. Head of Operations

The Organization;

Our client is a international learning organization – offering different types of learning and educational services and product. They are affiliated to several international organizations in Europe and North America and have offices in these locations. The organization is looking to restructure its operations portfolio to meet its expansion objective in the education service sector and better serve its esteemed clients. It is a place for highly dynamic and diverse thinkers, doers and result driven individuals with interest in technology, learning, teaching and helping teens and young adults develop the knowledge and skill they require to a promising and fulfilled life..

We are currently looking for Head of Operations for its Educational Services business in Port Harcourt and the South-South.

The Candidate:

We seek a candidate with deep understanding of the trend and development in the education and learning technology landscape driven largely by technology, the need to explore leaners natural learning path and develop uniquely tailored teaching techniques and real-time learning program to make learning fun, boundless and diverse, unrestrictive and experiential, non-conventional, practical and engaging to deepen learners experience and interest. The candidate shall have hands-on knowledge of international admission program, highly innovator and out of the box approach, experience in professional and international examination preparation such SAT, required to help children forge a stronger career future and life opportunities.

The role is for an explorer, non-conventional manager, organizer, broad thinker, innovator and for brilliant mind that loves education, with a strong moral, analytical and business development capability. Experience in managing a school or any learning or education
regulating agency at a senior level will be an advantage. The HOO must be a good capital steward with strong enterprise acumen.

• Strategic and critical thinker with proven ability to lead thoughtful, transformative action within complex organizations.
• Deep knowledge of research, principles, and practices around diversity, inclusion, and ethnic/tribal equity with strong moral ad ethical behavior.
* Excellent communication capacity to relate with local and international stakeholders
• Ability to collaborate with multiple departments, regulators, government agencies, schools, or organizations to achieve convergence in strategy and practice.
• Ability to meaningfully engage a wide variety of diverse stakeholders in challenging dialogue and critical self-reflection around tribal/ethnic
identity, implicit bias, systemic tribalism or religious bias, and structural inequities.
• Ability to grow cohesive partnerships and professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• In-depth knowledge and experience in leading data-driven practices including distilling analysis into insights and translating insights into
systemic action.
• Ability to effectively achieve multiple goals and manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously.
• Proven ability to build consensus among diverse stakeholders to lead and drive change, including influencing and motivating others
toward a common goal.
• Lead a creative, innovative, and high-functioning team; delegates and leverages the team effectively to drive for impactful results and
achieve ambitious goals.
• Ability to pursue and implement innovative ideas and methods. Committed to seeking out and sharing current research and evidence based best practices.

The Role:
The role will develop and implement a robust learning program driven technology. The HOO shall explore, initiate and drive alternative earning programs through utilization of all learning infrastructure and means including YouTube, ,TV, various learning app, online learning, promote the integration of learning and education curriculum and program from Europe, North America and Asia. And transmission of structured learning into classroom and homes for students. The candidate shall enforce international standard of learning while being complaint with local regulations.

• Develop policies and procedure and ensure a functional operating system.
• Oversee the development and deployment of technology tailored learning across the institution
• Oversee the development and deployment of technical trade learning programs, internship, field hands-on participation and integration
with regular curriculum in conjunction with Chief Academic Officer
• Oversee and deployment of games and play programs to excite, supplement and stimulate learning and interest including sporting infrastructure, sport events, virtual reality .programs and in-doors gaming activities
• oversees and directs the following areas: new Facilities projects and maintenance, Safety & Security, Procurement, and Information and
Technology Services, catering and janitorial services, transportation etc.
• development of operations budget, planning and in conjunction with chief academic officer, sales and marketing develop growth plan and meet growth targets.
• Oversee development and maintenance of tools to monitor implementation of initiatives, business operations, and ensure compliance
with established operational policies and procedures. Proactively identify, analyse, and address off-track metrics to achieve outlined
goals and objectives.
• Identify opportunities for cross-functional collaboration and align teams to realize efficiencies.
• Partner with Finance to implement cost savings initiatives to reduce wasteful operational spending and align school resources to the
organizational priorities.
• Responsible for the determination and execution of all the budgets for operational departments in compliance with established local,
state, and federal policies and regulations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Experience:
• 10+ years of strategic senior leadership experience in a fast-paced, and high-functioning education, research, or related
organization; Private or Public school or research institution experience preferred
• Proven track record of successfully leading a medium size, complex organization and a broad range of stakeholders to reach ambitious goals
around major change management initiatives
• Experience in guiding data-driven inquiry to drive a culture of continuous improvement
• Strong exposure and experience with technology enabling learning tools

