools have the right operational conditions for learning to take place.
• Finally, as a manager, the Academic Officer will ensure that members of the Academic team in the territory have a clear work plan and are productively working in tandem to generate achievement in schools.

What You Will Do

• The Academic Officer 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 Officer will:

• Lead execution and interdepartmental coordination of the core academic program in territory.
• Advocating for learning outcomes and serving as an in-territory academic consultant for other departments.
• Providing feedback to the Instructional Design team, to improve learning outcomes and culturally contextualize what is taught in your territory.
• Representing NewGlobe with key state 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 your territory: Programme Manager.
• The Academic Officer will report to the Schools Director and the Academic Director, Shared Services.

What You Should Have

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education or related field, graduate degrees preferred.
• 2 - 4 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.

go to method of application »

About the Role

• NewGlobe ensures efficient management of its schools through a school's organizational structure that divides schools into regions and territories and assigns management oversight of each region to one Schools Supervisor.
• A Schools Supervisor is responsible for the management of a group of schools and Schools Supervisors report to a Regional Manager who in turn is responsible for the success of that school region or territory.
• The schools are situated in various communities across the state in Nigeria to which you are assigned.

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 the 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, the Regional Manager is 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 the state in Nigeria to which you are assigned.

What You Should Have

• An Education Degree is a MUST, with at least 5 years of professional work experience.
• 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.
• 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 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 officials 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.

go to method of application »

About the Role

• The Director Schools is responsible for the performance management of every school in the territory or program.
• This includes school management, academic programming, school programming, staff professional development, regulatory compliance, and parent and community engagement in every school we support. You have the incredible responsibility for the integrated delivery of all our programming in each school, for each teacher, for each child. 
• Consequently, your focus on using data to drive performance, and constant coaching to change behavior, and rigorous implementation of core school programs is critical. 
• The team you supervise is in schools each day, providing ongoing mentorship, specific performance feedback, and on-going group and personal training. You manage one of the largest teams in the company, led by the field team of School Supervisors, that give daily support to each school.
• In this role, you also engage with all stakeholders of the schools under your care, including government officials, parents, and community groups as may be required, just as your school supervisors do in the community of each school. 
• Instructional leadership is a core part of your remit, ensuring that school leaders and teachers are delivering on our promise to ensure each child has the opportunity to learn, which only happens when each teacher uses the right materials at the right time each day, listening and responding to students’ learning, and is supported by the school leader in this practice daily. 
• Your role is the nexus of all that we do, ensuring the implementation and results of our overall programing. 
• Using big data that provides visibility into everyday teaching practices and school management, you work with your direct supervisory staff to improve performance of each school – with the goal of student performance and character development in mind, as well as each school’s financial sustainability – and provide feedback on core programming to our design teams. 
• This team is laser focused on outcomes, inherently collaborative in nature, loves fostering leadership in others, is unwaveringly committed to ensuring a quality education for our pupils, and is excited about creating incredible learning interventions that drive positive behavior and mindset change in adults.
• You will flourish on this team if you are: a team player, hyper-focused on results, flexible in a dynamic environment, and have fun while working hard.
• This role reports to the Managing Director and Regional  Schools Director.

What You Will Do

• Be responsible for the success of schools in your territory. Success is defined by (i) achieving excellence in all School Management metrics, (ii) meeting or exceeding ambitious learning outcome targets, (iii) building a culture of community and parent engagement. 
• Ensure each Supervisor delivers on their oversight of schools and individual KPIs. Their schools should deliver the promise of learning and holistic development for children, and have a strong and high-performing cohort of teachers;
• Be responsible for the management of direct reporting lines with Regional Managers (to whom School Supervisors report), L&D Manager, and Programme Manager
• Use data from multiple sources to ensure that academic programming - offerings, lesson quality, teacher support, learning innovation, etc. - throughout the year is robust, adheres to regulatory guidelines, is contextualized to the territory, and leads to outsized learning outcomes for all pupils
• Use data from multiple sources to ensure Regional Managers, Supervisors are effectively managing their schools, and creating safe learning environments.
• Be in schools 20% time, observing teaching, observing management, and engaging with stakeholders, including government officials, parents, and community groups.
• When observing or holding meetings, use rubrics or other documents to support structured observation and reporting.
• Support specific school events, including collaborating on programming for such events as school opening celebrations, parent teacher conferences and school closing celebrations, as well as community showcases and participation in co-curricular competitions.
• Ensure school strength and support enrollment efforts are achieved. 
• Ensure local regulatory processes are followed, including environmental & social standards, as well as national regulations. 
• Ensure school staff and students are prepared to sit in government-proctored exams, as they may occur on a termly/semester basis, and with particular attention to national examinations. 
• Ensure that leadership & development sessions are delivered to schools during the course of the school year, and during induction training for new staff. Supervisors should use the materials and programming developed by the Leadership & Development team. 
• Work with the Leadership & Development team to provide, facilitate on-going professional development for Supervisors
• Support schools through transition of staff, including school leaders and teachers; work with local government and other local organizations as needed.
• Ensure school leaders are actively building a pipeline of school staff candidates, leveraging parents, local government leadership and other local organizations.
• Ensure schools are working directly with county or regional government leadership, teacher training centers or regional organizations to support sourcing candidates for school staff. 
• Supervisor budget and optimization, prevent fraud and ensure financial discipline among the Schools group
• Other duties as assigned.

