Fresh Vacancies at First Excelsia Professional Services Limited

Summary

• The Construction Project Manager shall be responsible for the successful completion of site works in time, within set budgets and to specification using a highly consistent, efficient and effective formally systematized methodology.

Job Description

• Pre-start process including review of the initial site appraisals, site layouts, site preparation details and budgets and statutory approval documentation.
• In charge of site preparation processes, programmes organization.
• Start-up of site work including organising site visits, site staff travel, site work pre-requisites, site documentation and site foremen deployment.
• On-site work planning and organisation, site instructions and site inspections, work certification; on-site trouble shooting and problem solving, handover and project shut down.
• Participating in facilitating training, work study and staff management.
• Inter-departmental communications including periodic reporting, construction updates and correspondence.
• Provide feedback on design and process standardisation including design of process, procedures and tools; determination of labour resource requirements; review of designs, drawings and contracts; and feedback on design implementation and buildability.

Person Specification

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in a busy and dynamic work environment handling multiple projects in multiple locations concurrently.
• Degree in any of the building and construction professions; Architecture, Quantity Surveying, Civil & Structural Engineering, Building Construction or equivalent
• Master's degree in Construction Management, Project management shall be an added advantage.
• Excellent MS Project (or other) knowledge & skills

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Job Description

Our Client, a player in the educational sector is seeking a Regional Manager. The firm 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 manager.

Responsibility:

• Work closely with a large group of schools and Learning and Development 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 L&D Supervisors 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 Learning and Development Supervisors in your region or territory and ensure operating performance and instructional learning targets are met.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to Learning and Development Supervisors in your region to help develop their management skills and support 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.

Desired Qualifications and Skills:

• This role would suit someone who has extensive experience doing community-based work, field management expertise and strong people management and program management skills.
• Degree qualified with at least 5 years of professional work experience
• 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 multi-task 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 in the public schooling environment is an advantage. 

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Summary

• The Real Estate team identifies potential land deals in target communities and executes on leases.
• The Programme Associate, Real Estate is the “glue” that keeps everything together - managing interdependencies and working with managers and individual contributors alike to ensure that targets are met and processes are followed.

Job Description

• Manage the real estate lifecycle across all active plots; you should know every detail there is to know, and be able to report on the statuses/issues with every plot
• Monitor new plots submitted through the GIS system; coordinating with legal for validation of deals
• Manage of daily work plans for field staff including validating schedules and work output
• Organise Real Estate files and ensure all documentation and process are in order
• Provide general administrative support to your supervisor and the rest of the team as needed

Person Specification

• BA/BS degree with at least 2 years of work experience
• Project management experience in fast-paced environments with clear cut targets
• Experience coordinating projects within Real Estate, Physical Planning, or Construction preferred
• Experience working in startups/fast-growth companies a HUGE plus
• Tech/systems savvy; great with Microsoft Office and learning new tech products

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Our Client in the educational sector is looking to hire a Managing Director. The Managing Director will learn the full spectrum of business operations and business methods from the outgoing Managing Director as well as from the extended global team. The Managing Director should expect to work as an intrepreneur in Lagos. While the Managing Director will have full corporate support and benefit from the lessons learned and processes developed over 9 years from the operations of the company as well as from being in operation in Nigeria for 2 years, this is a role that will require fearless, dogged, entrepreneurial spirit.

Job Specification

• Drive continued market expansion in Nigeria, including managing a team of 600+ staff and growing which is needed to execute in-country strategy and operations
• Work with and leverage team support from the global teams and support offices across the 7 countries we operate in to ensure in-country operations are aligned to global processes and systems
• Refine and execute country strategy to ensure sustainable operations at scale and deliver the maximum learning impact to the children of
• Refine and create highly-structured, insightful processes, systems and recommendations with a data-driven approach alongside the in country senior leadership team, to continue expansion and to support operations at
• Project manage the moving parts of the day to day operation by ensuring each function is operating on time, on budget and on

