Support Officers - Education Sector-Jobs in Kenya

Seeking Sales / Marketing Individuals in Operations

Dynamic People Consulting is recruiting for one of its clients in the education sector. We are seeking full-time Support Officers, who will help support and monitor the operations of a group of schools within our client's network.

Support Officers work with both the school managers and the teachers to ensure that the management and monitoring systems and tools that are part of the “School in a Box” are effectively implemented at individual schools both by school managers and teachers.

This position is also critical in providing feedback to the central headquarters as to ways to improve upon these systems.

Support Officers focus on all of the elements of the operations at the school site. These include:

• Marketing & Recruiting New Students
• Student Payment Systems
• Monitoring instructional delivery by teachers (using guidelines and rubrics from our instruction team)
• Personnel Management
• Rules & Procedures
• Facilities Management

This is a very hands-on job, with the Support Officers spending time mainly in the field working with schools about 80% of the time.

About the individual we are seeking:

• You are a very process or system-oriented person.
• You have experience implementing detailed systems, processes and rules in the field
• You have experience managing and helping grow one or more small businesses in challenging environments.
• You have proven that you are capable of motivating, supervising and supporting other managers, being supportive or tough when the situation is appropriate.
• You have successfully mentored individuals over a long period of time
• Experience in working in very poor communities (slums) is a real plus
• You are not afraid of getting your hands dirty
• You have experience managing projects with many moving pieces, and building and managing teams of people
• You function well in a fast-paced informal environment where constant change is the norm and the bar for quality is set high.
• You are extremely patient and have the ability to mentor & lead people who come from disadvantaged communities
• Bachelors degree with a major in Marketing is highly desirable

Position Requirements:

• 3 plus years experience in operations and sales and marketing
• Franchise or chain management experience in Kenya is a real plus
• Driven, disciplined, self-motivated, and entrepreneurial
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Must be a team player and open to new approaches and ideas
• Strong project management skills
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and manage multiple tasks
• Basic computer and web skills
• Ability to dig deeper into issues and pay attention to detail
• Being proactive in highlighting and addressing issues

Please send all applications to: Recruitment@dpckenya.com

Materials Handling Supervisor (Bridge International Academies) Job in Kenya

Brief Description

The Person will manage a team of low to unskilled workers and addressing feedback with Logistics, Warehouse, School Operations, Procurement and Construction teams who play a very active role in the material handling process.

Ability to deal with hands on issues, create effective liaison with Operations, Training, Construction, Warehouse and Procurement team.

Description

About Bridge International Academies

Bridge International Academies is a startup company revolutionizing education across Africa with a truly unique business model. The company has launched a large-scale franchise-like network of ultra low-cost for-profit private primary schools across Africa.

Our schools profitably deliver high-quality education for less than $4 per child per month, enabling local school managers to operate their school businesses profitably, while creating a highly successful business at the central level.

We now have 26 schools in Kenya, and plan to rapidly scale the company to serve more than 1 million students across continents.

About this position

Bridge International Academies is looking for a Materials Handling Supervisor who will be responsible for providing efficient and cost effective Logistics services to support the business at Headquarter and Schools.

The Person will manage a team of low to unskilled workers and addressing feedback with Logistics, Warehouse, School Operations, Procurement and Construction teams who play a very active role in the material handling process. Ability to deal with hands on issues, create effective liaison with Operations, Training, Construction, Warehouse and Procurement team.

This is a key position within the company’s Finance and Administration function reporting to the Logistics Manager but with key linkages with all other departments.