What You Should Have

• Undergraduate Degree (or its equivalent) or Master`s Degree.
• 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

go to method of application »

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.

go to method of application »

About the Role

• We are looking for a full time Lead Full-Stack Engineer to head up one of our cross-functional software development teams, which builds the software that powers and improves our competitive advantage.
• addition to being technically excellent and an individual contributor, a Team Lead is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of their project (looking across all disciplines and technology stacks) and for ensuring that their team is following agreed norms and processes.
• This person should be familiar with design and implementation issues specific to a data driven, highly scalable environments and be able to handle such issues with flexibility and ingenuity.
• The ideal candidate will have a strong customer focus, a proven track record of delivering high-quality products in a continuous delivery environment, and an appreciation for clean and simple code.

What You Will Do 

• Design, implement, and support new products and features, including overseeing the technical design and architecture of projects
• Grow and lead an software development team of 5-7 engineers 
• Collaborate with project sponsors and product designers to elaborate requirements and facilitate trade-offs that maximise value
• Analyse and improve the overall software architecture, with a focus on maintainability and scalability
• Mentor and develop members of the team, from daily interactions to broader professional development goals.

What You Should Have

• A BA / BS Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
• 7+ years of enterprise software development experience
• 2+ years of experience leading engineering teams 
• Comfort recommending and advocating for enterprise architectural best practices for highly-available, scalable, and reliable implementations; but also the experience to take on technical debt where appropriate
• Enterprise-level experience with continuous delivery practises and tools
• Advocacy of test-driven development (TDD) and/or behaviour driven development (BDD)
• Experience with pair-programming and other XP practises a plus
• Expertise in several of the following areas (and interested in learning about the rest):                       
  • Web services and API design, especially in the Microsoft .NET ecosystem
  • Android applications, especially “offline-first”
  • JavaScript Web Applications, especially Progressive Web Applications
  • Data engineering - data pipelines that cleanse, classify, and aggregate data sets
  • Highly scalable architectures (e.g. CQRS, Event Sourcing,  queues, circuit breakers, etc.)
  • Monitoring in all its forms - error monitoring, synthetic monitoring, performance monitoring, user monitoring, etc.
  • Security and identity management - OAuth, penetration testing, software supply chain
  • Cloud and Hybrid deployment models
  • Databases and ORMs - esp. MS SQL Server/T-SQL (and EF, Dapper, etc.); but also other forms of persistence
• Experience in a lean delivery environment and understand not only the mechanics, but also the underlying motivations
• NewGlobe uses primarily .NET (server-side), Vue.JS (web apps) and Kotlin (Android native), so experience in these toolchains is preferable; however, NewGlobe also values developers with diverse experience, so serious exposure to other languages and ecosystems (e.g. NodeJS, Ruby, functional languages, NoSQL DBs) is a bonus
• Ability to function well in a fast-paced, informal environment where constant change is the norm and the bar for quality is set high
• Interest in open source projects – familiarity with OSS projects is a plus; contributions to open source projects is a big plus.

go to method of application »

About the Role

• As the Manager, you will help the Programme meet legislative goals by creating proposals and working with government agencies.
• You are on top of research on government policies and laws, manage internal and external communication and have a large resource base of personnel in the public sector.

