Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Department: Marketing
Type: Full Time
Min. Experience: Mid Level
Imagine a world in which every young person in Kenya and across Africa attends a school that truly
sets them up for success in the 21st century.
Imagine that this school demands excellence, equips students with globally competitive science and technology skills, nurtures students’ independent thinking and creativity, and builds the character that will shape their careers and lives.
Imagine that this school is not in one town, in one country, but in every town, in every country. This is what Spire imagines, and we want you to help make it happen.
We are looking for an exceptional individual to build and manage the relationships that will be critical to our ability to reach thousands of young people. You will be the frontline of our engagement with parents, students, and communities.
You will build strong relationships with leaders of churches, primary schools, and other key institutions and use those relationships to engage parents whose children can benefit from our school.
This is an opportunity to play a important role in creating a transformative education model with the future of Africa’s youth at stake. About Spire
Spire was founded with a simple idea: truly world-class education does not need to be available only to Africa’s elite.
We believe it is now possible to build an education model across Africa that delivers learning equal to the best schools in the world at a cost that is accessible to working families.
We think that model will combine a focus on building independent critical thinking, active and practice-based learning, and deep investment in developing teachers who guide student-driven learning rather than lecturing.
And it would blend the best online learning resources globally with outstanding in-person instruction.We are launching a new venture to reimagine secondary education. Beginning with our first school launch in Nairobi this coming January, we aim to build one of the first scaled network of high-quality, affordable secondary schools in sub-Saharan Africa.
Africa has the fastest-growing youth population in the world and a rapidly expanding middle class, but its education systems are not ready to unleash what could be the transformative generation of talent that permanently changes the face of the continent.
We aspire to be among the first to show at scale that this is possible. Our team culture is designed to reinforce our vision:
We model the growth mindset we want our students to embody: you are challenged every day and, as a result, you grow more than at any other point in your life
We pursue excellence in every detail and do whatever it takes to produce great work quickly
We are radically open: we share tough messages and our own vulnerabilities because doing so helps us grow
We put our students before our team, and our team before ourselves
We bring infectious energy, enthusiasm and fun to everything we do because joy fuels the hardest work and learning
About your RoleYou will be one of the first members of our marketing team.
You will take responsibility for building new relationships with community leaders and other key institutions and constantly strengthen those relationships through so that they continue to support our work.
You will also be constantly leading opportunities to identify new families whose children can benefit from our schools and support them through the process of understanding our unique approach to education and reaching a decision to enroll.You will also play a central role in constantly improving our marketing tactics to enable us to best achieve our ambitious goals.
Your specific responsibilities include:
Building new relationships with the leaders of key institutions such as churches, primary schools, chamas, neighborhood associations and others;
Leading consistent engagement with a set of our most important institutional relationships (e.g., churches) to strengthen their support for our work;
Managing relationships with families that express an interest in our schools to help them understand the unique benefits of our model and decide to enroll their children with us;
Organizing and running events to spread the word about our schools and engage new interested parents, including at churches, malls, and other major venues;
Developing a deep understanding of the needs and interests of our target families and support the evolution of our messaging and strategy to best satisfy them.
About youYou are:
A people person: You don’t need to be the world’s biggest extrovert but you will definitely like meeting people and building new relationships
A great communicator: You can inspire and provide clarity through a compelling email or a short conversation. You listen more than you talk and can convince anyone, from a student to a CEO, of your vision through a quick pitch, whether it’s in a formal presentation or a chance encounter.
Results-driven: You move fast and take full ownership for your work and will think through how to solve problems on your own to achieve ambitious targets. You do whatever it takes to get results.Detail Oriented: You care whether your emails are spelled properly and capitalised correctly. You notice when other people don’t do this. It annoys you to see small details not taken care of.
An independent worker: You take full ownership for your work and will think through how to solve problems on your own, without needing to be told what to do or how to plan your time. You have the opposite of a big corporate mentality
Flexible: You’re flexible enough to deal with the changes of plan & unexpected tasks that crop up in a fast-growing company like Spire
You will have:
- 3+ years experience: You’ll have experience of building and managing important relationships in demanding marketing and/or business development positions; d
- A real interest in education: You’ll be passionate about helping develop the future innovators and leaders of Kenya even if you have never worked in education before.
- A track record of success: You’ll have impressed your peers & your superiors in previous jobs with your hard work, your ability to get things done and your rapport with people
- A hunger to grow: You’ll be looking to learn a lot & quickly. You aren’t afraid to try things & make mistakes because you know that failing is the best way to learn.
- Good computer skills: You’ll be very adept with Excel, PowerPoint & Word. The ability to type 45 wpm minimum is essential
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