Portfolio Growth Manager at Total Child School

Total Child School is a co-educational Nursery, Primary and Secondary School. The school is sited at the C.E.M Children Centre, a serene location providing a beautiful, natural and highly conducive atmosphere for learning. The School promises every child a privileged, purposeful, enriching, very enjoyable and memorable school life.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Portfolio Growth Manager

Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• The Portfolio Growth Manager plays a lead role in the achievement of CSTC’s portfolio diversification agenda.
• The incumbent will be responsible for driving value for Corona Schools Trust Council through profitable management of the Enterprise Portfolio comprising Retail, Sales, Business Development and Logistics.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities
Business Development:

• Responsible for defining the annual, short or mid-term Growth Plan, providing information on where the portfolio is currently, as well as where the portfolio is headed in the future.
• Proactively and collaboratively works across the function to determine strategies that can effectively be used as a lever to grow revenue and improve profit with accountability for development and implementation.
• Manages a portfolio of products, projects, or initiatives. Oversees initiation to completion of multiple products or projects within the portfolio by effective supervision of all process owners in the Enterprise unit.
• Responsible for portfolio growth and business development, driving innovation within the team to deliver agreed targets.
• Driving growth by innovating and initiating new products and services and breaking new ground by establishing new businesses.
• Prepares concise business plans and convincing justification proposals for new initiatives that cover feasible projections of revenue and cost for investment decisions and approvals.

People Management and Development:

• Manage the activities of the Tech function which has responsibility for managing the retail software, the inventory, collating sales reports & conducting audits as required.
• Manage the activities of the Business Officer who is responsible for implementing accounting functions regarding the inflow and outflow of inventories, as well as bank reconciliations, preparation of periodic financial statements and financial advisory for the department.
• Manages the activities of the Logistics Officer for effective and efficient service delivery in schools and to clients.
• Leads the marketing team and oversees the marketing and publicity of business and retail services across all platforms by the Retail Coordinator and the Enterprise Officer, who are responsible for this.
• Creates a high-performance culture within the team by setting clear expectations and targets, training, analysing team performance, holding team members accountable and giving appropriate and prompt feedback, including actively managing poor performance.
• Provides direction and motivates the team towards the attainment of agreed targets, customer service excellence and profitability.
• Provide regular training and development for team members, encouraging self-growth and accomplishment.

Financial Planning:

• Responsible for approving pricing decisions for retail and recommending a periodic pricing matrix for approval by the Head, Corporate Services.
• Ensures timely and adequate development and management of budgets, forecasting revenue streams, expenses, and investment requirements by the Accounts personnel.
• Ensures periodic conduct of financial analysis to assess/track performance, profitability, and viability of various business initiatives by the Accounts personnel.
• Able to understand profit and loss statements to facilitate business decisions.

Qualifications

• A relevant degree.
• A minimum of the second-class lower division
• At least 5years of work experience in a supervisory/Managerial position.
• Must be a Chartered Accountant with marketing experience.

Application Closing Date
30th October, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: s.totalchild@gmail.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.