Recruitment at NewGlobe 

Recruitment at NewGlobe

NewGlobe supports visionary governments to transform public education systems, the cornerstone of a prosperous, equitable, and peaceful society. With a comprehensive system transformation platform and data-driven educational services, NewGlobe delivers rapid and dramatic improvements in learning outcomes at state and nationwide scale. Through building impactful partnerships and programmes, NewGlobe ensures that all children have access to an education that will develop their full potential and create a foundation for growth and prosperity.

NewGlobe leverages more than a decade of educational experience and proven impact in integrated school management, teacher professional development, instructional design innovation, technological system support, child-centered classroom practice, and parent engagement –  all grounded in learning science – to ensure each teacher is empowered to engage children in transformational learning, and all children have the opportunity to develop to their full potential. Every day, NewGlobe supports governments to solve what were once seen as intractable problems, and by doing so, ensures this generation will be able to grow up to lead more fulfilled lives, while simultaneously building economic prosperity for themselves, their communities, and the globe.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: HRIS Analyst

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• The Officer, People Analytics & Systems is responsible for optimizing HR processes, reducing manual tasks, and minimizing errors in HR operations.
• Your day to day will range from specific analytical, operational and quantitative tasks that contribute to attaining the objectives of the People Team.
• You’ll excel in this role if you have a penchant for technology, inclination towards designing and executing smooth processes, and can use quantitative skills to make data-driven decisions to inform problem-solving of people related issues within the organization.
• You should be able to deftly play with different technology solutions and use them to enable smooth functioning of the People department.
• This role will report to the Director, People.

What You Will Do

• Maintain employee data accuracy; consolidate and report as well as protect sensitive information
• Manage and iterate on a Google sheet-based, in-house Leave Management system
• Train new team members with respect to Leave Management system
• Develop and design People systems to drive efficiency in the People department
• Create, develop and assist in any People team efficiency improvement projects
• Partner with People leadership to identify and implement new People technologies that align with departmental goals and employee needs
• Support the configuration, integration, and maintenance of HRIS system while ensuring data integrity and security within
• Develop and maintain robust reporting and analytics capabilities to provide valuable insights to People leadership
• Conduct regular system audits to identify and resolve data discrepancies or errors
• Provide technical support and training to People staff on the proper use of HRIS systems and related tools

What You Should Have

• Bachelor’s degree in any discipline or a few years of experience in HR Operations or similar
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills
• Proficient in Google Suite and Microsoft Excel
• Must be able to maintain the utmost confidentiality under all circumstances.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Product Operations Specialist

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full Time

About the Role

• We are an international, passionate team with locations across the globe, all working together to help children in underserved communities gain access to quality education.
• Our digital portfolio is a set of software solutions that enable governments and communities to shape and reshape their systems and enable transformational education to take place.
• This role will be part of the Product Management team and our Technology group. Reporting to the Director of Product Management and closely collaborating with our Regional Teams, Software Development, and Product Managers.
• This role is an extremely valuable part of the product management team and essential for achieving our growth plans.
• Product Operations serves as the partner for many stakeholders in the organisation, from Operational, Product Management, all the way to our local teams. It is focused on making sure products are ready to be rolled out and made available to all of our users, as well as successfully implemented across our schools. In addition to owning operational readiness of the products, this role will support the Product Director in ensuring on-ground implementation of products and processes to support effective, timely and constructive feedback loops.
• This role will represent the product management team in our key locations based in Africa.
• An exciting opportunity to step into a cross-functional, high impact role that will help us drive improvements in our product roll-outs, driving initiatives to measure performance of existing products, and play a leading role in communication around our products.

What You Will Do

• Actively coordinate efforts to ensure operational readiness of our software products
• Collaborate closely with regional IT Operations teams to ensure product roll out readiness and play an active role in planning for product rollouts across all countries
• Lead development, management and compliance with roll-out calendars, as well as regular updates and communication around these
• Support in creation of improvements of roll-out processes through collaboration with local stakeholders as well as teams involved
• Support product management team with setting up feedback loops that contribute to successful development and roll out of the products, this can include user research activities, in-school observations and user testing
• Lead data analysis for product roll-out in programmes, gather qualitative insights and build processes to share the data with product management teams
• Support in identifying measurement of product performance – building or identifying most appropriate tools to measure success, drive implementation of these tools.

