Vacancy title:
Director of Education, East Africa
Jobs at:
Pharo Ventures Kenya LimitedDeadline of this Job:
20 July 2022
Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, July 06, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed
JOB DETAILS:
Qualifications Requirements
• A graduate degree is required. The ideal candidate will also have furthered their Education (MA, Ed.D, Ph.D.) and/or have attained relevant Professional Qualifications.
• Preferably 10+ years’ experience, with the last 5 years being in a Senior Management role responsible for business effectiveness and brand excellence. (Experience in Education leadership is desirable but not a must for this position.)
• Strong management track record (within or outside the education sector) with demonstrable experience in successfully recruiting, retaining, and developing staff.
• Experience in scaling a business and managing a high degree of growth.
• Excellent operator with a record of accomplishment in implementing policies and processes, plus standardising these operating procedures across multiple entities or divisions.
• Excellent financial and commercial acumen
• Personal Attributes
• Passionate, driven, energetic individual with high social and emotional intelligence and excellent interpersonal skills.
• A natural and effective leader who can manage staff across different educational institutions in different countries with a collaborative approach.
• Excellent communicator who is fluent in written and spoken English.
• Open minded and flexible individual.
• Creative thinker who can think outside the box.
• An individual who respects and understands the local cultures and values and yet embraces and can work within European work ethics and standards.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 120
Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree
Job application procedure
Due to the expected high volume of applications, we regret that we will only be able to contact short-listed candidates. Review of applications will begin as soon as they are received, and only complete applications will be reviewed. In the event that an outstanding applicant is identified early-on in the search process, we reserve the right to appoint before the deadline. For this reason, we encourage interested and suitably qualified candidates to apply at the earliest possible opportunity. If you do not hear from us during this period, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Please send the information listed below, as a single PDF file to the following email address: recruiting.ke@pharofoundation.org and add the job title “Associate, Research and Evaluation” to the email subject line.
• CV
• Cover Letter. State in your cover letter where you heard about this position e.g. through the website, jobs board, referral etc.
• A list of three recent references, with contact details (e.g., phone number and email address).
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