Regional Manager, Schools (North-West Nigeria)

Job description

# Who We Are NewGlobe supports visionary governments to transform public education systems, the cornerstone of a prosperous, equitable, and peaceful society. With a comprehensive system transformation platform and data-driven educational services, NewGlobe delivers rapid and dramatic improvements in learning outcomes at state and nationwide scales. Through building impactful partnerships and programmes, NewGlobe ensures that all children have access to an education that will develop their full potential and create a foundation for growth and prosperity. NewGlobe leverages more than a decade of educational experience and proven impact in integrated school management, teacher professional development, instructional design innovation, technological system support, child-centred classroom practice, and parent engagement -- all grounded in learning science -- to ensure each teacher is empowered to engage children in transformational learning, and all children have the opportunity to develop to their full potential. Every day, NewGlobe supports governments to solve what were once seen as intractable problems, and by doing so, ensures this generation will be able to grow up to lead more fulfilled lives, while simultaneously building economic prosperity for themselves, their communities, and the globe. NewGlobe’s high-touch, intensive professional development programs, along with integrated school management, teacher support, and assessment software, enable schools to succeed. NewGlobe works within the state and national curricula and syllabi, ensuring all children are empowered to learn their own history and master local content while being globally competitive in mathematics and languages. The science of behaviour change and the science of learning is at the foundation of all programming. NewGlobe works with urgency because youth quickly becomes adulthood and relentlessly because improvement requires continuous problem-solving. NewGlobe is honoured to serve and to help rebuild trust in public systems. NewGlobe’s work is all-encompassing and will challenge you to use your full mind, and heart, each day. We need bright minds who want to be part of building a new globe -- a more equitable globe -- to join us. # **Schools Group** Schools are the heart of our work. The team is mandated to inspire teachers to teach with passion, pupils to learn with purpose, parents to believe in a better future for their children, and communities to become the change they want to see in the world. To achieve this vision, the team ensures schools are smoothly run - the school team is motivated and inspired, delivering life-changing lessons, creating an experience that makes parents stay with us, and also cultivating interest and excitement in our work in communities where we serve. Schools is responsible for ensuring all of the work created by our expert teams, including Instructional Design, Leadership & Development, Technology, Communications, Creative and Insight, are used in each school, and each school is managed to achieve its goal of ensuring every child enjoys a learning environment that develops her core skills, knowledge and confidence. The performance of the entire organization is led by the Schools Group, which is responsible for the day-to-day management of each school. Schools work to strengthen school enrollment and student retention, ensuring every school is regarded as the strongest school in its neighbourhood and delivers on improved learning outcomes for children and earns the trust of the parents. We engage with school leaders and teachers every day, ensuring ongoing professional development, performance management, and intensive coaching. We are always seeking effective ways of ensuring every school is supported with data-driven practices. We measure our success through both the financial sustainability of the school and the learning outcomes of the children in the classroom. We are performance-driven. # **Schools Leadership** Schools are the heart of our work. The team is mandated to inspire teachers to teach with passion, pupils to learn with purpose, parents to believe in a better future for their children, and communities to become the change they want to see in the world. To achieve this vision, the team ensures schools are smoothly run - the school team is motivated and inspired, delivering life changing lessons, creating an experience that makes parents stay with us, and also cultivating interest and excitement in our work in communities where we serve. Schools is responsible for ensuring all of the work created by our expert teams, including Instructional Design, Leadership & Development, Technology, Communications, Creative and Insight, are used in each school, and each school is managed to achieve its goal of ensuring every child enjoys a learning environment that develops her core skills, knowledge and confidence. The performance of the entire organization is led by the Schools Group, which is responsible for day-to-day management of each school. Schools work to strengthen school enrollment and student retention, ensuring every school is regarded as the strongest school in its neighborhood and delivers on improved learning outcomes for children and earns the trust of the parents. We engage with school leaders and teachers every day, ensuring ongoing professional development, performance management, and intensive coaching. We are always seeking effective ways of ensuring every