Responsibilities of the Material Handling Supervisor

More specifically: 

• Assisting the Logistics Officer in compilation of delivery schedules, route mappings, delivery tracking and reporting systems to ensure on time and complete deliveries.
• Assisting the Logistics Officer in determining distribution schedules and timing of deliveries to and from schools and keeping track of delivery times throughout the delivery process
• Receiving of the school supplies from the warehouse;
• Ensuring that the materials received are delivered to the schools and unpacked, placed, arranged and secured in the relevant classrooms/rooms and the space provided therein.
• Ensure that school/training materials are unpacked very carefully and organized efficiently as per the specifications
• Ensure that materials are not stolen at the time of unpacking and arranging them
• Manage the team of packers in such a way that work is done in minimal time. This will include training, deploying, supervising and instructing the team for best results
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with procurement, operations, construction, training, finance, research, administration and HR departments, taxi operators, motorcycle service providers and other partners within the Logistics services chain to create a partnership that adds value to Bridge International Academies.
• Constantly provide feedback to optimize the distribution and unpacking process at the schools
• Periodic reporting of Logistics activities and projects
• Training and developing of best practice Logistics and supply chain knowledge across the company management team.
• Understand the nature of the materials completely to ensure that the school/training site has received ALL the relevant materials.
• Carry out inventory while unpacking in a very efficient and accurate manner
• Complete incident reports and follow them up with HQ administration for any incidents that fall outside the agreed process or which require insurance and security follow up 

About You 

• Strong belief in the Bridge International Mission of creating high quality education services for the low income communities
• Minimum of 2-4 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
• A supervisory level of knowledge in Logistics including, but not limited to kitting, unpacking , stores management, and due diligence
• Ability to handle administrative issues with multi-disciplinary and multicultural teams
• Must be able to manage competing demands, accept criticism and constructive feedback, while being extremely adaptable and flexible
• Excellent writing and oral communication skills are required
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information appropriately
• Good hands on knowledge of Microsoft Office suite applications
• Willingness to travel to remote locations across the country
• A very high degree of integrity and professionalism with good references from professional referees and previous employers
• Ability to pay attention to detail and provide exhaustive feedback
• Have a clean certificate of good conduct

Qualifications 

• Diploma level in either Stores, Warehousing, Supplies, Procurement or Administration
• Post secondary school certificate in supplies management
• Transport and Logistics qualifications from a reputable institution will be helpful
• Good IT skills will be an advantage

How to apply

Click here to apply online 

Teachers and Nurse (Gundua Foundation ) Jobs in Kenya

Gundua Foundation is expanding its already successful Secondary School with 250 students in addition to the building of a Health Care Centre with a Maternity Wing of International standard.

We are therefore recruiting several exceptionally motivated and energetic Teachers with an urge to meet and see every students needs, strong leadership and an interest to be a part of new pedagogical research and methods and a Nurse with plenty of motivation and leadership skills.

Our Teachers should;

• Be a trained teacher.
• Be computer literate
• Show strong classroom leadership
• Be interested in pedagogical research and methods
• Be ready to start work as soon as possible. (Some in January)
• Preferably two of following subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, English, C.R.E, Biology, Business, Ki-Swahili and Biology should be met. Additional competences as Arts, Sports and Drama are subject to extra interest.

Our Nurse should;

• Be a trained nurse and a holder of a Diploma in Nursing – KRCHN
• Possess 5 years of post qualifications experience
• Be fluent in English, speaking and writing.
• Computer literate
• Show strong leadership aspirations and competence
• Be ready to start work as soon as possible. (September)

If you meet the demands of above and are willing to join a high quality hard working staff, we want your application, CV and personal letter on the 30th of August, latest, to:

Application – Teacher/Nurse
Gundua Foundation
Kisima Farm
Box 64, Timau

or to: gunduasec@gmail.com

Website: www.gunduafoundation.org

Interviews will be held from the 30th of August.

Head of Marketing and Communication Job-Bridge International Academies in Nairobi- Kenya

Head of Marketing & Communications

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

About Bridge International Academies

Bridge International Academies is a startup revolutionizing education across Africa with a truly unique business model and instructional program.

The company has launched a large-scale, franchise-like network of ultra low-cost, for-profit private primary schools in Kenya, and will expand across Africa. Our schools profitably deliver high-quality education for less than $4 per child per month.

