Public Sector and Corporate Affairs Career Opportunity – Bridge International Academies

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Organization: Bridge International Academies
Duty Station: Kampala, 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.
Job Summary: The Public Sector and Corporate Affairs will oversee
the department which is responsible for working closely with the Expansion
Director Uganda to build strategic relationships with key stakeholders in the
Government, the private sector and civil society. This will include ownership
and strategic management of internal and external communications. The incumbent
will be responsible for driving Bridge’s strategy for public private
partnerships, with the private sector you will responsible for driving
conversations around Bridge’s  engagement
with CSR  and with the Civil Society, you
will ensure that Bridge builds relationships and is well entrenched in
discourses around Education and human development. The ideal candidate will
have a strong ability to multi-task and take ownership of all aspects of such
activities. You’re an extremely effective communicator, both written and
verbal, and are energized by interacting with people, building relationships,
and networking. These things come naturally to you and are what you crave in
your working life. A keen sense of ownership, speedy execution, and scrappiness
is a must.
As
Bridge grows and succeeds, so too do its critics. Negative publicity about
Bridge has real implications for our customers and our ability to further
democratize the right for all children to succeed. Bridge operates in the
highly politicized education sector and there are organizations and individuals
that are incentivised to tarnish Bridge’s reputation. It is therefore vital
that Bridge is able to quickly and effectively correct mistakes and ensure
Bridge’s point of view is a part of any media coverage. This also means
effectively communicating with our stakeholders, particularly parents, to
provide reassurance that Bridge is committed to its mission of providing the
best possible education to its students.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:  
  • Manages broader strategic stakeholder
    management with NGO/donor/think tank/academic and other important
    ‘influencers’. Both in the hopes of unlocking donor wallets and also
    managing our broader relations/standing with this important community;
  • Responsible for all strategic communications,
    internal and external;
  • Works closely with local, regional and
    national officials and groups with respect to the Bridge International
    Academies’ registration, strategic efforts, and related activities;
  • Work with key stakeholders on consultative
    efforts to drive reforms in delivery of education to underserved
    communities;
  • Identify opportunities and work with partners
    in the private sector to drive efficient service delivery with government
    schools;
  • Identify CSR partners in the private sector
    to strengthen Bridge International Academies’ market presence and
    delivery;
  • Identify the larger contours of PPP and CSR
    relationships and also be responsible for structuring PPP and CSR
    contracts;
  • Plan, develop, administer and evaluate
    programs, activities and daily operations related to the governmental
    affairs support function;
  • Coordinate complex interactions with
    legislators, legislative staff, other local and state officials, federal
    agency staff and other government officials/staff;
  • 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;
  • Lead proactive and reactive media relations,
    social media, web-based communications, and crisis communications; and
  • Provide strategic and functional leadership
    to in-country teams, the global public relations team and the global
    corporate affairs teams.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:  
  • The applicant should preferably hold a Master’s
    degree with superior academic performance;
  • A minimum of ten years’ experience handling
    public and media relations;
  • Broad knowledge and understanding of knowledge
    of local, state and federal government organization and legislative
    processes in primary education;
  • Rolodex of contacts within the ministry of
    education or equivalent local and state regulatory bodies;
  • Knowledge of local, state and federal
    government issues related to the provision of primary education;
  • Proven ability to work with media, including
    local, national and regional media across print, broadcast and online;
  • Crisis communications skills;
  • Experience acting as an on-the-record
    spokesperson;
  • Prior experience within a fast-paced, metric
    driven consulting or educational organization;
  • Proven ability to work with media, including
    local, national and regional media across print, broadcast and online;
  • Relationships with editors and reporters in
    Ugandan media;
  • Ability to draft press releases, statements,
    opinion pieces and press materials;
  • Traditional and social media monitoring and
    crisis communications skills;
  • Previous experience acting as an
    on-the-record spokesperson; and
  • Previous exposure and experience working for
    a political, non-profit, or other social campaigns that concern an idea or
    a movement rather than a product.
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 “Public Sector and Corporate Affairs.”

Deadline: 2nd May, 2016

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