What You Should Have

• 3+ years experience working in product operations function
• Strong understanding and/or experience of project management process
• Strong affiliation and/or experience with data analytics
• Excellent use of Excel and/or proficiency in using G-Suite for effective decision making
• Ability to develop effective measurement/tracking tools to support business decisions
• Strong problem solving skills and willingness to roll up one’s sleeves
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Director, Policy & Partnerships – Partnership Launch (Bilingual English & French Position)

Location: Nigeria

Description
Policy & Partnerships (Program Management):

• The Policy & Partnerships team engages with visionary political and Government leadership to help shape policy, strengthen delivery and impact complex education systems through comprehensive technical support.
• We work to ensure policies support children’s access, opportunity and advancement, and that there is an enabling environment for governments to work with technical assistance partners to enact large-scale system transformation.
• We ensure close collaboration, communication, and engagement with our government partners whom we serve in existing programs and the rest of the delivery teams to ensure we deliver on the promise of our program, and that the government sees solutions coming to the fore, and is participating in the work and recognizes the impact taking place.
• In support of the government program, may also engage with other dynamic influencers (NGOs, think-tanks, academicians, and bi- and multilateral agencies) to unlock additional support for our government programming and children in underserved communities.
• It is our responsibility to ensure that the program we deliver is understood by our government partner, and to negotiate any changes or updates or new needs in the program as it evolves, and to seek its expansion and renewal, based on successful track-record and measured improved learning and positive impact.

About the Role

• As the Director, Policy and Partnerships, you’ll oversee an entire program’s large-scale, government-led, system-wide education transformation within all new locations.
• You are responsible for building and managing diverse stakeholder relationships, and focussed on account management and sustaining our work and operations in the territory.
• You own the government engagement with the diverse stakeholders and the many moving parts involved in our work in the territory.
• You are the first point of call for any communication between the program, the Government and other key stakeholders in the territory.
• You’ll be taking over existing relationships from the Policy and Partnerships Programme Development team and other Executives, and make these your own to ensure close collaboration and on-time execution of the program.
• This entails significant relationship management, as well as project management in ensuring data and approvals needed to pass between the government and program do so in a timely way for program deadlines.
• You will ensure that the government partners understand the program, and support its implementation. This will require coordination of stakeholder sessions, government workshops, and government public events and celebrations.
• During government workshops, there will be a need for careful engagement and collaboration on programme details — to be successful in this role, you must learn about all aspects of our programming, and what can be negotiated and what cannot to ensure we deliver on what the government requires of us — improved learning outcomes.
• You will need to be diplomatic and have discretion; know when to speak and when to listen.

What You Will Do

• Report to the Senior Director, to help build partnerships, relationships and execute strategies to sustain our goals across the newest upcoming program.
• Work closely with the Programme Development counterparts and leadership, be responsible for overseeing key government relationships and programming. To do this, you’ll lead government engagement, training and stakeholder meetings.
• Ensure creation of governance committees according to core programming guidelines, and establish a regular meeting schedule.
• Ensure thorough weekly and monthly reporting to the government begins and is continued under permanent programme leadership.
• Manage and oversee all Policy and Partnerships program staff (focussed on Programme Management).
• Manage the diverse strategic stakeholder management across multiple Government departments and levels within those departments; with prominent education ecosystem stakeholders, including but not limited to the local and national teacher labour unions; and  important ‘influencers’ to ensure the successful and popular launch of the government’s new programme.
• 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;
• Map all key government officials, and create a plan for management of each;
• Work with key stakeholders on consultative efforts to drive reforms in delivery of education to underserved communities;
• Utilize lead management techniques and maintain a detailed and dynamic database of these key influencer communities while tracking progress of programme launch;

What You Should Have

• Bachelor’s Degree with superior academic performance;
• Over 12 years’ experience in government program delivery or working in account management or as an engagement manager;
• In depth experience building and systematically managing key complex relationships and accounts to ensure program delivery in a complex, multi-stakeholder program or project;
• Previous experience working with a Ministry of Education on program delivery, preferred; If not within education, experience with another government delivery program or project, such as in health or ICT;
• Confidence, authority, and level-headed decision making needed as the leadership voice for the program;
• Knowledge of local, state and federal government issues related to the provision of primary education in the country would be preferred;
• Ability to balance commercial interests and social benefits – a blend across business and political acumen, but also high emotional intelligence and relationship-building skills;
• Experience acting as an on-the-record spokesperson;
• Highly capable and thoughtful problem-solving skills; able to act as an intermediary and a solutions driven lead, to ensure effective collaboration and communication between the Government client and our organization;
• Prior experience within a fast-paced, high-growth, metric-driven operational organization will be an advantage;

You’re also:

