Job Openings 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 following positions below:

1.) Digital Campaign Strategist

Job Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Job Summary

• We are seeking a dynamic and proactive Digital Campaign Strategist to lead our social media channels and digital campaigns.
• The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of running successful campaigns on WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.
• This role requires an individual with experience in political campaigns or movement-building through digital means.
• Creating engaging content, understanding market dynamics, and messaging directly to all our stakeholders is crucial.
• The Digital Campaign Strategist will be responsible for developing content, providing strategic advice, and setting significant benchmarks for success.
• This includes treating each program as an individual political campaign, focusing on building momentum and engagement through digital channels.
• The successful candidate will also engage key stakeholders, including government officials, educators, donors, and the general public, through targeted social media campaigns designed for both NewGlobe and its individual programs.
• A central goal of this role is to drive grassroots engagement with our government programs and to collect and amplify moments of impact through compelling storytelling and showcasing data driven outcomes.

What You Will Do

• Develop and implement a comprehensive social media strategy aligned with NewGlobe's goals and objectives, treating each program as an individual political campaign aimed at building momentum through digital engagement.
• Plan and execute proactive social media campaigns for NewGlobe and its programs, ensuring consistent messaging and branding across all channels.
• Create high-quality, engaging content for various social media platforms, including WhatsApp, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, and others.
• Design and manage WhatsApp campaigns to effectively engage target audiences and build movements around our educational initiatives.
• Develop tailored messaging to effectively address the needs and interests of various stakeholder groups, including government officials, educators, donors, and the general public. Engage these stakeholders through targeted social media campaigns designed for both NewGlobe and its individual programs.
• Provide strategic advice on digital communication and social media trends to senior management and program leaders, focusing on strategies that build movements and drive engagement.
• Develop and implement benchmarks for success, including engagement metrics, follower growth, and content performance. Tailor these benchmarks to the unique objectives of each program and continually refine them based on data-driven insights.
• Analyse and report on the effectiveness of social media campaigns, using data-driven insights to inform future strategies. Provide detailed reports that highlight key performance metrics and areas for improvement.
• Identify opportunities for cross-promotion and collaboration with partners, influencers, and stakeholders. Leverage these relationships to enhance the impact of our campaigns and broaden our reach.
• Use social listening tools to monitor online conversations about education and NewGlobe's programs.

What You Should Have

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Journalism, or a related field.
• Proven experience in managing social media channels and digital campaigns, preferably with a background in political campaign management. The ideal candidate will have experience building movements through digital strategies, whether in government roles or for political candidates aiming to mobilise support around key issues.
• Strong understanding of social media platforms, WhatsApp, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, and others, tools, and best practices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to create engaging content, including text, images, and videos.
• Experience with social media analytics and reporting tools.
• Graphic design skills with experience in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator; InDesign; Photoshop), online communications tools, and Office and Mac apps.
• Solid understanding and experience of WordPress, Elementor, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript front-end programming.
• Experience in developing high-quality communications materials and knowledge of the latest communication platforms, tools, trends, and developments.
• Knowledge of different content formats - particularly digital formats - and their strengths and weaknesses.
• Video editing ability, familiarity with Adobe Premiere.
• Experience in managing websites using WordPress and Elementor
• Solid understanding of SEO and optimising websites to improve organic engagement
• Strategic thinker with the ability to provide actionable insights and recommendations.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Proactive, creative, and results-oriented mindset.

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2.) Regional Director, Policy & Partnerships

Job Location: Lagos, Nigeria

About Policy and Partnerships Department

• The Policy & Partnerships team (P&P) leads the NewGlobe movement to transform the lives of millions of children through education. We lead pioneering efforts to revitalize Government-led delivery of education across the world.
• We engage with visionary political and Government leadership to help shape policy, strengthen delivery and impact complex education systems through public private partnerships.
• We also engage with other dynamic influencers (NGO, donors, think-tanks and academicians) to unlock new ways of partnering to make high-quality education accessible to every child in underserved communities.