Person Specification

• At least 10 - 15 years of post-undergraduate, full time work experience
• At least one work experience that required highly independent work in an exceedingly challenging environment
• Work experience at top corporations (in emerging markets and the US or UK) balanced by a demonstrated interest in entrepreneurship and data-driven decision-making, including the ability to flourish in dynamic, ambiguous environments
• Strong business network with senior executives in private business, government and civil society spheres in the specified country
• Prior full time work experience in the specified country
• Prior experience starting a start-up; secondarily, prior experience as an early hire at a start-up who remained with the company through to profitability, acquisition, or
• Work experience in a highly political industry, where ideological conflict is common and strategy, ingenuity, negotiation and persuasion are necessary for
• Ability to manage a very broad scope of work; front office, back office, development, regulatory
• Willingness and comfort working in a Global matrix, willingness to learning and input from the global functional
• Record of strong academic performance from a leading undergraduate and graduate institution

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The IT Associate, will ensure the provision of superior customer service throughout the business, through the maintenance, enhancement and efficient operation of IT functions. Additionally, the role will include responsibility for ensuring the security and integrity of IT operations and systems.

The flexibility to work outside normal business hours is integral to this role, as is the ability to work under broad direction and minimal supervision

Job Specification

• Deploy computers and associated peripherals including new installations and redeployment of existing equipment.
• Install and configure operating systems and software to agreed standards under the direction of the IT Manager and other immediate supervisors.
• Maintain existing equipment to standards determined by the IT Manager, by performing upgrades, new installations and carrying out routine procedures.
• Assist in the compilation and maintenance of an accurate inventory of hardware and software, and ensuring that records are kept up-to-date within the service desk system.
• Troubleshoot technical issues to resolution and/or escalate to colleagues, suppliers or partner organizations as required.
• Manage service desk tickets, planning and prioritizing systematically to minimize backlog and ensure operational efficiency.
• Expedite the repair of hardware faults and software configuration problems, notifying or forwarding to the relevant suppliers in a timely manner.
• Provide technical assistance to project teams and undertake technical project roles when required.
• Demonstrate commitment to and promotion of a culture of service excellence and continual improvement within the IT Department.
• Maintain and develop excellent working relationships with key suppliers, conducting dealings in a professional and appropriate manner.
• Provide at all times a professional, courteous and rapid response to individual users.

Person Specification

• A Degree from a recognized university with top marks in Computer Science or a related discipline
• 1-3 years relevant IT/industry work experience
• Experience working within a fast-paced environment
• Relevant Microsoft certification
• Excellent technical knowledge of PC/Mac hardware
• Working technical knowledge of current protocols, operating systems and standards
• Software and hardware troubleshooting
• Windows desktop (7/8) experience
• Microsoft Office 2010/2013 support
• Active Directory administration
• TCP/IP
• Experience working and training on a variety of IT subjects and applications
• Excellent Writing and oral communication skills
• Good research skills, including ability to identify and propose solutions to issues/crisis
• Knowledge of Android technologies, Smart Phones, LAN and Wi-Fi configurations
• Experience with admin of Microsoft systems such as Exchange, Navision, IIS, or Sharepoint.
• Routers, switches and firewall experience

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Location: Lagos Mainland

Job Description

• The role holder will be required to manage and provide leadership for the HR department.

Person Specification

• Must have a Bachelor's Degree in Law.
• Minimum of 5 year's experience in Human Resources
• Trips to the farm (outside Lagos) will be required.

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Job Description
The Community Engagement Manager will be responsible for implementing all outreach programmes across academies with the purpose of attracting new parents and developing loyalty among existing parents.  The work of the Community Engagement Manager includes the development, execution, and monitoring of academy advertising, communications, events, programmes, community relations, and well as well as analyzing results and suggesting improvements to future programmes and developing ad-hoc programmes as needed. 

Responsibility

• Coordinate all academy-level communications to academy staff, parents, and community members, including writing and tracking message content in the form of letters, emails, internal messages, advertisements, SMS, robocalls, and more
• Project manage the production, execution, and distribution of community outreach materials such as posters, flyers, and signposts across communities
• Purchase local and national media such as billboards, radio, print advertisements, and more as needed
• Project manage the execution of all planned academy and community events and programmes including parent meetings, parent-teacher conferences, parent-teacher associations, pupil performances, community events, grand opening celebrations, back to class celebrations, prize giving day/graduations, and more
• Work with national and global leadership teams to develop new events and other academy programmes as needed
• Help with creative material design as needed including copy writing, design evaluation, photography, marketing testing
• Work with global or national PR teams to help prep academies, staff, parents, and/or pupils media engagements as needed
• Ensure all academies are able to implement all community outreach programmes at scale, providing support as needed
• Analyse what is and isn’t working across all community outreach initiatives and make recommendations for improvement, including initiating customer research as needed
• Manage a small team in accomplishing all of these goals; some national travel will be required