school is supported with data-driven practices. We measure our success through both the financial sustainability of the school and the learning outcomes of the children in the classroom. We are performance-driven. ## **About the Role** NewGlobe ensures efficient management of its schools through a school's organizational structure that divides schools into regions and territories and assigns management oversight of each region to one Schools Supervisor. A Schools Supervisor is responsible for the management of a group of schools and Schools Supervisors report to a Regional Manager who in turn is responsible for the success of that school region or territory. The schools are situated in various communities across the state in Nigeria to which you are assigned. ## **What You Will Do** - Work closely with a large group of Schools Supervisors in your territory to ensure that they are operating at the highest levels. - Work closely with the Training Manager to ensure feedback from the field is translated to effective training content, systems and processes which further empower Teachers and Headmasters to lead successful schools. - Empower Schools Supervisors to focus intensely on instructional leadership, including each teacher completing the scheduled lessons each day; on positive classroom and school management without corporal punishment; and school strength through retention, which is a sign of parents’ belief in the positive contribution of the school. - Provide management oversight to Schools Supervisors in your region or territory and ensure operating performance and instructional learning targets are met. - Provide coaching and mentoring to Schools Supervisors in your region to help develop their management skills and support the achievement of their academy goals. - Regional Managers completely own (and therefore, are accountable for) the performance metrics of all of the schools in their territory, as measured by operational and instructional benchmarks. - This role requires a constant presence at the schools and close interaction with each School Head or School Administrator to ensure that there is continuous bi-directional communication and coaching. - In addition to interactions with schools, the Regional Manager is expected to build close relationships with the local and state level government officials, the traditional and local community leaders, and Parents of the children in the school to promote the importance of education, garner support for the school and education ministry’s activities as it relates to their children and to keep a constant monitor on their feedback. - Must be ready to travel on a daily basis to schools in your region. The schools are situated in various communities across the state in Nigeria to which you are assigned. ## **What You Should Have** - High level of energy and enthusiasm so as to be effective in a fast-paced environment with multiple demands. - This role would suit someone who has extensive experience doing community-based work, field management expertise and strong people management and program management skills. - An Education Degree is a MUST, with at least 5 years of professional work experience. - Prior team leadership experience using a hands-on role model approach to management and the ability to coach and motivate others to achieve results. - Proven ability to drive results. - Passion for providing outstanding customer service - Excellent practical problem-solving skills with the ability to multitask and prioritize effectively. - Previous experience building relationships with government and community officials. - A passion for what we do is essential and experience in low-cost education environments or the public schooling environment is an advantage. - Must be dynamic, articulate, organized with an attention to detail. - Must have demonstrated capacity to plan, prioritize and deliver tasks on time to meet goals in a high-pressure environment. - Must be passionate about following processes and procedures and be extremely data-driven. - Must be passionate about education and schooling in general. - Must be comfortable working in low-income communities. - Must have respect and sensitivity towards cultural, gender, ethnicity and religious diversity. - Must have maturity and confidence in dealing with high-ranking officials of government institutions, international institutions and non-government institutions. - Willingness to have tough conversations when circumstances require it and to take a “no-nonsense” approach to driving business results. # Working at NewGlobe Enter the dynamic world of NewGlobe, where we embrace the mindset of boundless potential. Here, we excel in innovative problem-solving and harness the power of data to revolutionize education. Committed to scaling our impact, we prioritize inclusivity and design solutions that empower learners worldwide. With relentless determination, we challenge conventions, analyze root causes, and craft inventive solutions to educational challenges. Our culture values tangible results, focusing on data-driven decisions and proactive problem-solving. Integrity and accountability are our guiding principles as we uphold commitments, establish policies, and validate our efforts at every turn. Through meticulous design, we shape behaviors, championing structured practices, precision, and transparency in our quest for educational excellence. As we journey forward, we embrace challenges and celebrate achievement in our mission to transform education.