About the Role

• As the Regional Director, Policy & Partnerships, you will provide support and oversight to the entire programs within Group Nigeria. You are responsible for building and managing diverse stakeholder relationships, and focused on account management and sustaining our work and operations. 
• You’ll be taking over existing relationships from the Policy and Partnerships Programme Development teams and other Executives, and make these your own to ensure close collaboration and on-time execution of the programs.
• This entails significant relationship management, as well as project management in ensuring data and approvals needed to pass between the government and programs do so in a timely way for program deadlines.
• You will ensure that the government partners understand the programs, and support its implementation. This will require coordination of stakeholder sessions, government workshops, and government public events and celebrations.
• During government workshops, there will be a need for careful engagement and collaboration on programme details -- to be successful in this role, you must learn about all aspects of our programming, and what can be negotiated and what cannot to ensure we deliver on what the government requires of us -- improved learning outcomes.
• You will need to be diplomatic and have discretion; know when to speak and when to listen

What You Will Do

• Provide support for the Group MD regarding advocacy with the Government (Executive, Legislative and Judiciary at the federal, state and local government levels) on various market-friendly policies
• Map all key government officials, and create robust stakeholder management plans for each
• Regularly monitor regulations and policies relevant to NewGlobe and our partners nationally and at sub-national levels
• Work closely with the Programme Development counterparts and regional leadership, be responsible for overseeing key government relationships and programming. To do this, you’ll lead government engagement, training and stakeholder meetings. 
• Ensure creation of governance committees according to core programming guidelines, and establish a regular meeting schedule.
• Ensure thorough weekly and monthly reporting to the government begins and is continued under permanent programme leadership.
• Scanning the education policy environment with a bid to guiding and influencing policy
• Work closely with the Group MD to build and manage the Group Nigeria Board of Advisors as a unique sponsor/influencer body for our in-country government programmes
• Secure strategic relationships within the newly inaugurated Federal administration that are relevant to the achieving the objectives of NewGlobe at a national level.Help build partnerships, relationships and execute strategies to sustain our goals across programs.
• Manage and oversee all Policy and Partnerships program staff (focussed on Programme Management).
• Manage the diverse strategic stakeholders across multiple Government departments and levels within those departments; with prominent education ecosystem stakeholders, including but not limited to the local and national teacher labour unions; and  important 'influencers’ to ensure the successful and popular launch of the government’s new programmes. 
• Establish and implement short- and long-range goals, objectives, policies and operating procedures for the government relations support function; monitor and evaluates program effectiveness; effects changes required for improvement;
• Work with key stakeholders on consultative efforts to drive reforms in delivery of education to underserved communities;
• Utilize lead management techniques and maintain a detailed and dynamic database of these key influencer communities while tracking progress of programme launch;

What You Should Have

• Bachelor's Degree with superior academic performance;
• Over 8 years of experience in government program delivery or working in account management or as an engagement manager; 
• Confidence, authority, and level-headed decision making needed as the leadership voice for the program;
• Knowledge of local, state and federal government issues related to the provision of primary education in the country would be preferred;
• Ability to balance commercial interests and social benefits - a blend across business and political acumen, but also high emotional intelligence and relationship-building skills;
• In depth experience building and systematically managing key complex relationships and accounts to ensure program delivery in a complex, multi-stakeholder program or project; 
• Previous experience working with a Ministry of Education on program delivery, preferred; If not within education, experience with another government delivery program or project, such as in health or ICT; 
• Experience acting as an on-the-record spokesperson;
• Highly capable and thoughtful problem-solving skills; able to act as an intermediary and a solutions driven lead, to ensure effective collaboration and communication between the Government client and our organization;
• Prior experience within a fast-paced, high-growth, metric-driven operational organization will be an advantage;

You’re also:

• A detailed doer – You have a track record of getting things done. You’re organized and responsive. You take ownership of every idea you touch and execute it to a fine level of detail, setting targets, engaging others, and doing whatever it takes to get the job done. You can multi-task dozens of such projects at once and never lose sight of the details. Likely, you have some experience in a start-up or other rapid-growth company.
• A networking mastermind – You excel at meeting new people and turning them into advocates.  You communicate in a clear, conscientious, and effective way in both written and oral speech. You can influence strangers in the course of a single conversation. Allies and colleagues will go to bat for your ideas. You have an existing network from prior experience in the country, preferably in the regulatory, education, or business sectors.
• A creative problem-solver – Growing any business from scratch comes with massive and constant challenges. On top of that, NewGlobe works in often fragile, sometimes volatile low-resource communities and with complex government systems. You need to be flexible and ready to get everything done effectively, quickly, and affordably with the materials at hand.
• A relentless advocate –The children we serve and teachers we empower never leave your mind. You know them, get them, have shared a meal with them (or would be happy to in the future). You would never shrink back from shaking a parent’s hand or picking up a crying child, no matter what the person was wearing or looked like.  Every decision you make considers their benefit, experience,
• and value.
• A malleable learner –You believe you can always do better. You welcome constructive criticism and provide it freely to others.  You know you only get better tomorrow when others point out where you’ve missed things or failed today.
• A data-driven decision-maker – When making decisions, you don’t rely on your intuition alone. You collect data, you analyze it and make decisions with clear justifications.
• A curious investigator – You ask why a lot. You don’t just take what you see and accept it. You wonder why it is that way, and are aware that the world we see is created by human choices and actions – and it could be different. You wonder, and see the world as wonderful even when you want to change a part of it that is unjust.

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3.) Product Manager 

Job Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

• We are an international, distributed and passionate team, all working together to help children in underserved communities gain access to quality education.
• Our digital portfolio is a set of software solutions that enable governments and communities to shape and re-shape educational systems in an evidence driven manner.
• Reporting to the Director of Product Management and closely collaborating with our Engineering, BI, Analytics and Design teams. In this role you will be responsible for shaping and building our portfolio of data products to help transform education systems worldwide.
• The Product Manager will lead the development and lifecycle of our new data products, from concept to launch. This role involves strategic planning, market research, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure our product portfolio meet customer needs and business goals
• This role will be part of the Product Management team and our Technology group in Lagos, Nigeria.
• If you are a passionate, mission driven professional that wants to make a tangible, positive impact on the world through your work and help us shape our growing team in Lagos we want to hear from you!

What You Will Do

• Drive definition of the data products, coordinate the strategy, roadmap including decisions on what to build, buy, or use from open-source.
• Lead the product development lifecycle, encompassing ideation, defining requirements, quality assurance.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, data science, and internal stakeholders to deliver successful and user centered data products
• Lead the planning, management, and prioritization of the product roadmap, ensuring alignment with overall company strategy and stakeholder interests.
• Lead on setting up product success metrics, monitor product performance, define improvements.
• Coordinate roll-out plans and ensure alignment with stakeholders across different locations to define best go-to-market strategy.
• Define and set up testing and experiments to drive product improvements and iterations.

Requirements
Skills:

• 5+ years of experience working in product management, data analytics or engineering
• Proven track record of managing (at least one) product throughout whole product lifecycle
• Strong problem solving skills and willingness to roll up one’s sleeves
• Skilled at working effectively with cross functional teams in a matrix organization
• Experience working with data science and BI teams
• Comfortable presenting to senior leadership
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Additional, Desirable Skills: 

• Experience working with data products
• Experience within EMIS ecosystem 

You’re Also:

• A detailed doer
• A networking mastermind 
• A creative problem-solver 
• A relentless advocate 
• A malleable learner
• A curious investigator

What We Offer

• Being part of a global, mission driven company
• Great level of autonomy in shaping your role
• Being an early joiner and helping us shape our growing team in Lagos.

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