Requirements

• Passion for democratizing the right for all children to succeed
• 8+ years relevant experience including extensive experience in programme management, communications, marketing, advertising, event planning, community relations, and managing a team
• Results-driven, scrappy attitude with a desire for continuous improvement; Flexible and ready to work hard, travel, do whatever is needed to get the job done
• Proven success driving growth at a data-driven, customer-facing organization and ability to operate to scale
• Strong familiarity of communities; you have lived or worked in low-income communities for several years and are accustomed to how communities work
• Supreme organizational, critical thinking, and communications skills with impeccable spoken and written English; additional local language skills preferred
• Bachelor's degree in relevant field, graduate degrees preferred

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Job Description

The Area Manager (Learning and Development Officer) role at its heart is to ensure that every school is led by talented and passionate school leaders and teachers. 

Responsibility:

• Execute the support process for head teachers and teachers to ensure that we understand the current capacity and preparation of school staff and match training to their needs;
• Provide professional development to head teachers and teachers, ensuring that each of them has a renewed vision of their role as a changemaker in building the future of their community, state and nation; ensuring that each believes without doubt that every child can learn, and every teacher can succeed in ensuring learning for her class; and ensuring that every head teacher knows that the entire performance of the school is her responsibility.
• Prepare and support great head teachers and teachers by executing all training content during both training and in-school visits with fidelity, ensuring all school staff engage in rigorous and meaningful practice and providing thoughtful feedback and coaching.
• Continuously seek ways to improve professional development content, systems and processes by taking initiative and sharing feedback with the L&D team.
• The measure of your success will be the learning outcomes delivered by teachers you trained and the overall performance of the group of head teachers you trained.

Requirement:

• A fundamental belief that great teachers are “made,” not born
• Teaching experience is highly valued.
• Experience in adult education or other adult training or professional development is highly valued by not mandatory.
• Agreement that a teacher’s performance is measurable by how the children in her classroom learn
• Agreement that what enables children to learn can be measured, and that those results should drive decisions in teacher and school leader training and management
• A belief that a strong and tested lesson plan that incorporates best practices improves a teacher’s foundational knowledge and classroom management skills
• Belief in systems and best practices should guide school management
• Belief that corporal punishment is not an effective disciplinary method
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills with the ability to engage a large group of individuals
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to easily form relationships and influence and motivate others
• Flexibility and a strong work ethic
• Strong organization and time management skills
• Strong people management skills – holding adults to high expectations
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint or a strong aptitude to learn new technology
• Desire to spend time in schools improving school leaders and teacher’s performance. This includes a willingness to travel in all weather at least 80% of the time.

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Job Description

As Manager Corporate Affairs, you will be responsible for working closely with the Expansion Director to build strategic relationships with key stakeholders in the Government, the private sector and civil society.

Responsibility:

• Position the firm as a credible partner for conversations around education for all
• Work with corporate players to develop partnerships for educating underserved communities
• Work with local, regional and national officials and groups with respect to registration, strategic efforts, and related activities.
• Work with key stakeholders on consultative efforts to drive reforms in delivery of education to underserved communities
• Identify opportunities and work with partners in the private sector to drive efficient service delivery with government schools
• Identify CSR partners in the private sector to strengthen market presence and delivery
• Identify the larger contours of PPP and CSR relationships and also be responsible for structuring PPP and CSR contracts
• Plan, develop, administer and evaluate programs, activities and daily operations related to the governmental affairs support function
• Coordinate complex interactions with legislators, legislative staff, other local and state officials, federal agency staff and other government officials/staff.
• Assists the Expansion Director, Nigeria with the coordination, facilitation, and advancement of expansion related priorities and other initiatives involving relationship with Local, State and/or Federal agencies and representatives, their staff members, and all other related parties.
• 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
• All other job-related duties as assigned by management

Requirement:

• Masters’ degree with superior academic performance
• Extensive knowledge of local, state and federal government organization and legislative processes in primary education
• Rolodex of contacts within the ministry of education or equivalent local and state regulatory bodies
• Knowledge of local, state and federal government issues related to the provision of primary education
• Prior experience within a fast-paced, metric driven consulting or educational organization
• We particularly value experience in extreme growth situations.