Local school managers are able to operate their school businesses profitably, while creating a highly successful business at the central level. This ensures that the school is not dependent on the vagaries of donor funding, but will rather continue to serve the communities as long as parents value the educational service we provide.

To ensure the delivery of high quality education, Bridge International writes its own curriculum using Direct Instruction methodology. We also train and support our own teachers.

With 22 schools operational, we are already the largest chain of private primary schools on the Continent, and we plan to rapidly scale the company to serve more than 1 million families in Africa and beyond.

About the position

We have and are continuing to develop one of the most sophisticated instructional and operational approaches to providing affordable education to MILLIONS of children in one of the most challenging environments in the world!

These systems, tools and approaches are our “School in a Box.” The key to our School in a Box model is that it enables the standardization of high quality operations across all facets of the school - including marketing.

The Head of Marketing & Communications will lead the effort in refining/developing our “School in a Box” model with respect to school marketing, parent relations and problem management, as well as being responsible for all of our corporate marketing/branding.

A good candidate will have hands-on experience and acumen in:

• Conducting qualitative research and mining for insights
• Converting insights into actionable strategies – in terms of content and placement, appropriate training programs, and more
• Creating marketing materials – with basic writing and design skills
• Analyzing current strategies and performance – putting quant surveys into the field and tracking results

Some specific parts of the job include:

• Refining Bridge’s “Marketing in a Box” program. While every school manager is responsible for marketing their specific school, Bridge provides each school manager with a detailed training on sales and marketing, a variety of marketing materials, and a step-by-step guide on when and where to use them. The Head of Communications & Marketing is responsible for optimizing this program and making sure that all best practices are standardized.
• Growing the Bridge brand on a regional level, including SMS campaigns, billboards, radio, community, partnerships, etc.
• Further developing, standardizing, and automating Bridge’s parent relations programs and its problem management system.
• Developing the Bridge brand overseas, including managing Bridge’s website and social media presence, putting together press packets, and finding ways to bring more talent to Bridge.
• Spearheading other related projects that could benefit the Bridge brand locally in our markets or globally.
• Leading the research, strategy, rollout, and analysis required of all of these projects

This position is part of our senior management team that is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Since we are still a start-up company, the Head of Communications & Marketing must be incredibly hands-on. This is to say that, at least to start, you will be a dept of one – all of the research, planning, analysis, design, writing, data-crunching, etc will be done by you.

About You

• You are based in or willing to relocate to Nairobi, Kenya.
• You are one of those rare multi-talented people who is both deeply creative and analytical.
• You are able to lead the strategy, execution, implementation, and analysis required of the position, as listed above.
• You have an entrepreneurial spirit that thrives in a fast-paced informal start-up environment where constant change is the norm and the bar for quality is set high.
• You have leadership experience juggling several projects and managing interdisciplinary teams at the same time.
• You have spent time in the developing world and are comfortable working in slums.
• You love data, are comfortable using it and performing basic analysis and believe that using and analyzing data is the key to making good marketing decisions.
• You have at least 5 years experience working in marketing, communications, or a related role. Brand planners, strategist, human factors specialists, etc are encouraged to apply.
• You have demonstrated success in marketing in new or challenging environments, in which there are many constraints, including different types of customers, severe budgetary constraints, etc.
• You have a Bachelors degree, a Masters is a plus. Degree in Sociology or Anthropology a plus.
• Familiarity/Fluency with Swahili would be a big plus.

Our team has a passionate belief that basic primary education is critical to the development of every child, family, community and nation.

We believe that it is possible to address this critical need for poor families through new and innovative approaches leveraging the private sector, and that by providing low-cost but high-quality primary education, we will give millions of children the opportunity to accomplish their dreams.

We are looking for people who want to join us in this rewarding task.

Interested candidates should send their application letter and CV to mmunoz@omidyar.com