About this role
252 Lighthouse Children's Centre in Lokogoma, Abuja is seeking a Centre Manager to oversee day-to-day operations, coordinate staff and service providers, and ensure a safe, professional, and engaging environment for children and parents. The role involves managing facilities such as the children's salon and recreational activities, planning programmes and events, and maintaining operational systems and financial records. The Centre aims to offer services like recreation, education, and wellbeing activities as it prepares to open. The position can be full-time or shift-based, with a proposed start date of 1 December 2026.
What you would do
- Oversee daily centre operations across facilities and activities.
- Coordinate staff schedules, attendance, performance and daily tasks.
- Plan and supervise programmes, workshops, events and recreational activities for children.
- Ensure facilities, equipment and spaces are clean, safe, functional and well maintained.
- Manage bookings, customer enquiries, parent communication and service delivery.
- Coordinate vendors, suppliers, facilitators and maintenance providers.
- Monitor operating expenses, payments, inventory and basic financial records.
- Support marketing, community engagement and customer acquisition.
- Develop and implement standard operating procedures, staff guidelines and customer service processes.
- Ensure compliance with child 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 relevant 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, recreational centres or family-oriented businesses is an advantage.
- Trustworthy, proactive, flexible and comfortable in a growing organisation.
- Commitment to child safeguarding and professional conduct with children and families.
- Willingness to participate in orientation and safeguarding training.
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