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Job Description

We are looking for a Government Relations Manager who is a public relations specialist with a penchant for coordinating legislative efforts by working with state, local, and federal governments.

You will help the organization meet legislative goals by creating policy 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.

Responsibilities:

• Fostering the brand amongst government circles through advocacy and public relations.
• Conduct research and monitor legislation. You are also responsible for tracking happenings within the government that could affect the organization. Proactively researching policies to see what changes could be advantageous and which trends might negatively impact us in the future.
• Conducting both internal and external communications to ensure message continuity. Prepare reports and presentations to deliver within the organization and externally. You will also represent the organization at industry forums and events.
• Recruiting champions at Federal, State and Local Government levels.
• Managing relationship with key stakeholders and Ministry parastatals at the Federal, State and Local Government level
• Documenting and managing all government regulations around education to ensure compliance.
• Oversee the registration and approval process of schools in various states
• Identifying partnership opportunities to work with Local, State and Federal Government,

Requirements:

• 8+ years’ experience working in a similar role the bulk of which should have been with the private sector but closely liaising with the government on development projects.
• A deep understanding of how the different levels of the government work and how policies are advocated and formulated
• Bachelor Degree with superior academic performance
• Master’s Degree is an added advantage
• Rollcall of contacts within all levels of government in Nigeria
• Prior experience within a fast-paced, metric driven consulting or educational organization
• Excellent writing and oral communication skills are required
• Ability to multitask and execute on various projects

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Policy and Partnerships
Will work with Governments to support public school teachers to deliver quality lessons in class every day and leverage technology to build a comprehensive support system that is data driven and reaches across the value chain of Education delivery. We also ensure that the Ministry Staff are well equipped to leverage data to make quality decisions that help drive increased learning outcome in public schools.

Responsibility:

• Report to the V.P, Policy and Partnerships and support in designing policies, building partnerships, and executing strategies to advance the firm’s goals in Africa;
• Work closely with the Global V.P of Policy and Partnerships to ensure continuity and alignment of goals and strategy across countries in Africa and supporting the firm’s policy agenda in Africa;
• Support the V.P Policy and Partnerships in identifying and executing strategies to expand the organization’s work into new countries in Africa with additional focus on supporting the expansion plans into new states in Nigeria;
• Support the delivery of the firm’s recognition agenda in Africa especially by enhancing influence with policy makers in the education sector in the region;
• Support the delivery of thought leadership agenda within the region working closely with the Public relations team;
• Obtain input from relevant experts across operations and support the V.P Policy and Partnerships in engaging with influential groups in the region, to enhance the organisation’s reputation and influence the education agenda in Africa;
• Monitor key political and educational developments within the region, working with the V.P policy to determine their impact on expansion plan in the region;
• Manage broader strategic stakeholder management with NGO/ donor/ think tank/ academic and other important 'influencers’ to unlock new funding and advance standing with these important communities;
• Work with the V.P Policy and Partnerships to support the in-country Directors on strategic communications to achieve our goals;
• Work with key stakeholders on consultative efforts to drive reforms in delivery of education to underserved communities;
• Provide strong strategic support for work in Nigeria, working closely with the Nigeria Policy and Partnership team to design and implement an extensive expansion campaign in Nigeria;
• Provide support for stakeholder management strategy and implementation for In-country P&P teams.
• Provide support for the V.P Policy and Partnerships with respect to the review, and providing strategic support to in-country Directors in developing strong relationships with government and ensuring regulatory compliance throughout the region.
• Owning regional relationships with relevant social sector groups to ensure that the firm continuously expands her stakeholder groups and maintains a strong voice with all education, technology and development groups operating in the region;

Requirements:

