Head - MENA @ Nigeria for African Citizens (north & West Africa)

Key Responsibilities :

- Build and lead country operations through effective implementation of programs for its various beneficiaries; develop and manage business partnerships with Government and associations; and increase outcomes and impact for organization in the country or countries under her/him.

- Influence Government policy decisions and actions at multiple levels and drive awareness of various initiatives (at Government levels, Partner levels, Schools and Communities levels) to effectively channel goals of the foundation.

- Drive and maximize outcomes and impact for the organization in the country or countries under her/him. Expected outcomes would be in new company creation, new job creation through entrepreneurs and job placements.

- Successfully deploy technology-based- solutions to end users for impact at scale Develop annual budgets and detailed annual country operating plan/s including monthly, quarterly or annual deliverables, outcomes and expenditures.

- Develop dashboards and program performance reports, on a monthly or quarterly basis.

- Recruit and manage staff, including performance monitoring, mentoring and training.

- Be the face of the Wadhwani Foundation in the country; establish strong credibility, thought leadership and visible presence for the organization. This will include building a strong bonded community of beneficiaries (Start-ups, SMEs, and Skilled personnel) and Partners (Associations, Corporate, Academic institutions, Government officials).

- Maintain strong executive presence and manage business operations and roll-out across multiple geographies.

Key Traits & Competencies for success in the role:

Leadership and Initiatives : Reflects ownership in his/her own day-to- day work cares about the brand and ability to imbibe the values of the organization to accomplish the tasks.Outcomes driven with a sharp focus on goals and mission of organization. Ability to provide strategic direction and input; organize and re-organize priorities as required.

Creative Problem Solver : Drives solutions pro-actively and effectively maintaining a positive, can-do attitude. Asks for help when facing difficulties solving problems, and presents potential solutions along with problems. Engages other team members, as appropriate, in solving the problem. Doesn't get stuck in one approach is creative in finding a solution to the problem, implementing change and working on new ideas to achieve the desired outcome.

Learnability : Conceptually strong and able to advance his/her and those of his reporting teams skills, knowledge and understanding of relevant subjects. Able to identify own strengths and weakness and willing to work on both on his/her own and with help of manager and other team members, as appropriate.

Relationship Management & collaboration : Understanding and ability to build and manage strong relationships; Pitches in to help others; gives due credit; celebrates the success of the group/ other team members; understands and appreciates the roles that each team member plays to achieve organizational goals; in a timely way, performs responsibilities that enable others to get their work done; works to achieve the success of the entire organization. Does not acquiesce to pressure.

Systems and Process : Orientation to scale at quality through the use of development and management of system and processes bringing systems thinking in, not only pertaining to own department but the overall organizations as well. Focused on simplification of work where possible and continuously increasing efficiency. Is a smart worker rather than a hard worker. Builds organizational knowledge through documentation and building and upgrading processes.

People Manager: Leads a team from the front. Sets goals and follows through, coach and develop team members, is able to inspire and lead team at all times, drives high performance and raises the team's performance.

Communication: Is a strong and dynamic communicator written and spoken with the ability to influence her/his listeners

Candidate Profile :

Should be African citizen

Educational Background :

An MBA or Post graduate from a top University or foreign institute with training or understanding of budgeting and financial planning is essential.

Strong academic background (grades, institutions).

- A recognized business leader with significant proven success either as an entrepreneur or as a business leader with workforce training experience at a scale. The incumbent must have launched or established a business unit as a CEO /COO or a Business Unit Head in a for-profit organization /any successful enterprise.

Tenure: The incumbent must have at least 20-25 years of work experience with strong analytical and strategic orientation.

Content Areas: The Foundation CH is responsible for broadening Network with Central/ State/Industry organization relating to Entrepreneurship/ Training/ Education.

Growing foundation initiatives in respective country. These initiatives span across 2 key areas: job creation through entrepreneurship development and jobs fulfillment through skills development. The 2 initiatives that span these areas include National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN) and Global Skills Network (GSN).

Industries: Experience of for-profit enterprise with additional exposure to Start-ups/ SME support and / or Skill development in school and higher education sector would be highly desirable. Managing all operations within a country. This involves taking responsibility for outcomes and impact targets, budgets and expenditure. Experience and understanding of entrepreneurship development and/or skills development will relatively across cross-cultural environment.

Additional experiences: Incumbent should have passion for success and social change with general management experience preferably in a for-profit organization. Understanding of working with Government to influence policy action. Excellent Networking Skills, the person must deliver highest standards of customer service. Ability to recruit staff and monitor performance with strong interpersonal skills, including people-management. Excellent written and oral communication skills.

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