2 Bridge International Academies Job Opportunities - Academy Improvement Manager
Organisation: Bridge International AcademiesDuty Station: Kampala, UgandaBridge International Academies is revolutionizing the way families across the developing world access quality education through our innovative ‘Academy-in-a-Box’ model of schooling. As of September 2014 Bridge is operating over 350 academies throughout Kenya serving over 100,000 pupils. As one of the fastest growing education companies in the world, Bridge will expand into Uganda in 2015 with plans for expansion into Nigeria and India on the horizon. Key Duties and Responsibilities: Work closely with a large group of academies in your territory to ensure that the academies are operating at the highest levels across operations, instruction and finance. This job role requires a constant presence at the Academies and close interaction with each Academy Manager, as well as Academy Teachers, to ensure that there is continuous bi-directional communication and coaching. The Academy Improvement Managers are accountable for the performance metrics of all of the Academies in your territory, as measured by financial, operational and instructional benchmarks. In addition to interactions with Academies, the Academy Improvement Manager is expected to build close relationships with the local and District Government officials, as well as the Chief and local community leaders to promote Bridge’s interests. Create and build continuous interactions with parents of the children in the Academy, so as to keep a constant monitor on the pulse of the activities in Academy. Qualifications, Skills and Experience: The candidate should be highly dynamic, articulate, organized with an attention to detail. The applicant must also be passionate about following processes and procedures, and be extremely data-driven. Must care about education and schooling in general. Past exposure and experience in a low cost schooling environment is a plus. Highly capable of a consultative, coaching and mentoring approach to help Bridge Academy Managers improve their performance, but also capable of taking a commanding “no-nonsense” approach to enforce the desired actions as necessary. Must be comfortable working in impoverished communities.All suitably qualified candidates should visit the web link below and create a profile on the NFT Consult website by entering their e-mail addresses. Please visit web link below and click Apply now if convinced you have the job requirements. The applications/CVs should be prepared in English and submitted in either MS Word or PDF format will be considered.
