Country Manager
Application deadline
30. Apr
- Ad ID
- 1007957
- Posted at
- Yesterday, 17:45
Details
- Application deadline
- 2018-04-30
- Business / Employer name
- Brightermonday Tanzania
- Company Industry
- NGO
- Job Level
- Management level
- Work Type
- Full Time
- Highest Qualification
- Masters
- Years of Experience
- 5 years
Location
Other District
Other Location
Description
Key responsibilities
Planning
• collaborating with the Regional CEO and team articulate of organization vision in line with the global and regional vision and develop strategies for achieving that vision
• creating annual operating plans that support the strategic direction set by the Regional office.
Management
• promoting a culture that reflects the values of organization, encourages and rewards high performance and productivity;
• overseeing the design, delivery and quality of organization's programmes and services;
• ensuring that operations are managed in compliance with legal and regulatory requirements;
• creating and maintaining procedures for implementing plans which have been approved by the Regional office;
• making recommendations on policy, programmes, resource allocation and management, based upon a clear understanding of organizations portfolio and on market intelligence;
• communicating information, as necessary, to ensure that senior leaders and staff throughout the organization are fully informed and able to carry out their work effectively;
• collecting, analyzing and evaluating information that measures the success of organization’s programme efforts, and acting on this information to make changes where necessary;
• supporting the establishment of an information system for tracking and reporting of academic and management performance.
Educational Management
• working with the school heads and the Regional Head of Education to establish school quality indicators, to oversee short-term and long-term school development plans, and to support the implementation of these plans to achieve set objectives and improvement against established quality indicators;
• leading the school heads in guiding and monitoring the delivery of curricula, ensuring quality delivery in all grade-levels, timely completion of syllabus and meeting of targets in external examinations, and development and implementation of corrective action plans;
• providing leadership for the delinking of organization.
Human Resources
• facilitating the recruitment, retention and professional development of the highest quality staff throughout on organization, ensuring that the organization evaluates staff performance on a regular basis;
• ensuring that sound policies, processes and documentation are created and maintained with the aim of creating a positive working environment and quality of life for all organization staff, and in line with relevant employment legislation.
Finance
• directing the development of organozation annual budgets in collaboration with the Finance Manager in line with agreed strategic and operating plans, solid performance data and market intelligence.
• prudently managing organization's resources within budget guidelines and providing information about performance against budget.
Facilities Management
• ensuring timely and appropriate retrofitting of existing facilities and ongoing maintenance of school facilities so they reflect the quality of the organization image.
Community Relationships
• serving as the primary spokesperson and representative for organization and ensuring that organization’s mission, programmes and services are consistently presented in a strong, positive image to relevant stakeholders and aligned with the global and regional vision;
• fostering positive relationships with AKDN agencies in Tanzania and regionally, to leverage and optimize opportunities and synergies; fostering positive relationships with the Government of Tanzania. The requirements The Country Manager will be a visionary and dynamic leader with entrepreneurial instinct, a solid administrator and have a proven ability to lead strategic change within an education system. S/he will be expected to possess the following qualifications, experience and specific attributes:
• a relevant Master’s degree, preferably an MBA;
• a minimum of 10 years of experience, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership position, preferably in an educational institution;
• demonstrable experience and success in managing operations, financial and human resources;
• experience of successfully leading and managing significant change;
• a thorough understanding of contemporary developments in the global education arena and of effective frameworks for school improvement planning;
• excellent written and verbal communication skills in English;
• cultural awareness, understanding and sensitivity;
• an ability to develop relationships, to build trust, and to command respect;
• the personal impact and presence required to represent the organization externally;
• energy, enthusiasm and a passion for delivering high quality services to children and their families;
• demonstrable professionalism, commitment and integrity.
Salary and package to attract the best candidate
A client seeking the candidate qualified for this position
To apply for this job, please go to the following website www.brightermonday.co.tz
Planning
• collaborating with the Regional CEO and team articulate of organization vision in line with the global and regional vision and develop strategies for achieving that vision
• creating annual operating plans that support the strategic direction set by the Regional office.
Management
• promoting a culture that reflects the values of organization, encourages and rewards high performance and productivity;
• overseeing the design, delivery and quality of organization's programmes and services;
• ensuring that operations are managed in compliance with legal and regulatory requirements;
• creating and maintaining procedures for implementing plans which have been approved by the Regional office;
• making recommendations on policy, programmes, resource allocation and management, based upon a clear understanding of organizations portfolio and on market intelligence;
• communicating information, as necessary, to ensure that senior leaders and staff throughout the organization are fully informed and able to carry out their work effectively;
• collecting, analyzing and evaluating information that measures the success of organization’s programme efforts, and acting on this information to make changes where necessary;
• supporting the establishment of an information system for tracking and reporting of academic and management performance.
Educational Management
• working with the school heads and the Regional Head of Education to establish school quality indicators, to oversee short-term and long-term school development plans, and to support the implementation of these plans to achieve set objectives and improvement against established quality indicators;
• leading the school heads in guiding and monitoring the delivery of curricula, ensuring quality delivery in all grade-levels, timely completion of syllabus and meeting of targets in external examinations, and development and implementation of corrective action plans;
• providing leadership for the delinking of organization.
Human Resources
• facilitating the recruitment, retention and professional development of the highest quality staff throughout on organization, ensuring that the organization evaluates staff performance on a regular basis;
• ensuring that sound policies, processes and documentation are created and maintained with the aim of creating a positive working environment and quality of life for all organization staff, and in line with relevant employment legislation.
Finance
• directing the development of organozation annual budgets in collaboration with the Finance Manager in line with agreed strategic and operating plans, solid performance data and market intelligence.
• prudently managing organization's resources within budget guidelines and providing information about performance against budget.
Facilities Management
• ensuring timely and appropriate retrofitting of existing facilities and ongoing maintenance of school facilities so they reflect the quality of the organization image.
Community Relationships
• serving as the primary spokesperson and representative for organization and ensuring that organization’s mission, programmes and services are consistently presented in a strong, positive image to relevant stakeholders and aligned with the global and regional vision;
• fostering positive relationships with AKDN agencies in Tanzania and regionally, to leverage and optimize opportunities and synergies; fostering positive relationships with the Government of Tanzania. The requirements The Country Manager will be a visionary and dynamic leader with entrepreneurial instinct, a solid administrator and have a proven ability to lead strategic change within an education system. S/he will be expected to possess the following qualifications, experience and specific attributes:
• a relevant Master’s degree, preferably an MBA;
• a minimum of 10 years of experience, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership position, preferably in an educational institution;
• demonstrable experience and success in managing operations, financial and human resources;
• experience of successfully leading and managing significant change;
• a thorough understanding of contemporary developments in the global education arena and of effective frameworks for school improvement planning;
• excellent written and verbal communication skills in English;
• cultural awareness, understanding and sensitivity;
• an ability to develop relationships, to build trust, and to command respect;
• the personal impact and presence required to represent the organization externally;
• energy, enthusiasm and a passion for delivering high quality services to children and their families;
• demonstrable professionalism, commitment and integrity.
Salary and package to attract the best candidate
A client seeking the candidate qualified for this position
To apply for this job, please go to the following website www.brightermonday.co.tz
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