About this role
A Centre Manager is needed to oversee day-to-day operations at 252 Lighthouse Children’s Centre in Lagos. The role involves managing staff and service providers, coordinating activities and programmes for children, and ensuring safe, professional, and sustainable centre operations. The centre will offer children’s services such as a salon and spa, recreational activities, storytelling, workshops, and arts and crafts. The successful candidate will ensure high-quality experiences for children and parents while maintaining operational systems and compliance.
What you would do
- Oversee daily centre operations including facilities and programmes
- Coordinate staff schedules, attendance, and tasks
- Plan and supervise children’s programmes, workshops, events, and activities
- Ensure facilities and equipment are clean, safe, functional and well maintained
- Manage bookings, customer enquiries, parent communication, and service delivery
- Coordinate vendors, suppliers, facilitators and maintenance providers
- Monitor expenses, payments, inventory and basic financial records
- Support marketing, community engagement and customer acquisition
- Develop and implement standard operating procedures and customer service processes
- Ensure adherence to safeguarding, health, safety and hygiene requirements
What they are asking for
- Minimum of HND or bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management, Education, Hospitality, Psychology, Social Sciences or related field
- 2–3 years of experience in operations, project coordination, hospitality, education, recreation or business management
- Strong organisational, communication and problem-solving skills
- Ability to supervise staff, manage priorities and work independently
- Basic computer literacy (Microsoft Office, Google Workspace or similar)
- Good financial record-keeping and customer service skills
- Experience working with children, schools or family-oriented businesses is an advantage
- Trustworthy, proactive, flexible and comfortable in a growing organisation
- Proposed start date: 1 December 2026
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