Overview

A reputable company in the education industry is looking to recruit an Country Lead with 5+ years of experience in management consulting, finance, or operations management to work with.

What You Will Do

1. P&L ownership: You will have full P&L ownership as you grow revenue and manage costs to ensure profitability and sustainability.
2. Business development & partnerships: You will establish strategic partnerships with key stakeholders, and manage high level relationships.
3. Student recruitment: Recruiting high volumes of students into our training programs
4. Talent placement: Source opportunities from employers and fill job vacancies with talent outsourced from The Room.
5. Driving a culture of execution: You will serve as the custodian of The Room’s entrepreneurial ‘doer’ culture, rolling up your sleeves as a Founder- no job is out of scope.
6. A courageous initiator: You have an owners’ approach and you are proactive with what needs to be done; you also embrace risks and failure.
7. Humble & adaptable: You have a beginners’ mindset and you always seek to learn; you are also flexible and embrace pivoting.
8. A dreamer & adventurer: You are passionate about life, you have a growth mindset and you can thrive on uncertain circumstances and uncharted territory
9. Resilient: You tackle difficult situations with a can-do attitude and are relentless in the pursuit of your goals
10. Thrive in ambiguity: You can make decisions, and motivate others during times of uncertainty,
    incomplete information, and change.

Required Qualifications, Skills and Competences

• 3+ years’ experience building partnerships
• Entrepreneurial DNA & high level of self-motivation
• Strong business and financial acumen
• Strong relationship-building skills & stakeholder management
• Roll up Sleeves’ GYSHIDO mindset
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience building & amp; managing lean, high-performance teams
• Ability to work in a dynamic and changing environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, highly organized and agile.
• Data-Driven decision making
• Highly proficient with G-suite, especially Google Sheets (intermediate skills minimum).
• Capable of building financial models
• Flexibility to travel frequently around your region, as well as working late nights and weekends as and when required.
• Extensive network in the business community network
• Built teams from the ground up or has demonstrated ability to work under uncertainty and bring structure in chaos.
• Proactivity, resourcefulness and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, flexible, and entrepreneurial environment. Ability to work independently.

What we can offer you

• Salary Range: 20,000 to 40,000 USD per annum
• Location: Greater Accra
• Employment Type: Full time