ABOUT THE ROLE

You will be responsible for:

  • Planning and executing the annual Nova Pioneer Alumni Summit in partnership with the Kenya Director of Schools.
  • Planning and executing Nova Pioneer’s termly alumni internship and job shadowing programs in partnership with the Kenya Director of Schools.
  • Managing onboarding, training and ongoing development of alumni interns.
  • Managing onboarding, training and ongoing development of alumni doing job shadow opportunities. 
  • Partnering with Nova Pioneer Schools in the creation, implementation and foundation building of Alumni Chapters.
  • Partnering with the Kenya Director of Schools and Nova Pioneer's CEO to create the Alumni Advisory Committee to the Nova Pioneer Global Leadership Team. 
  • Creating and maintaining an alumni database to better understand where alumni currently are, their interests, their needs and ways that they can connect with one another.
  • Creating monthly alumni profiles, highlighting alumni and their accomplishments. 
  • Researching, identifying, doing outreach and initial meetings with organisations and individuals that could partner in our alumni development. 
  • Creating quarterly alumni events. 
  • Creating and implementing a job board for alumni that allows them to access internship, job shadow opportunities and paid job opportunities. 
  • Perform other duties as assigned by your manager

ABOUT YOU

  • You possess a Diploma or a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Commerce, Human Resources, Social Sciences ie Psychology, Sociology, Political Sciences or Education or any other relevant field.
  • Nova Pioneer alumni are encouraged to apply. If the applicant is a Nova Pioneer alumni, they can be considered if they have not yet completed their diploma/degree. However, It will be important and crucial that you are able to balance a full-time role and your college/ university studies.
  • You are passionate about school alumni and the impact that they make on the long lasting mission of a school. 
  • You are innovative and have past experience in creating large scale programming and managing multiple workstreams. 
  • You have at least one year  experience in a busy start up or innovative organisation or creating projects. 
  • You have grit and you are willing to bring your best self to work everyday 
  • You are self disciplined and do not require a lot of hand holding to get the job done.
  • You are a great communicator: You are able to provide a clear and persuasive pitch to anyone and have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • You have excellent project management skills and a deep understanding of how to guide a project from idea to implementation. 
  • You are results driven: You are goal oriented, move fast and take ownership of work.
  • You are entrepreneurial and empathetic. You are able to understand the various Nova Pioneer stakeholders and think creatively about how to effectively communicate to them.
  • You possess great computer skills - proficiency with Zoom, Excel & GSuite.
  • You have very strong organisation, time management, attention to detail and follow‐up skills; high sense of urgency; demonstrated ability to successfully handle multiple projects concurrently.
  • You have the ability to thrive in a fast‐paced, entrepreneurial environment
  • You are excited about our organisational culture—and in particular, you are fired up to challenge yourself by embracing mutual vulnerability and a firehose of feedback.

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