Andela Nigeria New Career Opportunities [2 Positions]

Andela is developing a corps of high-quality technology talent across the African continent that will drive the current and future phases of tech-enabled growth around the world. With the fastest growing population and highest youth population in the world, we believe Africa is one of the greatest untapped markets for talent development.

At Andela, we find the brightest young people in Africa, train them to be world-class developers, and connect them with employers around the world looking for top technical talent. Passion, excellence, entrepreneurial spirit, and rejecting the status quo are just a few of the things that Andela team members have in common.

We are recruiting to fill the positions below:

Job Title: Entrepreneurship Center Director
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
About the Entrepreneurship Center Director Role

• The Entrepreneurship Center Director is equal parts strategist, program designer, operator, network builder, and relationship builder. You will manage the operations and growth of Andela’s Entrepreneurship Track and the Andela Accelerator, while constantly supporting our Developers themselves in their entrepreneurial learning and growth.
• As the Entrepreneurship Center Director, you have your finger on the pulse of every resource, opportunity, and mentor available to Andela’s Entrepreneurs.  You will constantly grow and nurture Andela’s network of resources, individuals, events, & opportunities available to entrepreneurs.
• You will measure, track, and manage the growth of a new program within a fast-growing startup environment.
• To be truly successful in this role, you would need to hold the deep belief that anything is possible with our powers combined — and be passionate about making sure the right combination of resources and human capital are always exposed to one another.

Key Responsibilities of the Role
Program Management:

• Set up and manage the programs roadmap that enables learners deliberately practice entrepreneurship from ideation to MVP
• Create consistent documentation and data-capture to measure, track, and iterate on the programs
• Proactively remain up to date with every Andela Entrepreneur to quickly identify where they are struggling, and connect them with the right resources to support them
• Distribute consistent updates to key internal and external stakeholders
• Hire and manage program management team

Content Management:

• Build library of canonical content (e.g, books, videos and presentations) for Andela Entrepreneurs
• Collaborate with Curriculum team to build curriculum support for entrepreneurs

Relationship Management:

• Manage, maintain, and grow the network of resources (expert advisory board, Entrepreneurs in residence, human capital, monetary capital, events, Andela experts & resources) available to Andela Entrepreneurs
• Build relationships with other investors, accelerators, and companies in the community
• Manage event planning and logistics for Andela-hosted and externally-hosted events

Andela Accelerator:

• Set up Andela Accelerator
• Design Andela Accelerator programs and support systems
• Organize and run demo days
• Establish measures of success for cohort companies

Key Attributes & Qualifications
You’re already looking like an Entrepreneurship Center Director if you:

• Have a passion for and at least some experience in the world of entrepreneurship:
• Investing
• Founding or co-founding a company
• Working to support initial growth in an early stage startup
• Advising entrepreneurs or startups
• Employed by an accelerator or incubator
• Quickly build relationships, and continually strengthen them over time through consistency and  trust
• Are able to be highly structured yet flexible in a constantly changing environment
• Are relentlessly optimistic and inspire those around you to believe in success even when things get tough
• Are adept at quickly identifying resource gaps and directing people to the right sources
• Are able to motivate others through your clarity, unflappable optimism, and pragmatic passion
• Are a natural communicator and networker who backs up their work with precision and structure (tracking resources, ensuring resources are growing, carefully maintaining relationships & commitments)
• Have an established network in Lagos/Nigerian tech scene (preferred but not required).

 

Job Title: Alumni Network Coordinator
Location: Lagos
About the Role

• The Alumni Network Coordinator is equal parts network builder, relationship builder, events planner, and careers support specialist.
• You will collect and manage data on Andela alumni, while constantly supporting current alumni with engaging opportunities, programs and events.
• To be truly successful in this role, you would need to be passionate about people, and about making sure the right combination of resources and human capital are always exposed to one another.

Key Responsibilities of the Role

• Create and manage database of current Andela alumni
• Capture and publish Alumni stories
• Connect Alumni to career growth opportunities (e.g job boards, coaches, other Alumni)
• Organize and run engaging and impactful Alumni events

Key Attributes & Qualifications
You’re already looking like an Alumni Network Coordinator if you:

• Have participated in the management of alumni associations
• Are a natural communicator and networker who backs up their work with precision and structure (tracking resources, ensuring resources are growing, carefully maintaining relationships & commitments)
• Are a power user of spreadsheets and other data tracking and analysis tools
• Love to meticulously track data in an organized manner that allows for easy future references and planning
• Have periodically run engaging networking events
• Quickly build relationships, and continually strengthen them over time through consistency and  trust
• Are adept at quickly identifying resource gaps and directing people to the right sources.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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