• Master’s degree or vast experience in any relevant Social Science/humanities field including Economics, Business, Public Policy or a related field;
• Bachelor’s degree in a Social Science/humanities or a related field;
• Academic qualification or relevant work experience in the education sector.
• A strong understanding and passion for the education sector with experience advocating for education, an added advantage.
• Over 10 years’ experience working in the social sector at a Country/Regional leadership level
• Cultural intelligence working across countries in Africa.
• A strong passion for education and desire to contribute to the future development in Africa.
• Tenacity and ability to be a self-starter and able to identify and grasp opportunities to engage and proactively nurture relationships with key decision and policy makers.
• An existing network of strong relationships with key decision makers in public sector.
• Regional experience working in Africa across East and or West Africa.
• Knowledge of local, state and federal government issues related to the provision of primary education in Nigeria;
• Demonstrated ability to work with Nigerian media, including local, national and regional media across print, broadcast and online;
• Experience acting as an on-the-record spokesperson;
• Demonstrated strategic thinking and planning skills;
• Strong communications, presentation and influencing skills with the ability to engage and energize people at all levels.
• Strong track record of delivering in a corporate communications or public relations function.
• Willingness to travel extensively within Nigeria and across Sub-Saharan Africa.
• An awareness and experience of the variety and diversity of the business environment, practices and cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Job Description

The PR and Communications team is the hub for all press and media work that comes in to the organization or goes out from it. It works proactively to generate positive media coverage for all activities and campaigns. It delivers media plans and develops opportunities both proactively and reactively to service a huge array of media/journalists that make contact for comment, information and signposting on day to day events and upcoming issues. The team is responsible for developing a comprehensive media approach including statements and press releases to feature/audio visual material and campaign packs. It also continually monitors and evaluates all media coverage

Job Purpose

• To effectively promote and defend the reputation of the organization;
• To raise the public profile of the organization through the successful delivery of media and communication strategies;
• To identify potential opportunities to increase media profile regionally, and deliver on them;
• To offer media advice and insight to senior members of the team, particularly on the implications of national news stories;
• To engage in planning and delivery across the whole communications spectrum, including contribution to the delivery of high priority campaigns and policy developments, and the regional roll out of communications strategies;
• To develop and manage key stakeholder relationships both internal and external;
• To play a key role in ensuring that all communication is of an appropriate high standard, consistent with brand and key messages;
• To have responsibility for the Communications budget;

Responsibilities:

• Audit current communications and develop a plan for optimization and improvements;
• Develop proactive external focused multi-disciplinary media campaigns and stories;
• Crisis communications management;
• Communications project management;
• Offer advice on the best media approach to colleagues within the organization;
• Map and priorities external contacts within the media, and external stakeholders.
• Prepare and place media spokespeople into broadcast and print news media
• Plan and lead political engagements
• Plan and lead on engagement with conferences and events
• Contribute to internal communication content and stakeholder news content
• Develop a content calendar for all channels
• Build partnerships with other education or social enterprises/non-profits, and education innovators
• Conduct influencer mapping audit and design a strategy for engagement
• Lead all external communications for the operations
• Pro-actively engage with Communications leaders and colleagues around the world to ensure all work is completely aligned with the global strategy and global campaigns
• Actively participate in regular department and team meetings, contributing to strategy and tactical discussions which will be beneficial to the brand reputation;
• Maintain an awareness of own and others’ Health and Safety and comply with the Health and Safety policy and procedures;
• Take personal responsibility for keeping up to date with the organisation’s work globally.

Requirements:

• A bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) with superior academic performance;
• Extensive experience of PR and Communications within a campaigning organization;
• Detailed knowledge of the role of social media channels in PR and how to best utilize each channel;
• A detailed understanding of, and proven experience in the media and political landscape
• International experience working for political, campaigning, non-profit, and other social enterprise type campaigns that concern an idea or movement rather than a product;
• A clear understanding of how to grow the distribution/popularity of channels based upon audience segmentation;
• Experience of digital content editing;
• Experience of film editing and direction;
• Appreciation of PR and Communications in emerging markets or underdeveloped countries;
• Ability to work independently and across country teams;
• Experience of engaging in public media debates with policy makers

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Reponsibilities:

• Support the production of adhoc analyses, data modeling and information requests
• Ensure that information and data is captured, documented, analyzed and reported in a results-based and timely manner
• With input from the Project Director and Program Managers, help produce high quality quarterly, mid-year and annual program progress reports as per contracting requirements
• Provide thorough progress reporting, continuous analysis of achievements, facilitate project review, evaluation and audits
• Ensure the maintenance of sound filing system and appropriate use and recording of all project experience, activities and results
• Assist all components of the programme in producing and documenting all kinds of programme related reports
• Undertake field visits to gather the information and results related to the programme
• Perform any other duties assigned by the Project Director as per need of the programme

Qualifications & requirements:

Education:

Bachelor's degree in any of the social sciences with a Master’s degree will be an advantage

Experience:

• Five years relevant working experience.
• An extensive experience in financial analyses, communication, reporting, documentation and material preparation in relation to education and development fields.
•  Candidate must possess excellent writing, editing, and speaking skills.
• Candidate must possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Computer Skills:

Candidate must be an advanced user of MS Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint. Programming knowledge is a plus.

