Manager, Policy and Partnerships 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: Manager, Policy and Partnerships

Location: Ekiti

About the Role

• As the Policy and Partnerships Manager, you will support the management of an entire program’s large-scale, government-led, NewGlobe-delivered system-wide education transformation within all new locations.
• You are responsible for managing diverse stakeholder relationships, and focused on account management and sustaining NewGlobe’s work and operations in the territory. You Support the Policy & Partnerships Director to own the government engagement with the diverse stakeholders and the many moving parts involved in NewGlobe’s work in the territory.
• You are responsible for coordination and communication between NewGlobe, the Government and other key stakeholders in the territory.
• You’ll support the Policy and Partnerships Director to take over existing relationships from the Policy and Partnerships Programme Development team and ensure close collaboration and on-time execution of the program.
• This entails significant relationship management, as well as project management in ensuring data and approvals needed to pass between the government and NewGlobe do so in a timely way for program deadlines. You will ensure that the government partners understand the program, and support its implementation.
• This will require planning and 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 Will You Do

• Report to the Policy & Partnerships Director, to help build partnerships, relationships and execute strategies to sustain NewGlobe’s goals across the specific program.
• Work closely with the Programme Development counterparts and regional leadership, be responsible for coordinating key government relationships and programming. To do this, you’ll be actively involved in government engagement, training and stakeholder meetings.
• Strengthen the relationship between NewGlobe, MinEDUC, REB and MinICT, to ensure seamless implementation and the sustainability of the program implementation.
• Prepare briefs and slide presentation for meetings for implementing agencies.
• Prepare work plans for the internal work that NewGlobe is doing in Policy & Partnerships to help build capacity for the team.
• Support branding of NewGlobe and the various functions that are organized to move the partnership forward.
• A brand ambassador who is able to work with the teams to improve the smoother working environment across teams.
• Endear NewGlobe to the Government of Bayelsa state  as an effective and strategic partner
• Work to deliver an effective Brand management and Brand Management Strategy.
• In collaboration with the Policy & Partnerships Director, manage the diverse strategic stakeholder management 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 programme.
• Support the implementation of short- and long-range goals, objectives, policies and processes for the government relations support function; monitor and evaluates program effectiveness; effects changes required for improvement;
• Map all key government officials, and support the execution plan for management of each.
• 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 4 years experience in government program delivery or working in account management or as an engagement manager.
• Significant 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 or Bayelsa Education Board on program delivery, preferred; If not within education, experience with another government delivery program or project, such as in health, agriculture or ICT.
• Knowledge of local, state and federal government issues related to the provision of primary education in Bayelsa 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;
• 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, we work 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.

Method of Application
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