Officer, Academics (North-West Nigeria) at NewGlobe

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 scale. 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-centered 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.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Officer, Academics (North-West Nigeria)

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

• The Academic Officer will ultimately be responsible for educational outcomes across schools in their assigned territory and will serve as an individual contributor, collaborator, and manager in this role.
• As an individual contributor, the Academic Officer will manage all academic events and initiatives for the territory.
• This will include the implementation of cyclical events (e.g., provision and maintenance of a school and academic calendar, daily and weekly timetables) and any new learning innovation launched throughout the academic year.
• As a collaborator, the Academic Officer will be responsible for coordinating with Shared Services Instructional Design and Learning Innovation to ensure that all levers of achievement are robust and contextualized for the territory.
• Within the territory team, the Academic Officer will work with other departments to ensure that all schools have the right operational conditions for learning to take place.
• Finally, as a manager, the Academic Officer will ensure that members of the Academic team in the territory have a clear work plan and are productively working in tandem to generate achievement in schools.

What You Will Do

• The Academic Officer must be a data-driven individual with experience developing and managing cultures of high performance and high expectations.
• You must be a great academic leader who understands exceptional instruction and can motivate and support others in realizing a vision of academic excellence. Ideal candidates have worked in organizations with a proven track record of generating large learning gains.

In addition, the Academic Officer will:

• Lead execution and interdepartmental coordination of the core academic program in territory.
• Advocating for learning outcomes and serving as an in-territory academic consultant for other departments.
• Providing feedback to the Instructional Design team, to improve learning outcomes and culturally contextualize what is taught in your territory.
• Representing NewGlobe with key state stakeholders, including the Ministry of Education and other government education officials.
• Conducting necessary market and regulatory research to inform instructional systems and policies (timetable, teacher specialty configurations, retention policies, exam policy, placement policy).
• Managing the Academics team based in your territory: Programme Manager.
• The Academic Officer will report to the Schools Director and the Academic Director, Shared Services.

What You Should Have

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education or related field, graduate degrees preferred.
• 2 - 4 years’ experience working in education.
• 2 or more years of teaching experience with evidence of outsized student learning gains is an added advantage.
• Experience working in the education sector.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified. 

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online