School Performance Manager - Central Region at Rising Academy Ghana

About The Job

Description

• We are seeking highly professional, motivated and organized education leaders for our School Performance Manager (SPM) role in Ghana. 
• The SPM will oversee a cluster of schools to achieve outstanding academic and school improvement outcomes in the Central region.
• Important: Successful candidates must be willing to work in the Awutu East district (Kasoa) as indicated in this work ad.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Building strong relationships with School Managers through regular school visits. Setting high standards and effectively supporting schools to achieve them.
• Building strong relationships with stakeholders, generating support and buy-in, and liaising with them as necessary on relevant matters as they arise.
• Ensuring that schools are safe learning environments and are diligently following Rising Academies’ Child Protection Policy.
• Delivering trainings with school leaders and teachers, and then ensuring the trainings translate into improvements in the classroom.
• Ensuring the effective implementation of Rising’s academic model to a high standard.
• Keeping the Academic Manager appraised of progress and challenges within each school, and reporting any issues as soon as they arise.
• Supporting School Managers to build and maintain positive relationships with parents, the surrounding community and key stakeholders.
• Learning from the successes and challenges of each school, proactively sharing lessons learned, and using these to improve the quality of other schools.

Requirements
Education, experience and skills required:

• University degree (preferred)
• Minimum 4 years of professional experience in the education sector
• Strong track record of professionalism and trustworthiness
• Effective communication, relationship building and teamwork skills
• Sets high standards and can support others to achieve them
• Ability to take the initiative and problem-solve when challenges arise
• Willingness to learn, give and receive feedback, and try new approaches
• Passionate about improving the quality of education
• Strong organizational and record keeping skills

Benefits
Compensation and Benefits:

• We offer a competitive salary and benefits package. We regularly benchmark our compensation against comparable businesses, social ventures and non-profits.
• Rising’s goal is to be transparent about salaries at all levels of the organisation and have a standard, global pay scale for all positions that is non-negotiable.
• The benefits we offer are built to have a strong added value on our staff’s well-being and we are excited to discuss this further with you in the process.