Associate, School Inspection at Bridge International Academies

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: Associate, School Inspection 

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• Bridge International Academies is looking for Associates, School Inspection to make daily visits to the various academies, perform audits and report to the headquarters, ensure academies are in compliance with policies and provide either positive or negative feedback which in turn provides valuable insights into critical business issues. 

Job Description

• School Inspection (QA) is the monitoring and evaluation of our academy operations (facilities, materials & supplies, personnel and processes) against set Bridge standards and policies to ensure total compliance.
• QA ensures all our schools are compliant with procedural requirements through frequent school observation visits and audits of academy operations.
• This team collects and analyzes data to provide valuable insights into critical operational issues that need to be addressed to ensure a consistent service level standard is achieved across each school.
• As an organization that operates at scale, ensuring set Bridge standards are maintained across every single school is integral to success of our model 

Responsibilities
What You Will Do:

• Ensure schools are compliant with procedural requirements through processes of quality control and audit checklists of academy operations and management tools, materials and processes by: 
  • Paying visits to a set schools each day (as assigned by the School Inspection Manager)
  • Performing audits via the smartphone 
  • Reporting the information back to HQ.
  • Provide valuable insights into critical operational issues based on school visit observations
• Work with HQ to ensure that the school teaching and management systems and tools are well implemented and maintained as per Bridge standards at individual schools both by School Heads and by teachers. 
• School Inspection Associates will travel every single day to schools and are expected to spend a fair amount of time on the road. 

Requirements
What You Should Have:

• High Diploma or University graduate 
• Highly organized, detail-oriented and able to manage multiple tasks within tight deadlines
• Hard working with a positive can-do attitude; is able and willing to take on any challenge
• Able to "stand his/her ground" and not be convinced by any School heads , teachers or anyone to change the audit information
• Mature and independent - supervision will largely be done from HQ while you operate in the field
• Adept at using the smartphone and email programs
• Aptitude for learning new IT systems/applications 
• Excellent oral and written communication skills 
• Prior experience conducting audits or experience in a School Inspection role is a plus
• Willingness to travel every day in all weather 

Skills:
You’re also:

• 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. 
• A creative problem-solver - Growing any business from scratch comes with massive and constant challenges. On top of that, Bridge works in often fragile, sometimes volatile low-resource communities and with complex government systems. You need to be flexible and ready to get everything done effectively, quickly, and affordably with the materials at hand. 
• A relentless advocate - The children we serve and teachers we empower 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 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 data-driven decision-maker - When making decisions, you don’t rely your intuition alone. You collect data, you analyze it and make decisions with clear justifications.
• A curious investigator - You ask why a lot. You don’t just take what you see and accept it. You wonder why it is that way, and are aware that the world we see is created by human choices and actions - and it could be different. You wonder, and see the world as wonderful even when you want to change a part of it that is unjust.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
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