Logistics Officer – Training & Recruitment
About Bridge International Academies
Bridge International
Academies is the global leader in providing high quality primary
education to children living in impoverished communities.
Currently operating a
network of over 80 academies in Kenya, Bridge International Academies is
the largest chain of private schools in Africa, delivering a
research-proven, demonstrably high quality education to children who
otherwise have few quality options.
Using its unique
“Academy-in-a-Box” model, Bridge International is able to profitably
deliver high quality education for $5 per child per month.
About this position
Bridge International has
developed an extremely detailed and rigorous recruitment and training
Programme to select and prepare new teachers and Academy Managers from
local slum neighbourhoods.
We are seeking a
Logistics Officer to manage the operations and logistics of our complex
recruitment and training processes so that we can successfully recruit
thousands of high-quality candidates and train them to become effective
teachers and Academy Managers at Bridge International Academies.
Job Responsibilities
A. Recruitment
- Successfully recruit and convert several thousand candidates for teacher and Academy Manager positions to participate in and succeed at the Bridge International Training Institute, a training designed to vet candidates for positions in our schools.
- Deploy teams multiple times per year for massive recruitment efforts to ultimately employ successful teachers and Academy Managers in Bridge International Academies throughout Kenya and East Africa.
- Manage remote teams in the field to successfully find, recruit and vet candidates for the training.
- Train recruitment staff and hire temporary staff as needed.
- Determine recruitment teams and all organizational and team logistics around deploying teams to the field for recruitment execution.
- Be responsible and accountable for hitting recruitment targets and the quality required.
- Determine recruitment supplies and liaise with Procurement and Production for ordering (tents, matatus, printing, etc.).
- Liaise with Admin, Procurement and Warehouse to make sure items are delivered, kitted, and dispatched in a timely and cost efficient way.
- Update documents for each round and location of recruiting.
- Through a call center staff, inform all invited trainees of their invitation to training.
- Communicate location of training and relevant information to them.
- Manage the invited candidates as they register and confirm an MPESA number so that they can receive travel subsidies.
- Manage all communication and candidate related information until trainees arrive at the first day of training and are handed over to the training implementation teams.
B. Training
- Determine supplies, IT, and printing ordering needs for training.
- Liaise with Admin, Procurement and Warehouse to make sure items are delivered, kitted, and dispatched in a timely and cost efficient way.
- Coordinate date dispatch and delivery of training supplies to and from the training site.
- Coordinate on-going ordering, procurement and distribution of supplies if needed.
Experience and Qualifications
Professional:
- 3-5 years working with and managing a target-driven sales team, preferably in East Africa
- Experience managing remote teams
- Experience with large-scale recruitment programs preferred
- Experience working in, preferably in a communications capacity, to the impoverished communities in which Bridge International Academies operates
- Experience growing and scaling an organization in developing markets a plus
Specialist knowledge required:
- Solid geographic knowledge of Kenya and East Africa necessary
- Experience managing and working with remote teams to collect and access data in an organized way
- Strong computer skills, including Access, Powerpoint, Microsoft Word, video and Internet
Behavioural Competencies:
- Analytical and process-oriented thinker
- Extremely detail-oriented
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to cope with changing deadlines and priorities (strong multi-tasking skills)
- Can do attitude even under tight deadlines
- Ability to manage a complex system while also managing mid-level, call center, and contract workers
- Planning and organizational skills
- Supervisory and management skills
- Team player
In order to be considered for this position all candidates must register and upload their CV’s on our website at www.bridgeinternationalacademies.com
Only short listed candidates will be contacted