Senior Events Manager at NewGlobe

NewGlobe supports visionary governments to transform public education systems, the cornerstone of a prosperous, equitable, and peaceful society. With a comprehensive system transformation platform and data-driven educational services, NewGlobe delivers rapid and dramatic improvements in learning outcomes at state and nationwide scale. Through building impactful partnerships and programmes, NewGlobe ensures that all children have access to an education that will develop their full potential and create a foundation for growth and prosperity.

NewGlobe leverages more than a decade of educational experience and proven impact in integrated school management, teacher professional development, instructional design innovation, technological system support, child-centered classroom practice, and parent engagement -  all grounded in learning science - to ensure each teacher is empowered to engage children in transformational learning, and all children have the opportunity to develop to their full potential. Every day, NewGlobe supports governments to solve what were once seen as intractable problems, and by doing so, ensures this generation will be able to grow up to lead more fulfilled lives, while simultaneously building economic prosperity for themselves, their communities, and the globe.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Events Manager

Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Working Configuration: Hybrid
Reports To: VP, Marketing

Description

• NewGlobe’s unique Education Transformation System is empirically proven to help governments improve education outcomes at significant scale—regardless of students’ gender, wealth, location, parental education level, or home language spoken.
• We, and our government partners, are thought leaders in this space, and events are a key part of our marketing and communications strategy to drive awareness, affinity, and business development for our programs.

Responsibilities
What You Will Do:

• Spearhead NewGlobe’s event and tradeshow strategy, including identifying and evaluating key events, internal team training and coordination for attendees, pre-and post show communications, and event attendance
• Working alongside VP Marketing, negotiate and execute contracts for large and small scale events
• Be key on the ground support for events across Africa
• Coordinate with and provide expertise support for local teams in USA, and Asia
• Be strategic and key on the ground support for key global events like Education World Forum in London and Davos Conference in Switzerland
• Along with trade shows, evaluate and recommend the opportunities for building NewGlobe specific events per regions supported
• Be the “first hire” to build a dedicated events team for NewGlobe as it continues to grow and scale
• Build and support the execution of a unique “school visit in a box” initiative for educational and business development goals
• Analyze, track and report event ROI and recommendations for program improvements
• Liaise closely with field teams to execute events when not attending
• Work directly with field marketing and policy and partnership teams to help them identify which events—and types of events—will best support securing government partnerships at various stages of development

Requirements
What You Should Have:

• 7+ years of marketing or related discipline, ideally in event marketing and event management
• Proven experience and track record of carrying out event marketing campaigns, including planning, pre and post event followup, and campaign reporting
• Highly organized. You will want to turn event planning into a science at NewGlobe, with repeatable plans and templates that can scale as the team grows
• You should have the desire to put your event marketing skills to work for a great mission: helping improved education outcomes for students across the world
• Experience partnering with enterprise sales teams
• A strong bias to action—see a problem, propose a solution!
• Experience working in a matrixed global organization a plus
• Direct experience working with teams in Sub-Saharan Africa and/or South Asia a big plus
• Creating presentations for events

What We Offer

• The opportunity to make a difference for children every day at a proven, internationally recognized, mission-driven company
• Health, dental, and vision insurance (for you and your family) as well as life, AD&D, and disability insurance
• Flexible hybrid working or remote arrangement
• 20 days paid leave

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

What to Expect from the Interview Process
We have a rigorous, merit-based hiring process. The process is designed to simulate the essential parts of the job and introduce you to your role in the business should you join our team. Apply via our website.

• A screening interview with the TA team
• A functional interview with the hiring team
• An opportunity to showcase your work through a short project
• An onsite final interview