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Job Title: Mobile Library Business Manager

Organization: Pangea
Educational Development

Duty Station: Wakiso,
Uganda

Reports to: Country
Director

About US:

Pangea is a small
nonprofit organization that believes in the liberating power and opportunities
provided by a quality education. Our model was developed to empower schools to
improve their own educational circumstances: the school environment,
livelihoods of teachers, and access for under-resourced students and to do so
in a way that is sustainable. We have very limited resources and staff and we
are almost entirely volunteer operated, both in the United States and Uganda.

Job Summary:  The Mobile Library Business Manager will focus
on growing the number of users and impact of our Mobile Library Project within
the communities we are currently work in and beyond. The Business Manager will
oversee our Mobile Library Project execution and drive expansion and
sustainability through iterating on new recruiting methodologies to tap
families and schools to benefit from the project. The Mobile Library Business
Manager will take the lead role on the execution of the following Primary
Responsibilities and an assistant role on the following Secondary
Responsibilities.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

Primary Responsibilities:

·        
Manage,
motivate and develop the mobile library team through rigorous performance
management, coaching, mentoring and learning interventions to create a team
able to deliver the desired mobile library goals

·        
Work in
liaison with mobile library teams in all the mobile library hubs to identify
key target segments, challenges and formulate plans to engage and acquire new
clients

·        
In
collaboration with the Operations Manager ensure that adequate financial
control systems are in place to ensure that all payments that families, schools
owe the organization are settled and accounted for in a timely manner

·        
Identify
opportunities for new revenue streams around the Mobile Library Project

·        
Manage
all three Mobile Library hubs books inventories

Secondary
Responsibilities

·        
Work
with the teacher training department to ensure timely Implementation of
baseline EGRA Assessment among the Mobile Library Users

·        
Accurately
capture individual mobile library customer and user data

·        
Assisting
with Mobile Library Data management

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

·        
The
applicant must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in the following fields: Business
Administration, Management Science. Required

·        
Three years
of experience in Business Management. Required

·        
Experience
in the Education Sector. Highly Valued

·        
Leadership
experience in the educational sector. Required

·        
Superior
oral and written communication skills in English. Required

·        
Familiarity
with basic computer skills. Required

Personal Qualities:  Each member of our team is working
towards realizing our mission by dedicating their time and skills through a
wholehearted commitment to it. As a result, we are equally as dedicated to
those who work with us. We are seeking an individual whose dedication to the
value of an education matches our own. We are seeking an individual who has a
heart of empowering our partner schools and communities we serve. We are
seeking an individual who is willing to work odd and sometimes long, exhaustive
hours to do what is right and not just what is easy or will suffice. We are
seeking an individual who can laugh as hard as they can work. We are seeking an
individual who is not just looking for a job, but an avenue to pursue their
passion.

Things We’ll Bring To The Table:

•           A passionate working environment. 

•           Building your capacity in all areas
of your work

•           3 Weeks Paid Leave/Year

Contract Period: 1-Year Renewable Contract (29th July 2019-July 29th 2020)

How to Apply:

All candidates
should submit an updated CV and Cover Letter to nathan@pangeaeducation.org

Deadline: 19^th July 2019

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