Managing Director

About this role

NewGlobe seeks a Managing Director in Katsina to provide overall leadership and technical direction for a comprehensive education program. The role focuses on delivering a high-quality, innovative, cost-effective and sustainable education initiative, coordinating cross-component activities and managing stakeholders and budgets. It requires hands-on program management with broad technical knowledge across financial management, supply chain, government relations and school operations. The MD will lead the program team, ensure quality control, manage risks, and maintain strong relationships with government bodies and other partners. The position is aimed at someone with substantial experience in managing large, complex programs in development settings and a proven ability to lead operational teams and engage with government and donors.

What you would do

• Act as the senior General Manager for the program, overseeing budgets and strategic and operational delivery.
• Lead and manage the program team, providing vision, coordination, resource management and supervision to achieve objectives.
• Serve as primary liaison with Ministry of Education, SUBEB and elected political representatives, addressing client needs within the arrangement.
• Ensure quality control and responsiveness of technical assistance and adjust operations as required.
• Identify implementation issues and risks and suggest adjustments to the program.
• Ensure technical and methodological soundness of activities and collaborate with colleagues to problem solve and promote learning within the team.
• Manage on- or under-budget delivery of all program aspects.

What they are asking for

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or Master’s preferred.
• At least 10 years of progressively responsible project management and design experience in developing countries, preferably including experience in the assigned state or country.
• At least 5 years of management experience with direct supervision of professional and support staff.
• Proven leadership of operational teams and experience in design-thinking, process and system design for large-scale school system transformation.
• Experience in fast-paced, metric-driven operations is an advantage.
• Strong management and leadership skills with established relationships in education government bodies.
• Ability to work with government representatives, private sector, donors and other stakeholders at national and sub-national levels.
• Cultural sensitivity and ability to work with diverse groups; maturity in dealing with high-ranking officials.
• Excellent communications and writing skills, and cross-cultural engagement ability.
• Experience building government capacity for education strategic plans is a plus.

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