Director, Schools (North-West Nigeria)
Katsina, Katsina, Nigeria · Katsina · Posted Oct 11, 2026
At a glance
- Location
- Katsina, Katsina, Nigeria · Katsina
About the role
- The Director Schools is responsible for the performance management of every school in the territory or program, overseeing school management, academic programming, and staff professional development. This role serves as the nexus of all organizational programming, utilizing data-driven practices to drive student outcomes, financial sustainability, and stakeholder engagement.
Responsibilities
- Be responsible for the success of schools in your territory, defined by achieving excellence in School Management metrics, meeting learning outcome targets, and building community and parent engagement.
- Ensure each Supervisor delivers on their oversight of schools and individual KPIs.
- Be responsible for the management of direct reporting lines with Regional Managers, L&D Manager, and Programme Manager.
- Use data from multiple sources to ensure that academic programming is robust, adheres to guidelines, and leads to outsized learning outcomes.
- Be in schools 20% time observing teaching, observing management, and engaging with stakeholders including government officials, parents, and community groups.
- Support specific school events, including school opening celebrations, parent teacher conferences, school closing celebrations, and co-curricular competitions.
- Ensure local regulatory processes are followed, including environmental and social standards, as well as national regulations.
- Ensure school staff and students are prepared to sit in government-proctored and national examinations.
- Ensure that leadership and development sessions are delivered to schools during the school year and during induction training.
- Supervise budget and optimization, prevent fraud, and ensure financial discipline among the Schools group.
Requirements
- Proven management and leadership experience, leading teams of people to accomplish an objective
- Proven experience managing field-based teams
- Belief in data-driven decision making
- Relentless focus on achievement for yourself and others
- Bias towards action
- Flexible and loves to work in a dynamic environment
- Collaborative leader with strong relationship building skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Strong communication skills
- Undergraduate degree (or its equivalent) or Masters degree
Preferred qualifications
- School management experience a plus
- Fluency in English and Hausa preferred