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Job Description
As the Talent Acquisition Manager, you will be focusing on the Operating Market region, you are a key member of the People Operations team as we try to attract the best talent on offer. 

Responsibilities:

• Attract and recruit Talent
• Extensive talent mapping experience
• Work with hiring managers and their teams to assist with external recruitment efforts
• Partner with People Operations for internal hiring efforts (internal recruitment is the assessment of employees for different or more senior roles.)
• Use social media, job boards, internet sourcing, and other technical means to source candidates for open jobs for current open roles and identify future talent needs and proactively recruit and source candidates
• Manage the recruitment process and life-cycle, including initial assessments, interviews, and offers
• Guide hiring managers and decision makers by providing valuable insight and hiring and employment data. May develop specialized or competitive intelligence and research in regard to talent development
• Manage relationships with recruiters, academic and professional groups, and with a wider audience through use of social media and other targeted outreach to key audiences; including coordination of on-campus recruiting, job fairs, conferences, and other opportunities to connect with audiences interested in for-profit education space
• Candidate experience focused; coach and mentor a team on meticulous candidate management using an applicant tracking systems to track applicants from the selection phase through to on-boarding

Requirements:

• Passion for the right for all children to succeed
• Bachelor's degree with superior academic performance
• Extensive headhunting/recruitment experience, particularly with building diverse teams
• Prior experience within a fast-paced, metric driven Talent Acquisition organisation (agency or corporate)
• Experience in attracting the best global talent
• You will have a network of great candidates both locally and across the world
• Experience recruiting in the education/retail sector.
• We particularly value experience in extreme growth situations
• Self-starter; highly driven individual that will take ownership from the get-go and proactively look for improvement
• Strong leadership skills and has demonstrated ability to work with a very diverse workforce

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Job Description

As the Nigeria Talent Acquisition Associate, you are a key member of the People team. You will have the opportunity to join a fast-scaling global start-up and shape the organization by developing a highly effective talent pipeline for all positions in Nigeria. The ideal candidate will have a strong ability to multi-task and take ownership of the current talent acquisition process from the get-go. You’re an extremely effective communicator, both written and verbal, and are energized by interacting with people, building relationships, and networking. These things come naturally to you and are what you crave in your working life. A keen sense of ownership, speedy execution, and scrappiness is a must. The candidate is equally comfortable as an individual contributor as well as a leader who can drive the efforts of a team.

 RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with hiring managers and their teams to assist with external recruitment efforts.
• Partner with People Operations for internal hiring efforts (internal recruitment is the assessment of employees for different or more senior roles.)
• Use social media, job boards, internet sourcing, and other technical means to source candidates for open jobs for current open roles and identify future talent needs and proactively recruit and source candidates.
• Manage the recruitment process and life-cycle, including initial assessments, interviews, and offers.
• Guide hiring managers and decision makers by providing valuable insight and hiring and employment data. May develop specialized or competitive intelligence and research in regards to talent development.
• Manage relationships with recruiters, academic and professional groups, and with a wider audience through use of social media and other targeted outreach to key audiences; including coordination of on-campus recruiting, job fairs, conferences, and other opportunities to connect with audiences interested in for-profit education space.
• Candidate experience focused; Ensure meticulous candidate management using an applicant tracking systems to track applicants from the selection phase through to on-boarding.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree with superior academic performance
• 1-3 years’ cognate experience
• Headhunting/recruitment experience
• Prior experience within a fast-paced, metric driven Talent Acquisition organization (agency or corporate)
• We particularly value experience in extreme growth situations.

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Job Description
The Officer, People Operations role is a generalist position that operates at the front lines of Human Resources.

The ideal candidate should exceptionally possess high attention to detail, a strong work ethic, and ability to manage multiple workflows and projects simultaneously. You are level-headed, disciplined, and thoroughly understand that HR must protect the Company’s interests and policies and guide employees through their career life-cycles at the same time.

