Openings at Strathmore University

Main duties and responsibilities:

1. Overall responsibility of directing the Executive Education department towards achieving its strategic objectives.
2. Overall responsibility for business development and delivery of targets of the entire Executive Education team.
3. Budgetary responsibility for Executive Education programs ensuring the optimal surplus is achieved while not compromising on quality. 
4. Oversight of the quality of all Executive Education; open programs and custom solutions.
5. Oversee participants’ admission process and ensure that all programs adhere to the set criteria and standards.
6. With guidance from the Associate Dean – Executive Education, liaising with Directors of Academic Departments/ Institutes, course directors, course administrators in the development and delivery of program curricula, schedules and in monitoring target achievement.
7. Responding effectively with direction from the Associate Dean – Executive Education to market developments and changes by translating Executive Education needs from partners into products and curriculum that meets the needs of SBS’s clients and to ensure the relevance of the SBS’s offerings to organizations, locally and internationally.
8. Identifying and establishing productive and sustainable links with potential public and commercial partners regionally, nationally, and worldwide, promoting SBS as an integral part of the business community and where appropriate, secure and implement Executive Education partnership agreements.
9. Representation of the SBS outside the University and maintenance of effective working relationships with all stakeholders, including professional associations, and the wider business community in collaboration with the Associate Dean – Executive Education.
10. Advising the Associate Dean – Executive Education on all Executive Education Division matters and contributing to the development of SBS’s strategy as a member of the School’s Board.
11. Supervising, training, and managing the performance of business development & marketing team ensuring proper business development & marketing protocols are being followed. Coaching Business Development Managers to assist with closing participants accounts.

Job requirements:

The post holder will be required to have and to demonstrate evidence of the following qualifications, attributes, and skills:

• Masters’ Degree in a Business-related course.
• 5 – 7 years’ relevant working experience in a similar role 
• Experience in leading and managing teams
• Excellent negotiation skills, proven track record of successfully pitching for new business.
• Proficiency in relevant computer applications to maintain databases, records, and basic business analytics.
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Good communication, Persuasion & Negotiation skills
• Ability to translate ideas into solutions.
• Strong market knowledge, business sense and industry expertise.
• Excellent mentoring, coaching and people management skills.

If you are interested in the position and have the skills we are looking for, we would like to hear from you. Please forward an application letter together with a copy of your updated resume quoting ‘Director, Executive Education’ to the People and Culture Manager, Strathmore University Business School, on careers@sbs.ac.ke by end of the day (5.30pm) Wednesday, 9th March 2022

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Main duties and responsibilities:

• To support the implementation of the country programs. 
• To monitor program activities, support M&E activities (collect data, and draft reports of their findings), 
• Support with planning program and event logistics and ensure that in-country linkages with affinity groups are maintained. 
• Business Development, maintaining and creating new client relationships 
• Program management & administration which include preparation of program course material, student communication as general and course related and mailing to students 
• Budget management (Revenue, cost & margin management) 
• Ensuring students attend class debt free
• Faculty interactions, follow up on teaching materials with selected faculty 
• Student-lecturer liaison, follow up, and acquisition of course materials from lecturers 
• Preparing claims for local and international faculty and hospitality arrangements. 
• Implement all the detailed event management activities and schedules for the programs Request to Program Manager for casuals when necessary 
• Configuration of computers for lecturers and students to enable them to use wireless. 
• Preparation of classrooms (chalk, markers, audiovisual equipment, water), printing name tags, and ensuring they are in place before class 
• Guest Speaker Relations including managing all the logistics. 
• Prepare client reports and internal reports on projects progress and completion 
• Any other tasks that may be assigned within the project and in Executive Education 

Job requirements:

The post holder will be required to have and to demonstrate evidence of the following qualifications, attributes, and skills:

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a business-related field.
• At least two years’ experience in an administrative support role preferably with experience of student administration or equivalent experience working in a busy office in an administrative role.
• Proven time management and organisational skills, delivering work with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail with minimal supervision. 
• Effective written and oral communication skills and the ability to positively discuss and negotiate with clients, members of the business community and University staff in the provision of professional quality client service.

If you are interested in the position and have the skills we are looking for, we would like to hear from you. Please forward an application letter together with a copy of your updated resume quoting ‘Program Administrator – Conrad Hilton Foundation Project’ to the People and Culture Manager, Strathmore University Business School, on careers@sbs.ac.ke by end of the day (5.30pm) Wednesday, 9th March 2022.Deadlineline: 

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Main duties and responsibilities:

