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Detailed Job Description
Job Objectives
- To provide strategic business direction towards growth & profitability meeting both long and short term goals
- To pioneer, drive and build a Trust Council legacy that yields unprecedented results and impact
- To ensure adherence to the school’s mission statement, maximizing and sustaining value for all stakeholders
- Liaise with the Board to set the strategy for the Trust Council
- Provide management oversight to drive the School towards profitable and sustainable growth
- Implement the School’s business strategies and growth plans – translation of high level corporate strategies into business and operational initiatives
- Create an enabling environment that will empower Management and staff to commit to achieving set goals and objectives and proactively respond to opportunities and challenges in the business environment
- Work with the Trust Council team to design multi-year programmatic, strategic, and financial plans and, subsequently, implement them
- Monitor the effective implementation of Board decisions and management of the company budget and statutory / Management information reports and accounts
- Liaise with the relevant industry, government and/or regulatory bodies, ensuring that the School’s interests are presented and protected and statutory returns are made as appropriate
- Review and develop new sustainability and social responsibility initiatives that meet the current industry and business demands
- Manage the School’s corporate image in a way that sustains and/or enhances the Company’s reputation and brand
- Support the development of strategic partnerships to aid in the attainment of the Trust Council vision
- Manage the School’s risk profile in line with the extent and categories of risks identified as acceptable by the Board
- Facilitate communication and coordinate engagement efforts between various stakeholder groups e.g. schools, parents, teachers, regulatory bodies, media, etc.
Skills & Competency Requirement:
- Excellent qualitative and quantitative analytical skills;
- Outstanding communication skills, both verbal and written;
- Strong financial analysis skills and facility with financial statements;
- A proven ability to attract, recruit, retain, and develop excellent staff;
- A good understanding of Corporate Governance;
- Up-to-date Industry Knowledge on the Education sector – locally and globally;
- Track record of business, financial and organization performance;
- Productive relationships – team, partners and stakeholders;
- Resilient – calm in the face of conflict, criticism and crises;
- High energy, passion and integrity;
- Ability to identify new sources of funding from foundations, corporations, investors, and/or individual donors, and the skills required to secure these resources through relationship-building
Personal Attributes & Characteristics
- A level of integrity and energy compelling enough to bring divergent groups together in a collaborative manner and inspire them to act
- The executive presence to inspire confidence and passion and the persistence and zeal to lead a mission driven organization toward realizing ambitious goals;
- The gravitas and sophistication required to be the public face of the Trust Council and the eloquence and persuasiveness required to serve as a spokesperson for the organization to a wide variety of audiences
- The maturity and experience required to optimize Board members and other stakeholder expectations
Key Performance Indicators
- Efficiency of the Executive Office service
- Effective delegation of responsibility
- Problem areas identified and issues effectively resolved
- Cost management
- Internal and external stakeholder satisfaction
- Standard and compliance of submitted business reports for tax and other statutory purposes
- Financial performance & Budget adherence
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Post Graduate study/degree in Financial/Business Management or Administration is desirable
- Relevant professional qualification seen as an added advantage
- 15 – 20 years’ experience with at least 10 years of proven executive–level management, team-building, and operational experience;
- Tested strategic planning and tactical execution experience that includes growing a unit or division, assessing its progress systemically, determining ROI, and making resource allocation decisions on the basis of outcomes as compared to desired results
- An understanding of issues and challenges facing education reform in Nigeria;
- Extensive knowledge of thought leaders and key influencers in education circles (and beyond) in Nigeria;
- A professional background comprised of credentials and experiences that qualifies him/her to make distinctions between good schools and great ones.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should click the Apply button below.
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