Level of studies: Diploma, Bachelor, or Master’s degree in Education or similar discipline

Please send your Resume to fkkoots@gmail.com before June 24th, 2024


B. Marketing and Sales Manager:

The Organization:

Our client is a high-performance organization with business interest providing a range of educational services for over a decade. They are exploring new markets with an expanded service offering in tailored education and tech-enabled learning to make teens and young adult ready for advanced education, the work place and confident to explore a variety of startup interests The organization is comprised of highly dynamic and diverse management team that supports and rewards broad non-conventional thinkers, doers and result driven individuals with interest in technology, people and establishing new ways of learning within existing and new framework and markets. Teams within the organization are collaborative, dynamic, data and intuitive driven, young, and fast paced.
We are currently looking for a Marketing and Manager to join our Port Harcourt team.The Candidate: The candidate we seek is a natural marketer with qualities of a maven, love for education and learning and flair for connecting people and building networks anywhere people are found. The ideal candidate shall have a passion for learning, inquisitive, versatile, social, result and self-driven, independent, confident, resilient, analytical and creative with the ability to use data to make quick and efficient enterprise decisions.
The candidate shall have a strong social media presence with a combined network of not less than 5,000 people, advertising capability and experience in developing relevant advertising content on learning; defining the customer journey and channel strategy; and testing and analyzing performance.

The Role:
The role will lead, develop, implement, monitor and measure marketing and sales enablement strategies to incorporate integrated digital marketing and brand strategies, roadmaps, and campaigns targeted on accelerating brand awareness, customer acquisition and revenue growth goals. Tracking and analyzing the performance of advertising campaigns, creating and managing the marketing budget, and ensuring that all marketing material is in line with the school brand identity.

Hands-on experience with web analytics tools and be able to turn creative ideas into effective advertising projects. Build and maintain a strong and consistent brand through a wide range of online and offline marketing channels. Develop strategies and tactics to get the word out about the school and drive qualified traffic to our front door

Experiment with a variety of organic and paid acquisition/advertising channels like content creation, content curation, pay-per-click campaigns, event management, publicity, social media,

Develop and implement marketing strategies based on business goals, market analysis and media mix modelling.
Lead generation - identify customer growth opportunities and generate leads through digital, physical, electronic, and social media marketing activities.

Define customer target segments and develop, execute, and manage campaigns to drive online traffic and engagement across omni-channel platforms and print media.

Execution of physical (billboards), digital, and social media marketing and thought leadership content that drives brand performance.
Develop metrics to measure insights into potential and existing customers to build new business opportunities.

Measure and analyze weekly performance, insights, and testing across all campaigns.

Enable other sales agents, staff and teachers by providing impactful marketing content and campaigns to achieve sales goals.

Data driven performance marketing to increase website and mobile traffic, quality lead generation, enhance user journey and experience, improve conversion rates, and build brand recognition and customer engagement.

Reporting and analysis – evaluate online campaign performance.

Optimize automation to improve email marketing and website conversion optimization.

Knowledge of website development

The Marketing Experience:
7+ years of professional experience in a Sales and Marketing roles
Knowledge or experience in social, electronic, print media advertising. *Previous experience in educational services and products, international admission is an advantage.
Proven experience in identifying target audiences and in creatively devising and leading across channels marketing campaigns that engage, educate, and motivate.
Good knowledge of website analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics,
Experience in setting up and optimizing Google AdWords campaigns
Numerically literate, comfortable working with numbers, making sense of metrics and processing figures with spreadsheets
Up to date with the latest trends and best practices in online marketing and measurement
Excellent communication skills and Team Player
Great at organizing, prioritizing and multitasking

The Academic and professional Qualification:
Diploma, Bachelor, or Master’s degree in Marketing or similar discipline

Please send your Resume to fkkoots@gmail.com by June 01, 2024