About Bridge International
Bridge International Academies was conceived in 2007 out of the belief that giving every child access to a high quality education would have the greatest impact on reducing poverty worldwide.
Operating a network of schools supported by a strong central
headquarters gives Bridge International the scale, experience, and capacity to
invest in systems of management, support, training, and innovation that allows
individual schools to dramatically increase their effectiveness.
Using this model, Bridge International is able to profitably
deliver high-quality education for $5 per child per month.
This ensures that its academies will continue to successfully
serve its communities as long as parents value the educational service
provided.
The first Bridge International Academy launched successfully in
Kenya in 2009 and over 70 academies are operating in Kenya today.
Through rapid and strategic expansion, Bridge International will
provide a quality education to over a million students in the coming years.
Construction Project Manager
Location: Kenya
Reports to: Head of Construction
Job Purpose:
The Construction Project Manager shall be responsible for the successful completion of site works in time, within set budgets and to specification using a highly consistent, efficient and effective formally systematized methodology.
Responsibilities:
- Pre-start
process including review of the initial site appraisals, site layouts,
site preparation details and budgets and statutory approval documentation.
- In
charge of site preparation processes, programmes organisation.
- Start-up
of site work including organising site visits, site staff travel, site
work prerequisites, site documentation and site foremen deployment.
- On-site
work planning and organisation, site instructions and site inspections,
work certification; on-site trouble shooting and problem solving, handover
and project shut down.
- Participating
in facilitating training, work study and staff management.
- Inter-departmental
communications including periodic reporting, construction updates and
correspondence.
- Provide
feedback on design and process standardisation including design of
process, procedures and tools; determination of labour resource
requirements; review of designs, drawings and contracts; and feedback on
design implementation and buildability.
Experience:
- Minimum
10 years experience in a busy and dynamic work environment.
- Handled
multiple projects in multiple locations concurrently.
Qualifications:
- Degree
in any of the building and construction professions; Architecture,
Quantity Surveying,
- Civil
& Structural Engineering, Building Construction or equivalent
- Master’s
degree in Construction Management, Project management shall be an added
advantage.
Professional: Relevant
Professional registration
Specialist knowledge required:
- Excellent
MS Project (or other) knowledge & skills
- Excellent
MS Office package skills
Behavioural competencies:
- Excellent
written and oral communication skills
- Excellent
planning and organisational skills
- Systems
and formal standardisation orientation
- Ability
to synthesize complex ideas into simple concise instructions for
dissemination
- Problem
solving/decision making
- Information
gathering skills
- Analytical
and interpretation skills
- Excellent
people management skills
- Ability
to be adaptable and flexible
Quantity Surveyor
Job Purpose:
The Quantity Surveyor shall be responsible for all aspects of cost advice, planning and control including specifications control, cost computation, budgets & budget control, payment planning, payment process & control, budget forecasting & project cash projections and cost studies/surveys including cost comparatives, component/elemental cost analyses and real-time cost performance analyses.
Responsibilities:
- Providing
general cost planning and control advice for decision making.
- Formulating
and updating all necessary tools for data collection, process planning,
monitoring and control, and analyses.
- Prescribing
and constantly reviewing specifications, work methods, processes and
procedures with a view towards maximizing cost efficiency.
- Carrying
out cost computations, preparation of budget templates, budget reviews and
updates.
- Formulating,
reviewing, monitoring and updating payment processes, procedures, controls
and tools in consultation with the Finance Department.
- Reviewing
and approving payment documentation including site documents, relevant
procurement and accounting documents
- Determination
and forecasting of construction costs including adjustment policy,
planning and implementation.
- Determining
periodic workload-based construction funds requirements as required for
financial decision-making.
- Carrying
out cost studies and surveys including cost comparatives, component/elemental
cost analyses and real-time cost performance analyses.
- Carrying
out life-cycle cost projections, estimations and computations for decision
making.
Experience:
- Minimum
5 years’ experience in a busy and dynamic work environment.
- Handled
multiple projects in multiple locations concurrently.
- Excellent
knowledge of the Kenyan construction market.
Qualifications:
- Degree
in Quantity Surveying.
- Master’s
degree in Construction Management or Project management shall be an added
advantage.
Professional: Relevant Professional
registration
Specialist knowledge required:
Statistical analysis knowledge shall be an added advantage
Behavioural competencies:
- High
accuracy and attention to detail
- Excellent
written and oral communication skills
- Systems
and formal standardisation orientation
- Problem
solving/decision making
- Information
gathering skills
- Analytical
and interpretation skills
- Excellent
people management skills
- Ability
to be adaptable and flexible
Field Architect
Job Purpose:
Job Purpose:
To provide architectural services.
Responsibilities (Functions and duties)
- Carrying
out detailed initial site survey including site analysis
- Carrying
out architectural design including site planning, scheme design and
detailed design
- Preparing
preliminary, schematic and detailed architectural drawings
- Measuring
existing facilities and preparing measured drawings
- Preparing,
maintaining and updating detailed schedules of completed facilities
- Construction
work supervision
- Construction
work audit
Experience:
Site work, site measurements, architectural design & drawing, site work supervision
Qualifications:
- Bachelor
of Architecture
- Specialist
knowledge required:
- ArchiCAD
Behavioural competencies
Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability
to communicate complex ideas concisely
- Active
listening
- Presentation
skills
- On-the-run
problem solving/decision making
- Information
gathering skills
- Analytical
and interpretation skills
- Self
motivated and working with minimal supervision
- Ability
to be adaptable and flexible
Proof reader/ Editorial Assistant
Department: Production
Reports to: Production Manager
Responsible for (Direct reports):None
Job Purpose:
To perform quality checks on all documents and publications to be used across Bridge International Academies, prior to printing or publishing
Responsibilities (Functions and duties)
- Read
various texts in order to detect and mark (or correct) any grammatical,
typographical, or compositional errors.
- Ensure
page numbers, headings and captions are correct
- Check
and ensure consistency of spelling and other aspects such as use of
capital letters
- Check
that photographs and illustrations have correct captions and labels and
that they relate to text
- Ensure
chapter headings match the table of contents
- Return
marked proof for correction and check corrected proof against copy.
- Check
that there are no confusing word, column or page breaks.
- Ensure
that documents conform to the Bridge International Academies ‘house
style’.
The work above may be done by marking up on hard copy (print) or
directly on a computer using Microsoft Word or other specialist software. If
necessary, you are expected to produce a separate list of any queries which
need to be resolved with the content creators.
Before marking any changes which could have a major effect on
overall layout, you would discuss them first with the content creators.
Role Reports:
Academy materials including but not limited to: Books, Exams, Teacher material, Academy Manager Tools, Teacher Tools and Marketing Posters and Marketing Fliers
Experience:
- Minimum
2 years prior experience in proofreading documents in a time constrained
environment.
- Preferably
in a dynamic production environment in publishing
Qualifications:
Academic:
Academic:
- Diploma
or Bachelor’s degree in English, Publishing or related area and/or 4 years
of relevant direct experience in lieu of degree
Specialist knowledge required:
- Must
be familiar with proofreader’s marks
- Must
have advanced working knowledge and experience in Microsoft Word
- Preferably
have basic knowledge of Adobe InDesign.
- familiarity
with the production process for books and documents
Behavioural competencies
- scrupulous
about detailed work
- skilled
in written English - spelling, grammar and punctuation
- an
ability to stay focused throughout an entire document,
- good
communicator
- Flexible
and adaptable
- Good
interpersonal skills
In order to be considered for this positions all candidates must
register and upload their CV’s on our website at
www.bridgeinternationalacademies.com
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