• A detailed doer – You have a track record of getting things done. You’re organized and responsive. You take ownership of every idea you touch and execute it to a fine level of detail, setting targets, engaging others, and doing whatever it takes to get the job done. You can multi-task dozens of such projects at once and never lose sight of the details. Likely, you have some experience in a start-up or other rapid-growth company.
• A networking mastermind – You excel at meeting new people and turning them into advocates.  You communicate in a clear, conscientious, and effective way in both written and oral speech. You can influence strangers in the course of a single conversation. Allies and colleagues will go to bat for your ideas. You have an existing network from prior experience in the country, preferably in the regulatory, education, or business sectors.
• A creative problem-solver – Growing any business from scratch comes with massive and constant challenges. On top of that, NewGlobe works in often fragile, sometimes volatile low-resource communities and with complex government systems. You need to be flexible and ready to get everything done effectively, quickly, and affordably with the materials at hand.
• A relentless advocate –The children we serve and teachers we empower never leave your mind. You know them, get them, have shared a meal with them (or would be happy to in the future). You would never shrink back from shaking a parent’s hand or picking up a crying child, no matter what the person was wearing or looked like.  Every decision you make considers their benefit, experience,
  and value.
• A malleable learner –You believe you can always do better. You welcome constructive criticism and provide it freely to others.  You know you only get better tomorrow when others point out where you’ve missed things or failed today.
• A data-driven decision-maker – When making decisions, you don’t rely on your intuition alone. You collect data, you analyze it and make decisions with clear justifications.
• A curious investigator – You ask why a lot. You don’t just take what you see and accept it. You wonder why it is that way, and are aware that the world we see is created by human choices and actions – and it could be different. You wonder, and see the world as wonderful even when you want to change a part of it that is unjust.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Director – Academics, Partnership Launch (Bilingual – French & English)

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time

About The Role

• The Academic Director for the Partnership Launch group is responsible for the successful debut of all academic programming in a new territory. The inaugural cohort of schools in any territory could range from the 100s to the 1000s, and every single school must be prepared to deploy a world-class
• academic programme from Day 1. This work will include conducting field-based and desk research on all aspects of standard academic programming and school operations in the new market.
• From this starting point, the Academic Director works closely with their Shared Services colleagues to develop the “Academic Plan” for the new programme, which details how NewGlobe’s methodology is customized to reflect the unique learning needs and educational context in the new territory. This plan will cover course offerings, textbooks, assessment design, daily timetable, leveling of instructional materials, and more. In this role, you are also responsible for initial technical consultation with government curriculum leaders and policy makers.
• Eventually, you will hire your permanent replacement for this market, ensuring (s)he is set up to succeed even after you leave to begin work in another new market.
• This role would report directly to the Senior Director, Partnership Launch.

What You Will Do

• Spearhead the debut of the entire academic programme in this new territory, leading all academic work that ensures the best possible learning experience for this new cohort of schools and pupils
• Understand the nuances of NewGlobe’s methodology, academic policies, and instructional principles – including how they are customized to reflect the needs of an education system
• Conduct desk research to learn about the academic policies, challenges, and learning outcomes in the new market
• Conduct the first field research in new countries and territories to gather initial data about student learning levels, teachers, and school operations in the new market
• Write the Academic Plan for the new market through thoughtful adaptation of NewGlobe’s methodology and principles to the particular needs and context of the market
• Collaborate effectively with shared services NewGlobe support to ensure the creation of high-quality instructional materials (including printed and digital products) and the implementation of a robust measurement and evaluation plan
• Prepare and present detailed plans to the relevant government officials about our academic plan
• Hire and onboard the Academics Director who will permanently take over the academic programme in the new market after you leave
• Review and respond to operational and outcome data in order to ensure the success of the programme from Day 1
• Collaborate with the Leadership & Development Manager to ensure induction training appropriately addresses academic programme for both school leaders and teachers
• Any other duty to effectively support a launch, such as field research, training support, school visits etc.
• When not working on an active launch, support the Shared Service team as needed, such as desk-based technical support to Academics leadership in existing programmes, including data analysis, policy writing, academic planning, and review of instructional materials.

What You Should Have

• Bachelor’s degree in Education or related field; graduate degrees preferred
• 6 years’ minimum experience working in education, with 2+ years in teaching and/or school leadership
• Bilingual French and English speaker
• Background working directly with government officials and regulatory bodies
• Evidence of generating outsized student learning gains
• Experience working in an organization using structured pedagogy and/or targeted instruction preferred
• Love of travel and ability to spend up to 75% of the job traveling
• Openness to new settings and constant change
• Scrappiness, ability to solve problems when no clear path is presented for doing so
• Attention to detail and ability to learn quickly in order to understand the nuances of a unique education ecosystem
• The skill and discipline needed to create order amidst chaos; strong project management
• Cultural sensitivity and emotional maturity
• Experience of living and/or working in emerging markets, including rural and remote communities.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online