Head of Growth at Ubongo

REPORTS TO: CEO

LOCATION: Anywhere in Africa (remote) with a priority for South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, and Nigeria

Longterm/Full time

Applications Due on October 18th, 2021 at 11:59pm EAT

We are looking for a Head of Growth. The ideal candidate must be extremely passionate about the work that we do with a ‘can do’ attitude, have integrity, great communication skills, be self-motivated, organised and energetic. Working at Ubongo won’t be easy, but it will challenge and excite you with lots of responsibilities, plenty of fun, and give you the opportunity to impact the lives of millions of kids every day.  

By 2025, we plan to reach over 60 million kids across all of Sub Saharan Africa, to help us get there the Head of Growth will lead our growth to new markets, distribution of content through broadcast and through other means to reach underserved kids, and support our country operations led by Country Representatives currently located in Malawi, Kenya, Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire, and Uganda. As our pan-Africa presence increases, Ubongo seeks to increase operational efficiency and provide data-driven insights and planning tools that guide local strategy and help implement strategic and defined tactics that are both locally relevant and pan-regionally aligned. The ideal candidate will work collaboratively with our teams across Africa to develop country specific strategies that guide our content distribution, partnerships building, fundraising and marketing. They will oversee strategy implementation and work closely with country representatives, managers and head of distribution. 

They should be results driven, inventive self-starters who want to be part of a growing organization, and willing to roll up their sleeves and collaborate in a manner that engenders trust and engagement from across the organization.

Who are you?

• A Natural Team Leader - you have the ability to build strategic foundations, conceptualize project approaches and articulate the needs for the region to the cross-leadership team partners
• A Solution & Data-driven Collaborator - you love facilitating, contributing and supporting cross-functional alignment and planning discussions whilst leveraging insights and learnings 
• An Empathetic Pusher - you are able to navigate complex operational problems and take into consideration that different partners may have varying priorities -- requiring you to push to get things done, while still being understanding and empathetic
• An Outside-of-the-Box Thinker - you approach tasks with a fresh perspective rather than leveraging past or existing frameworks and methodologies, always taking into consideration cross-functional team input and doing what is best for the business long-term
• A Trustworthy Partner - you are accountable and authentic. One of our key organizational values is ‘Utu’ (which means shared humanity in Kiswahili), and having Utu characteristics is essential to working well with other Ubongoers, partners, and representing the organization effectively 
• A Concise Communicator & Good Listener - you have a solid written & oral English skills; multilingual skills in Swahili and/or French is a nice to have!