Regional Manager - Education at EIDU

What You Will Do

• Lead in County engagements and facilitating contract signing with counties.
• Lead in County contract renewal and payment follow up.
• Facilitate communications between EIDU and the Counties including organising monthly County stakeholders meetings.
• Recruit, train, and support EIDU Education Officers as well as conduct regular performance appraisals.
• Oversee daily operations and ensure each EIDU Officer delivers on their partner mentorship and individual KPIs.
• Supervise budget and optimization, prevent fraud and ensure financial discipline among EIDU Officers.
• Guide EIDU Officers in developing a clear travel plan and workflow for each week.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to manage Master, TOT, Government Staff, and other County stakeholder trainings.
• Accompany field teams and government officers in conducting school visits.
• Use data from multiple sources, including your own field visits, quality assurance audits, and lead EIDU Officers to improve their oversight and mentoring for government officials and Teachers.
• Provide EIDU Officers with day to day oversight, guidance and coaching. This includes facilitating regular touchpoints with EIDU Officers, reading and responding to reports submitted by the EIDU Officers, and providing feedback on their work.
• Coach EIDU Officers in their use of data to provide data-driven oversight and guidance for government officials.
• Provide EIDU Officers with all training necessary for their success, including their onboarding, professional development, and “train the trainer” sessions for content that EIDU Officers need to deliver to their government officials.
• 100% field based job with occasional travel to the Nairobi support office.
• Other duties as assigned.

What You Should Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Education, Management or a related field from accredited university and minimum of 7 years experience in the education field.
• Minimum of 4 years of training experience and team management/leadership experience including direct supervision of field teams.
• Prior experience within a fast-paced, high-growth, metric-driven operational organisation will be an advantage.
• In-depth understanding of traditional and modern training methods (including workshops, simulations, e-learning and coaching).
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with government representatives, and other stakeholders, at County level.
• ICT skills: G-suite, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, task and Issues management (e.g., Asana, CRM), Android Smartphones.
• Ability to work in a start-up environment navigating complex and fast-changing circumstances.
• Experience in mentorship and coaching of youth and adults.
• Management of education based teams a plus.
• Belief in data-driven decision making.
• Collaborative leader with strong relationship building skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong communication skills.