1. Oversee implementation of the Incubator & Accelerator Lab that is responsive to sisters’ social enterprise needs.
2. Provide support towards developing the business plan for the Innovator and Accelerator for the sisters’ social enterprises managing the set-up of a program to incubate business ideas that maximize social impact in underserved communities 
3. Evaluating early-stage business ideas, working with internal networks and external partners, conducting financial and social reporting 
4. Providing guidance and support to intrapreneurs to help them develop, adapt, test products/services 
5. Support the strategy development for, and manage day-to-day activities of, global partnerships that simultaneously drive business and social value – shared value – and inspire the enterprises to maximize social impact through innovative business models and practices. 
6. Identify product opportunities and potential markets for social enterprises consistent with CHF’s mission, values, and objectives 
7. Oversee day-to-day execution of social enterprises to ensure operational excellence 
8. Supervise social enterprise managers, holding them accountable to agreed-upon outcomes regularly. 
9. Identify key partnership opportunities for the social enterprises. 
10. Brand building – develop relationships with individuals and organizations that could be leveraged to grow social enterprises efficiently 
11. Analyze and evaluate program requirements for alignment to sisters’ strategy and the prevailing economic and technological advances through conducting client baseline/assessments. 
12. Support the coordination of the various event and conferences 
13. Support Data collection. 

Job requirements:

The post holder will be required to have and to demonstrate evidence of the following qualifications, attributes, and skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field (advanced degree preferred) 
• Minimum 4 years’ experience working in Social Entrepreneurship, design for Social Impact, Corporate Responsibility, business, or related field. 
• Project Execution: Ability to plan for, manage, and successfully complete multiple complex projects simultaneously and in budget. 
• Data management: Experience developing social impact and commercial measurement frameworks and reporting approaches. 
• Global perspective: Experience of operating within a global environment and able to demonstrate international cultural agility. 
• Communication: Flawless written and oral communication skills. Powerful interpersonal skills, strong social antennae, and the ability to use these to influence outcomes. Able to adapt style and approach based on context. 
• Judgment: Strategic and tactical, makes decisions that balance a variety of factors to achieve an optimal outcome. 
• Developing & Leveraging Relationships: A track record of building trust and sustaining excellent internal and external relationships. 
• Analytical Skill and Learning Agility: Demonstrates an understanding of business, especially financial information. Absorbs new facts, data, and information rapidly. 
• Capacity to be open, persuaded by new information, and is comfortable at exploring areas where there are no right answers.
• Has a great sense of humour! 

If you are interested in the position and have the skills we are looking for, we would like to hear from you. Please forward an application letter together with a copy of your updated resume quoting ‘Manager, Social Enterprise Innovation – Conrad Hilton Foundation (CHF) Project’ to the People and Culture Manager, Strathmore University Business School, on careers@sbs.ac.ke by end of the day (5.30pm) Wednesday, 9th March 2022.Deadlineline: 

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Duties & Responsibilities: 

1. Serve as the incubator’s internal and external community lead to increase engagement of existing community members
2. Co-develop, maintain and implement internal and external communications and content plans.
3. Work with @iLabAfrica PR unit to create engaging content for all platforms, including @iBizAfrica’s knowledge platform, blog pieces, articles, social media posts and newsletters.
4. Recommend and implement engagement styles, design and execute marketing campaigns including incorporating community into programming, communications strategy, annual conferences, events and other relevant initiatives
5. Map goals and priorities to increase periodic community engagement for and develop an execution plan to support attainment of these goals
6. Develop on-brand messaging that best represents the voice of the incubator’s community and tone both online and in-person and incentivize user-generated content creation and sharing online.
7. Monitor and engage with the online and in-person incubator community and respond to comments and requests.
8. Create and maintain KPI dashboard on community engagement performance
9. Relay community feedback to relevant internal stakeholders
10. Liaise with other offices within the incubator and departments within the research lab to stay updated on new marketing initiatives, product and service developments, and to ensure brand consistency.
11. Organize and attend networking events or relevant industry workshops to boost awareness about @iBizAfrica.
12. Conduct annual performance evaluation and establish goals to support continuing community growth
13. Liaise with the incubation manager and research associates for curation and publication of research findings and case studies.
14. Any other duties as may be assigned by the Incubation Manager

Minimum Academic Qualifications: 

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field pertaining to communications, journalism, public relations, marketing and related fields

Experience:

2-5 years of proven work experience as a community lead with relevant experience with content management systems and community management platforms

Competencies and Attributes:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience launching community initiatives
• Proficient in business applications of social media platforms and their analytic platforms
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment for a growing, dynamic network
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• High level of interpersonal skills and cultural sensitivity to work with diverse networks within Pan-African space and across the world
• Self-motivated with ability to work both as part of a team and independently
• Possesses a spirit of intellectual curiosity, creativity and innovation
• Basic working technical knowledge of HTML, CSS and web publishing is preferred and a plus
• Proficient in Google Analytics, SEO and web traffic metrics

Are you qualified for this position and interested in working with us? We would like to hear from you. Kindly send us a copy of your updated resume and letter of application (ONLY) quoting “Program Coordinator – Community Engagements” on the subject line to recruitment@strathmore.edu by 1st March 2022.