You have a very good understanding of HR best practices and employment/labour law frameworks in Nigeria and are certified by the CIPM or its equivalent.

Responsibilities:

• Separations Process: lead separations processes, including department, asset, and financial handovers - involves IT, Admin, and Payroll Accountant
• Onboarding Process: lead teams from IT, Admin, etc. in ensuring that staff are successfully on boarded
• Payroll Verification: work with Payroll Accountant to ensure that all contractors and employees are properly represented with the right deductions/additions, if any. Generate monthly report for managers on headcount
• Staff Benefits: supporting staff with questions about health coverage, managing additions to coverage, dealing with other health coverage issues
• Immigration/Work Permits/Expat Services: dealing with immigration issues/working with immigration consultants
• Asset Management: ensure that all staff have the assets they need; deal with asset recovery processes and exchanges/one-off needs. Heavy interfacing with IT and Admin
• Leave Management: assist employees with leave, generate monthly report for managers on leave balances
• Disciplinary Procedures: work with the People Ops. Director on managing these procedures
• Appeals, Grievances, Investigations: lead these processes with some direction from the People Ops. Director
• Staff Documentation: ensuring that offer letters, contracts, probation confirmations, and change of status documents are appropriately handled

Requirements:

• Strong adherence to systems and process
• Experience working with a culturally and socioeconomically diverse workforce
• Minimum of four years of full-time work experience in Human Resources
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office; technologically competent/quick learner
• Work experience in fast-growth, rapid-scale contexts, particularly with large numbers of field staff
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• High energy and enthusiasm level; willingness to do whatever necessary to get the job done
• Microsoft Dynamics NAV experience preferred
• Bachelor's Degree, preferably with Business Administration and/or Human Resources course specialization, with exemplary academic performance
• CIPM certified (or it's recognized equivalent)

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Quality Assurance Associates are the eyes and ears of the organization. Quality Assurance Associates are part of an existing highly-trained quality monitoring team focusing on systematic academy-level monitoring.

 Job Description

• Ensure schools are compliant with procedural requirements through processes of quality control and audit checklists of academy operations and management tools, materials and processes
• Provide valuable insights into critical operational issues based on school visit observations
• Work with HQ to ensure that the school teaching and management systems and tools are well implemented and by School Heads and by teachers.
• Quality Assurance Associates will travel every single day to schools and are expected to spend a fair amount of time on the road.

Person Specification

• A-Level certificate. High Diploma or University graduate is an added advantage.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented and able to manage multiple tasks within tight deadlines
• Hard working with a positive can-do attitude; is able and willing to take on any challenge
• Mature and independent - supervision will largely be done from HQ while you operate in the field
• Adept at using the smartphone and email programs.
• Aptitude for learning new IT systems/applications
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Prior experience conducting audits or experience in a quality assurance role is a plus
• Willingness to travel every day in all weather

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Logistics Officer who will be responsible for providing efficient and cost-effective Logistics and Supply Chain support services to support the business.  The holder of this position will deliver high quality professional logistics and administration services and lead the development and implementation of tools, processes, policies and practices covering all aspects of Logistics and Supply Chain. Ability to deal with hands on issues, create effective liaison with heads of department and other key staff and management of various aspects of the logistics chain as well as participating in strategic thinking will be key to success in this position.

Job Description

• Under the guidance of the Logistics Manager, introduce a formalized and highly organized approach in the region to guide all distribution activities between headquarters and schools in given region.
• Compilation of delivery schedules, route mappings, delivery tracking and reporting systems to ensure on time and complete deliveries
• Negotiation of prices, lead times and other contractual terms with distribution and transport contractors in the areas the region assigned.
• Reviewing and embedding with user departments the specifications for various logistics services required for school operations and other departments
• Creating and fostering relationships with diverse logistics and supply chain professional associations to ensure gainful experience and knowledge sharing
• Seek, evaluate and recommend reliable vendors or suppliers to provide quality logistics services at reasonable prices in the region.
• Determining distribution schedules and timing of deliveries to and from schools and keeping track of delivery times throughout the delivery process
• Working with department managers and other staff to forecast demand for logistics services and to ascertain that deliveries are dispatched recorded and signed for by recipients.
• Provide oversight over the material handling staff assigned to the region.
• Deal with and resolve any logistical challenges including failure by internal and external stakeholders to meet expected performance benchmarks
• Budgeting, reporting and analysis of Logistics costs to ensure high visibility and control of related expenses and proper allocation to user departments
• Periodic reporting of Logistics activities and projects in assigned region
• Working internally and with external legal support to ensure suitable agreements that would ensure appropriate terms of engagement with suppliers of high transport and delivery services
• Support School Operations, Technology, Training and Construction departments and other functions in legal and contractual processes for Logistics needs.
• Act as the Deputy Logistics Manager when called upon.
• Advise management on required areas of improvement to enhance Logistics processes