What You Will Do

• Work closely with the Programme Development counterparts and regional leadership, be responsible for overseeing key government relationships and programming. To do this, you’ll lead government engagement, training and stakeholder meetings.
• Ensure creation of governance committees according to core programming guidelines, and establish a regular meeting schedule.
• Ensure thorough weekly and monthly reporting to the government begins and is continued under permanent programme leadership.
• Manage and oversee all Policy and Partnerships program staff (focussed on Programme Management).
• Manage the diverse strategic stakeholder management across multiple Government departments and levels within those departments; with prominent education ecosystem stakeholders, including but not limited to the local and national teacher labour unions; and important 'influencers’ to ensure the successful and popular launch of the government’s new programme.
• Establish and implement short- and long-range goals, objectives, policies and operating procedures for the government relations support function; monitor and evaluates program effectiveness; effects changes required for improvement;
• Map all key government officials, and create a plan for management of each;
• Work with key stakeholders on consultative efforts to drive reforms in delivery of education to underserved communities;
• Utilize lead management techniques and maintain a detailed and dynamic database of these key influencer communities while tracking progress of programme launch.

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 or State Education Board 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 program's leadership voice;
• Knowledge of local, state and federal government issues related to the provision of primary education in Nigeria 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.

go to method of application »

About the Role

• We are seeking a talented, motivated and adaptable individual to support the Managing Director and the senior leadership team as Project Director.
• The ideal candidate is a multifaceted individual who will work closely with the Managing Director in a job shadow capacity. As a co-strategist, implementer, and trusted advisor, the successful candidate will lead execution of strategic initiatives for the Managing Director and leadership team and will also ensure streamlined activities within the organization to improve the daily management of the organization based on the priorities of the Managing Director.
• This is a highly hands-on and analytical role, involving intense program management and broad technical knowledge covering financial management, supply chain and school operations management.
• The Project Director should have a proven track record of exceptional performance driving strategic initiatives and projects to completion.
• This role reports to the Managing Director and VP Operations. You will be part of a leadership team composed of various directors. The School Inspection Manager/Director, who in turn supervises a team of field associates, will report to you.

What You Will Do
Ensure that the programme’s termly and annual milestones are attained on schedule:

• Manage & update the programme operational calendar
• Ensure appropriate follow through on actions, decisions, and commitments made by the Managing Director by working with the parties responsible for implementation
• Attend functional team meetings to keep a pulse on the business and help connect dots with others across the organization
• Assess inquiries directed to the Managing Director, determine the proper course of action and delegate to the appropriate individual to manage
• Assist the Managing Director in facilitating effective decision-making.

Continuously improve the programme’s performance:

• Coordinate the execution of strategic initiatives
• Prepare periodic business performance and market analysis, business trends and provide insight with the aim to increase operational efficiency
• Deliver business planning processes (forecasts, budgets, long-range plans) including analysis of variances with relevant commentary to support management decision making
• Translate business requirements to technical requirements. This includes using powerful analysis and modeling tools to match strategic business objectives with practical technical solutions
• Create organizational dashboards and reports to support effective decision making and cross-company communications of business performance status
• Monitor and review departmental spending vs. budget to ensure optimal spending and ensure funds are directed towards projects that generate the highest return on investment (ROI)

Ensure that the School Inspection Team (our internal quality assurance team) is driving compliance to school policies and processes at the school level:

• Oversee the activities of the School Inspection team which is in charge of auditing our school operations (facilities, materials & supplies, personnel and processes) against our set of standards and policies to ensure all schools maintain an environment where teaching and learning thrive
• Other responsibilities as determined by the Managing Director.

What You Should Have

• A Bachelor’s Degree from a top-tier university with an excellent academic record.
• Quantitative undergraduate degrees, and advanced Degrees such as an MBA are preferred
• 5+ years of executive level experience in reputable companies from which you have outstanding records of professional achievement.
• You should have at least one experience that required highly independent work in an exceedingly challenging environment such as in management consulting, finance or in a start-up
• Excellent project management skills including being incredibly organized with calendars, gantt charts, trackers, and have the ability to systematically follow up and support senior leaders with their deliverables across a broad set of projects/strategic initiatives
• Solid functional knowledge, including but not limited to strategy, operations, HR, supply chain, customer experience management, finance, project management
• Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem solving skills. You need to be able to see patterns, be a fast thinker and a good decision maker
• Advanced MS Excel/spreadsheets skills, and mastery of presentation/reporting tools such as MS Word/Google docs & MS Powerpoint/Google slides
• Excellent communication skills (writing and speaking), which enable you to communicate complex ideas effectively to people at all levels in the organization
• Demonstrated leadership ability in a team environment. You should have a proven track record of working strategically and collaboratively with senior leaders across different functional areas
• Strong willed, a fast learner and able to effect changes fast. You should be able 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.