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Manager, Leadership & Development

Dutse, Jigawa, Nigeria

 

Who We Are

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.

NewGlobe’s high-touch, intensive professional development programs, along with integrated school management, teacher support, and assessment software, enable schools to succeed. NewGlobe works within state and national curriculum and syllabi, ensuring all children are empowered to learn their own history, and master local content, while being globally competitive in mathematics and languages. The science of behavior change and the science of learning is at the foundation of all programming.

NewGlobe works with urgency because youth quickly becomes adulthood and relentlessly because improvement requires continuous problem-solving. NewGlobe is honoured to serve and to help rebuild trust in public systems.

NewGlobe’s work is all encompassing and will challenge you to use your full mind, and heart, each day. We need bright minds who want to be part of building a new globe -- a more equitable globe -- to join us.

Schools

Schools are the heart of our work. The team is mandated to inspire teachers to teach with passion, pupils to learn with purpose, parents to believe in a better future for their children, and communities to become the change they want to see in the world. To achieve this vision, the team ensures schools are smoothly run - the school team is motivated and inspired, delivering life-changing lessons, creating an experience that makes parents stay with us, and also cultivating interest and excitement in our work in communities where we serve. Schools are responsible for ensuring all of the work created by our expert teams, including Instructional Design, Leadership & Development, Technology, Communications, Creative and Insight, are used in each school, and each school is managed to achieve its goal of ensuring every child enjoys a learning environment that develops her core skills, knowledge and confidence. The performance of the entire organization is led by the Schools Group, which is responsible for the day-to-day management of each school. Schools work to strengthen school enrolment and student retention, ensuring every school is regarded as the strongest school in its neighbourhood delivers improved learning outcomes for children, and earns the trust of the parents. We engage with school leaders and teachers every day, ensuring ongoing professional development, performance management, and intensive coaching. We are always seeking effective ways of ensuring every school is supported with data-driven practices. We measure our success through both the financial sustainability of the school and the learning outcomes of the children in the classroom. We are performance-driven.

Leadership and Development

In joining the Leadership & Development (L&D) team you are joining the team charged with the holistic development of our school staff. We ensure that our front-line staff are exceptional leaders who are in turn, energized and empowered to provide the students in their communities and classrooms with a life-changing education.

The L&D team ensures that each school we support is staffed with talented and passionate teachers and school leaders who will dedicate themselves to the development and learning of each child in their care. Leadership & Development ensures all school staff are fully aware of the principles that guide our Schools Group and Academics, including but not limited to school management practices and policies, theory of instructional design and structured pedagogy, core subject content knowledge, importance of a positive learning environment, classroom management techniques, use of technology for teaching and school management, need for parent communication and involvement, and regulatory or government engagement. We are responsible for both induction training of school staff new to the schools or programs we support, as well as for ongoing professional development throughout the school year. We use data from our school staff’s performance and student learning to drive the design of our induction and ongoing professional development, for both the year ahead and for real-time interventions in school management or teachers’ practice by the Schools Group. We also support data-driven analysis of teacher and school leader performance. We know we have succeeded when each teacher and each school is delivering on the promise of every child's learning.

About the Role

Delivery excellence, integrity, quality, and systematization are all part of ensuring successful implementation of induction training and ongoing professional development.

Content design and personalization: The L&D Manager will be responsible for designing and coordinating with Shared Services L&D on the content of induction training and ongoing scheduled professional development modules. In addition, the L&D Manager will work directly with the Schools Director to use performance and behavioral data of school leaders and teachers to smartly deliver time-sensitive “refresher” training on core modules and custom-designed content for Supervisors of schools to use in school-based training and coaching.

Training execution and project management: The L&D Manager will project manage all residential induction training sessions for school staff. This is a complex role – managing 50+ support office staff to lead induction training for 1500-2000 teachers and school leaders. It is your job to train, mentor, and evaluate every person leading a training classroom each step of the way, ensuring that they achieve ambitious outcomes with our school leaders and teachers. The importance of the success of this training cannot be understated -- it is the foundation for the success of all of our programming, by ensuring that each teacher and school leader leaves training with a new vision for their school and classroom, new practices for classroom management, new understanding of structured pedagogy and its use, and knowledge of critical school management practices. This role reports to the Schools Director.

How Your Success Will Be Measured

Your success in the role will be measured by training deliverables:

  • 100% of trainings are on-time, on-budget, and in line with the strategic direction set by your program's Schools Director (management scope and sequence).
  • 90% training mastery for every training, as measured by assessments administered during training

You are also responsible for ensuring that you drive learning in schools after training has concluded:

  • Teachers in schools are able to complete 90% of assigned lessons
  • Teachers take attendance for their pupils 90% of the time
  • Supervisors, School Management visit 90% of scheduled school visits to drive pupil learning and support teachers and school leaders

What You Will Do

  • Design effective program-specific training content that meets the needs of the program.
  • Lead school leader and teacher induction training and ongoing professional development efforts for your territory; ensure all induction training graduates and current school staff are world-class school leaders and teachers, prepared to succeed in supported classrooms and schools, passionate and motivated to deliver for each child.
  • Use big data on academics, school management, and community engagement to identify areas for further professional development, and continuously improve training quality and efficacy.
  • Investigate academic, school management and community engagement trends through the year to inform training content and delivery, and advise ongoing school field visits led by School Management, Schools Group.
  • Collaborate with L&D Shared Services to ensure that all content for induction training and professional development efforts are effective; coordinate across teams to ensure that content is up to date and accurate -- this is a complex and critical process.
  • Develop, coach, and mentor a deeply skilled and mission-aligned team of Supervisors, School Management who will support L&D on the execution of large-scale induction training and ongoing professional development.
  • Lead professional development, including onboarding and ongoing support for Supervisors, School Management in collaboration with L&D Shared Services, using core programming and data from school performance.
  • Be a world-class project manager ensuring high-quality delivery, continuous improvement and transparency for the execution of induction training and professional development programs in your territory.
  • Work closely with the Administration, People Operations, Technology, and other teams to ensure seamless user experience for teachers and school leaders during induction training and professional development.

What You Should Have

  • Bachelor’s degree in education or related field
  • Experience designing training materials for adult learners
  • Two or more years of teaching experience is desirable. Prior experience in teacher training would be a bonus.
  • Exceptional organization, project and people management skills. Prior experience in having led and managed teams would be a plus
  • A data-driven, evidence-based mindset. Comfort in collecting and analyzing data to inform decisions is integral to this role
  • Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and G-suite
  • Willingness to travel across territories as per the business needs
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Excellent organizational, leadership, analytical problem solving and strategic thinking skills

Working at NewGlobe

Enter the dynamic world of NewGlobe, where we embrace the mindset of boundless potential. 

Here, we excel in innovative problem-solving and harness the power of data to revolutionize education. Committed to scaling our impact, we prioritize inclusivity and design solutions that empower learners worldwide. With relentless determination, we challenge conventions, analyze root causes, and craft inventive solutions to educational challenges. 

Our culture values tangible results, focusing on data-driven decisions and proactive problem-solving. Integrity and accountability are our guiding principles as we uphold commitments, establish policies, and validate our efforts at every turn. 

Through meticulous design, we shape behaviors, championing structured practices, precision, and transparency in our quest for educational excellence. As we journey forward, we embrace challenges and celebrate achievement in our mission to transform education.

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