Position: Executive Assistant (Education)
Location: Nairobi
Reporting to: Director
of Education, East Africa (Nairobi).
Functional
Relationships: Director of Academics, Career Guidance and Counsellor (Nairobi),
Heads of Education (Somaliland, Ethiopia and Rwanda), Head of School
(Ethiopia), Head of HR (Nairobi), C.E.O Pharo Ventures (Nairobi), Office and HR
Manager (London), Office Manager (Nairobi).
Job Description
The Pharo Foundation
(“the Foundation”) is a privately funded entrepreneurial organisation that
runs philanthropic programmes as well as for-profit Pharo Ventures. The
Vision of the Foundation is an economically vibrant and inclusive Africa.
The Mission is to achieve the Vision by investing in the human and
physical capital of Africa, with a strong focus on job creation.
Established
in 2011 as a UK based non-profit, the Foundation has since made a strategic
shift to directly design and implement its own programmes to ensure
greater engagement with communities, better results and increased
accountability. The Foundation has carried out numerous projects in East
Africa, with a focus on Ethiopia, Somaliland and Rwanda. The key themes
for the philanthropic side of the Foundation are education, health, water
and agriculture. At the end of 2019, the Foundation started its Pharo
Ventures franchise to prioritise sectors where the Foundation believes a real
impact can be made by establishing self-sustaining businesses, which
focus on job creation.
Headquartered in
London, the Foundation has an operational Head Office in Nairobi, Kenya with
country offices in Ethiopia (Addis Ababa and Assosa), Somaliland
(Hargeisa) and Rwanda (Kigali) with further expansion plans in East
Africa.
Position
Summary
The Foundation aims to
provide the highest quality education to children and young adults across
East Africa and is now actively looking for a driven and passionate
individual who wants to make real change in the education sector. There
are currently 15 schools spread across Somaliland, Ethiopia and Rwanda,
with upcoming schools in Uganda and Kenya. The Foundation seeks to educate over
6,000 students, spread over 7 countries in East Africa over the next five
years. Our model seeks to educate children in low resource settings where
the greatest impact shall be realised.
The Executive Assistant
(Education) role is a career enriching position and an ambitious challenge for
a self-driven individual seeking to make an impact in the field of
Education and in a professional office setting by leveraging on their
relevant skills and experience. This role will support a robust and
growing education division across East Africa with the objective of
educating thousands of African children by providing high quality and
accessible education to those that need it the most.
S/He will be
entrusted with the responsibility of establishing best in class office
procedures and processes within the Education division to enable
efficient functioning and will be responsible for the execution of a wide
range of administrative tasks.
Working in a
collaborative fashion, with highly committed colleagues in London, Rwanda,
Ethiopia and Somaliland, this position offers an incredible opportunity
to an individual who respects, understands, embraces the local cultures,
and can work within international work ethics and standards.
Responsibilities
Executive Administrative
Support
Human Resources
Qualifications
Behavioural
Competencies
How to apply
Review of applications
will begin as soon as they are received, and only complete applications
will be reviewed. In the event that an outstanding applicant is
identified early in the search process, we reserve the right to appoint
before the deadline. For this reason, we encourage interested and suitably
qualified candidates to apply at the earliest possible time. Due to the
high volume of applications, we regret that we will only be able to
contact short-listed candidates.
Please send the
information listed below, as a single PDF file, to the following email
address: recruiting@pharofoundation.org
- A detailed CV and Cover Letter
- An essay of no more than 1,000 words
outlining:
✦ What experience
have you gained that makes you the most qualified candidate for the role?
✦ What challenges do
you foresee as an Executive Assistant and what steps will you take to
successfully resolve these, based on your experience and knowledge?
- A one-page list of five references with current
addresses, phone numbers, and email contacts. 4. State on your
application where you saw the advert for this position.