Bridge International Academies Corporate Affairs Manager Job Vacancy

Bridge
International Academies is the world’s largest and fastest-growing chain of
primary and pre-primary schools with more than 400 academies and 120,000 pupils
in Kenya and Uganda. We democratize the right to succeed by giving families
living in poverty access to the high-quality education that will allow their
children to live a very different life.

We
are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job
Title: Corporate
Affairs Manager
Location: Based outside Lagos

Job
Description
Policy & Partnerships/Corporate Affairs:

As
Manager Corporate Affairs, you will be responsible for working closely
with the Expansion Director to build strategic relationships with key
stakeholders in the Government, the private sector and civil society.
With
the Government, you will be responsible for driving Bridge’s strategy for
public private partnerships, with the private sector you will responsible
for driving conversations around Bridge’s engagement with CSR
and with the Civil Society, you will ensure that Bridge builds relationships
and is well entrenched in discourses around Education and human
development.
Ideal
candidate will have a strong ability to multi-task and take ownership of
all aspects of the current government relations activities.
You’re
an extremely effective communicator, both written and verbal, and are
energized by interacting with people, building relationships, and
networking.
These
things come naturally to you and are what you crave in your working life.
A
keen sense of ownership, speedy execution, and scrappiness is a must.

What
You Will Do

Position
Bridge International Academies as a credible partner for conversations
around education for all
Work
with corporate players to develop partnerships for educating underserved
communities
Work
with local, regional and national officials and groups with respect to the
Bridge International Academies’ registration, strategic efforts, and
related activities.
Work
with key stakeholders on consultative efforts to drive reforms in delivery
of education to underserved communities
Identify
opportunities and work with partners in the private sector to drive
efficient service delivery with government schools
Identify
CSR partners in the private sector to strengthen Bridge International
Academies’ market presence and delivery
Assists
the Expansion Director, Nigeria with the coordination, facilitation, and
advancement of expansion related priorities and other initiatives
involving Bridge International Academies’ relationship with Local, State
and/or Federal agencies and representatives, their staff members, and all
other related parties.
Establish
and implement short- and long-range goals, objectives, policies and
operating procedures for the government relations support function;
monitor and evaluates program effectiveness; effects changes required for
improvement
All
other job-related duties as assigned by management
Identify
the larger contours of PPP and CSR relationships and also be responsible
for structuring PPP and CSR contracts
Plan,
develop, administer and evaluate programs, activities and daily operations
related to the governmental affairs support function
Coordinate
complex interactions with legislators, legislative staff, other local and
state officials, federal agency staff and other government
officials/staff.

What You Should Have

Masters’s
degree with superior academic performance
Extensive
knowledge of local, state and federal government organization and
legislative processes in primary education
Rolodex
of contacts within the ministry of education or equivalent local and state
regulatory bodies
Knowledge
of local, state and federal government issues related to the provision of
primary education
Prior
experience within a fast-paced, metric driven consulting or educational
organization
We
particularly value experience in extreme growth situations.

You
Are Also:

Proactive
– You don’t always need supervision and you are a self-starter. Your
personal drive to succeed and deliver keeps you working when you may not
have a supervisor with you.
A
networking mastermind- You excel at meeting new people and turning them
into advocates. You communicate in a clear, conscientious, and
effective way in both written and oral speech. You can influence
strangers in the course of a single conversation. Allies and
colleagues will go to bat for your ideas.
A
creative problem-solver- Growing any business from scratch comes with
massive and constant challenges. On top of that, Bridge works in
volatile, low-resource communities and runs on fees averaging around $7 a
month per pupil. You need to be flexible and ready to get everything
done effectively, quickly, and affordably with the materials at hand.
A
customer advocate- Our customers – these families living on less than $2 a
day per person – never leave your mind. You know them, get them,
have shared a meal with them (or would be happy to in the future).
You would never shrink back from shaking a parent’s hand or picking up a
crying child, no matter what the person was wearing or looked like.
Every decision you make considers their customer benefit, experience, and
value.
A
malleable learner -You believe you can always do better. You welcome
constructive criticism and provide it freely to others. You know you
only get better tomorrow when others point out where you’ve missed things
or failed today.
A
detailed doer – You have a track record of getting things done.
You’re organized and responsive. You take ownership of every idea
you touch and execute it to a fine level of detail, setting targets,
engaging others, and doing whatever it takes to get the job done.
You can multi-task dozens of such projects at once and never lose sight of
the details. Likely, you have some experience in a start-up or other
rapid-growth company.