Person Specification

• Minimum of 4 to 6 years’ experience in management of Logistics and or Supply Chain services preferably for a large fast-growing service or trading organization with multiple locations and diverse requirements
• Experience with Logistics management of construction materials in a large-scale environment where both formal and informal vendors operate will be a definite advantage.
• Professional qualifications in Logistics/Supply Chain will be a key requirement
• Bachelor’s Degree in business, economics or other Social Science or related discipline or the equivalent
• Ability to present Logistics services feedback, policies and procedures to senior managers.
• Demonstrated ability to organize large volumes of Logistics requirements for a broad range of office and operational needs.  Must have the ability to quickly learn and improve systems
• Good hands on knowledge of Microsoft Office suite applications

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This is a key position within the company’s Supply Chain team with important linkages to many other department.

Job Description

• Develop and implement policies, procedures, tools and guidelines to ensure effective and efficient procurement processes in the company and to assure seamless procurement services
• Seek, evaluate and recommend reliable vendors or suppliers to provide quality goods or services at reasonable prices
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with suppliers, contractors and other partners within the procurement services chain to create partnerships that add value
• Negotiate prices, lead times and other contractual terms with suppliers in Nigeria and other parts of the world as may be required
• Review and embed with user departments the technical specifications for all materials required for school operations, equipment or construction requirements
• Closely oversee the acquisition of materials needed for production of learning and training requirements, general supplies for offices and facilities, equipment, and construction contracts while ensuring visibility of the process at each stage.
• Work with department managers and other staff to forecast demand of procurement services and to ascertain that goods are received as ordered and payments processed only for certified confirmations of deliveries or service.
• Budget, report and analyze procurement costs to ensure high visibility and control of procurement related expenses.

Person Specification

• Degree/professional qualifications in purchasing and supplies management
• Expert level of knowledge in procurement including, but not limited to sourcing, pricing, contracts, relationship management and due diligence on suppliers and contractors
• Ability to quickly learn and improve systems; technical competence in MS Office
• Experience working with an ERP

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The role of a Facility Manager is a vital supporting function of the Operations Program - Facilities and Supplies. The Facilities Manager coordinates building repairs and maintenance needs across all the buildings. Execute strategies and processes to ensure that renovations and repairs works are completed promptly and cost efficiently across multiple academies, in most cases, simultaneously. The overriding goal being to ensure state of the building structures are always maintained and conducive for learning (safe and secure).
Job Description

The deliverables the Facilities Manager is tasked with include:

• New Facilities Takeover – The Development team completes all new buildings, and hands over the completed buildings to Operations for management & maintenance. The facilities management team ensures that new academies are fit for use at handover, ensuring that standards are met.
• Maintenance feedback to the Development team – The Manager will provide vital feedback/lessons learnt form routine maintenance to the Development team, which would support new development project standards.
• Routine Maintenance of the academies – We need to continually ensure our facilities are in good condition and account for both minor and major repairs. The Manager must identify common challenges & problems, and provide efficient and cost-effective solutions, execute strategies promptly.
• Manage & Deploy Vendors – The Manager will be required to manage a database of vendors and service providers across regions/clusters, to ensure vendors are available for deployment on demand.

Person Specification

• Ideal candidates should have experience managing projects, identifying business challenges through data and observation, creating solutions for these issues, and overseeing an operations program.
• They should be proficient analyzing and managing large amounts of data and comfortable working closely with different departments and teams.
• Experience in bringing ideas and programs to scale, working at similar ambitious start-up companies, or building and managing teams across countries is an added plus.
• Bachelor’s Degree required
• Masters preferred
• Minimum 3 years work experience required.