Chief Operating Officer, Africa

Overview of Role

Camara is an international charity, founded in Dublin in 2005, that operates as a social enterprise and uses technology to deliver 21st century skills, and as such improve education in disadvantaged communities around the world.

Our vision is a world-class technology-enabled education accessible to all.

Our mission is to transform education using technology to empower disadvantaged students.

Camara currently has refurbishment centres in Dublin and Belfast (Ireland) and San Jose (US) and supports schools through our hubs in nine countries in Africa, Haiti and Ireland. The hubs are independent entities that sign agreements with Camara to operate in that territory. Each of these schools purchase the Camara package for an affordable fee; the Camara product (refurbished PC loaded with educational content) and Camara services (teacher training, support and end-of-life disposal of the product).

The role of Chief Operating Officer (Africa) is to support and assist the Managing Director, Africa in their capacity to lead a team of professionals who support and govern each of the seven African hubs plus potential new hubs in the future.HR management is an integral part of the role.

Responsibilities (other tasks maybe added):

• Track all major projects and activities in Camara’s Africa hubs, follow up, and make sure that these activities take place on time and within budget.
• Ensure that all deliverables are of acceptable quality.
• Support the Managing Director, Africa in the recruitment, management and motivation of staff and volunteers for the Africa team.
• Assist the hubs with any HR related issues.
• Support the Managing Director, Africa in chairing each of the hub boards.

Assist with the following in relation to the Hubs:

• Strategic and annual plans
• Policies, processes and systems
• Branding, sales and marketing plans
• Budgets, financial and operational reporting
• Sufficiently skilled and experienced teams
• MOU with Ministry of Education and other strategic partnerships
• Coordinate the hub reporting by providing board report input, monitoring and evaluation reporting plus operational and financial reporting
• Support the fundraising effort within Camara by pursuing Africa based opportunities, delivering previously won opportunities (such as our Irish Aid programme) and providing feedback on success stories and sponsored eLearning Centres
• Other tasks as agreed with the Managing Director, Africa

Qualifications and Experience Required

Skills

• Masters level degree in Management, Leadership or Business
• Native English speaker or ILTS Level 9 English (Full operational command of the language: appropriate, accurate and fluent, with complete understanding)
• Good knowledge of HR procedures and policies
• Excellent stakeholder management skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively using a variety of mediums to a wide range of audiences
• Strong self motivation and ability to motivate others
• Experience
• Ten years plus business experience with a minimum of five in a leadership position
• Three years plus Eastern Africa based experience
• Experience working at board levels.
• Experience leading a team in multiple locations
• Experience dealing with complex HR Issues
• Experience growing organisations from start-up levels to established entities

HOW TO APPLY:

Please send a CV and Cover Letter to HR@camara.org
Your Cover Letter should include your reasons for wanting to work with Camara and your salary expectations for this role.