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Job Title: Retail Programme Officer
Organisation: Bridge International Academies
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
About US:
Bridge
International Academies is the world’s largest and fastest-growing chain of
primary and pre-primary schools with more than 400 academies and 120,000 pupils
in Kenya and Uganda. We democratize the right to succeed by giving families
living in poverty access to the high-quality education that will allow their
children to live a very different life. We leverage experts, data, and
technology in order to standardize and scale every aspect of quality education
delivery, from how and where academies are built to how teachers are selected and
trained, and how lessons are delivered and monitored for improvement. We are
vertically-integrated, tech-enabled, and on our way to profitability. Bridge
expects to continue rapid expansion in East Africa, and will be launching
operations in Nigeria in September 2015, with India to follow in 2016.
International Academies is the world’s largest and fastest-growing chain of
primary and pre-primary schools with more than 400 academies and 120,000 pupils
in Kenya and Uganda. We democratize the right to succeed by giving families
living in poverty access to the high-quality education that will allow their
children to live a very different life. We leverage experts, data, and
technology in order to standardize and scale every aspect of quality education
delivery, from how and where academies are built to how teachers are selected and
trained, and how lessons are delivered and monitored for improvement. We are
vertically-integrated, tech-enabled, and on our way to profitability. Bridge
expects to continue rapid expansion in East Africa, and will be launching
operations in Nigeria in September 2015, with India to follow in 2016.
Job Summary: The Retail
Programme Officer will work in liaison with the Business Manager – Retail
(located in Kenya) to ensure the uniform and feeding programmes are effectively
set up in Uganda and will be responsible for driving sales and attaining
profitability across these programmes.
This is a key revenue driving role with a company that has huge growth
plans for Uganda and is looking for exceptional talent to join us at our
inception in Uganda.
Programme Officer will work in liaison with the Business Manager – Retail
(located in Kenya) to ensure the uniform and feeding programmes are effectively
set up in Uganda and will be responsible for driving sales and attaining
profitability across these programmes.
This is a key revenue driving role with a company that has huge growth
plans for Uganda and is looking for exceptional talent to join us at our
inception in Uganda.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
·
Carrying out field research to better understand the
needs of the consumer, current offerings in the marketplace and potential
product specifications that would suit Uganda (e.g. menu choices)
Carrying out field research to better understand the
needs of the consumer, current offerings in the marketplace and potential
product specifications that would suit Uganda (e.g. menu choices)
·
Working with the Business Manager – Retail to
effectively set up both the feeding and uniform programmes in Uganda
Working with the Business Manager – Retail to
effectively set up both the feeding and uniform programmes in Uganda
·
Training and Supporting Academy Managers in their
day-to-day Feeding Programme related activities
Training and Supporting Academy Managers in their
day-to-day Feeding Programme related activities
·
Training and Supporting Academy Managers in selling
uniforms
Training and Supporting Academy Managers in selling
uniforms
·
Work closely with the Business Manager – Retail to
implement new marketing strategies to ensure a higher take-rate by pupils
Work closely with the Business Manager – Retail to
implement new marketing strategies to ensure a higher take-rate by pupils
·
Conducting parent and community meetings as required
to educate, sell and communicate the feeding and uniform programme
Conducting parent and community meetings as required
to educate, sell and communicate the feeding and uniform programme
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
·
The ideal candidate should hold a University degree
The ideal candidate should hold a University degree
·
A minimum of two years of professional experience
A minimum of two years of professional experience
·
Willingness to travel within Uganda when required
(15% of the time)
Willingness to travel within Uganda when required
(15% of the time)
·
Highly organized and detail-oriented
Highly organized and detail-oriented
·
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Excellent oral and written communication skills
·
Comfortable juggling multiple tasks
Comfortable juggling multiple tasks
·
Able to work with large amounts of data and comfort
with Microsoft Excel
Able to work with large amounts of data and comfort
with Microsoft Excel
·
Experience working in the field
Experience working in the field
·
Willingness to work beyond regular working hours,
including evenings, weekends, and/or holidays if and when needed (work beyond
normal hours to be compensated appropriately in accordance with the governing
laws of Uganda)
Willingness to work beyond regular working hours,
including evenings, weekends, and/or holidays if and when needed (work beyond
normal hours to be compensated appropriately in accordance with the governing
laws of Uganda)
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates who wish to apply for this vacancy are encouraged to send their updated CVs to grace.bridgeinternational@gmail.com with the subject line “Retail Programme Officer.”
Deadline: 2nd May, 2016
Deadline: 2nd May, 2016
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