Academic Director, Multinational Social Enterprise Job in a World’s Largest and Fastest-Growing Company

Talentstone Energy Search - Our client, one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing organizations with investments in over 450 educational institutions in Africa over a period of 5 years in East Africa. With offices in the US, Europe, Asia & Africa, the company demonstrates the right to succeed by giving low income families access to high-quality education that will allow their children to live a better life. They launched the first institution in Nigeria at the end of third quarter of 2015. We are recruiting to fill the position below:     Job Title: Academic Director, Multinational Social Enterprise Location: Lagos Purpose

• The Academic Director, must be a data-driven individual with experience developing and managing cultures of high performance and high expectations.
• You must be a great academic leader who understands exceptional instruction and can motivate and support others in realizing a vision of academic excellence.
• Ideal candidates have worked in organizations with a proven track record of generating large learning gains.

• Advocating for learning outcomes and serving as an in-country academic consultant for other departments
• Leading execution and interdepartmental coordination of the core academic program
• Providing feedback to the Curriculum team, to improve learning outcomes and culturally contextualize what is taught
• Representing our client with key national stakeholders, including the Ministry of Education and other government education officials
• Conducting necessary market and regulatory research to inform instructional systems and policies (timetable, teacher specialty configurations, retention policies, exam policy, placement policy)
• Managing the Academics team based in Nigeria: Curriculum, Field Work, Measurement and Evaluation (M&E), Instructional Leadership, Innovation

• Bachelor’s degree in Education or related field, graduate degrees preferred

• Ten (10) years’ experience working in education. Two (2) or more years of teaching experience with evidence of outsized student learning gains is an added advantage.
• Experience working in the education sector in Nigeria

• Effective, articulate communicator who can represent our client to external audiences
• Self-starter and problem-solver, who thinks three and four steps ahead.
• Hard-working and collaborative, with the tenacity to plough through challenges and an appreciation for teamwork toward achieving a shared vision.
• Detailed and results-oriented, driven by the data that will allow us to know what is working and what isn’t working for kids.
• Humble, ready to “roll up your sleeves” to get things done