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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

HEAD OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS JOB IN KENYA- EDUCATION INDUSTRY

Dynamic People Consulting is
currently recruiting for one of its
clients in the education industry .
About the position
We have and are continuing to
develop one of the most
sophisticated instructional and
operational approaches to providing
affordable education to MILLIONS of
children in one of the most
challenging environments in the
world! These systems, tools and
approaches are our “School in a
Box.”
The key to our School in a Box
model is that it enables the
standardization of high quality
operations across all facets of the
school - including marketing .
The Head of Marketing &
Communications will lead the effort
in refining/ developing our “ School
in a Box” model with respect to
school marketing, parent relations
and problem management, as well
as being responsible for all of our
corporate marketing/ branding .
Specifically, this means :
Refining the
“Marketing in a Box”
program. While every
school manager is
responsible for
marketing their
specific school, The
company provides
each school manager
with a detailed
training on sales and
marketing, a variety of
marketing materials ,
and a step-by -step
guide on when and
where to use them .
*The Head of
Communications &
Marketing is
responsible for
optimizing this
program and making
sure that all best
practices are
standardized.
*Growing the
company ’s brand on
a regional level,
including SMS
campaigns,
billboards, radio ,
community ,
partnerships, etc .
*Further developing ,
standardizing, and
automating The
company ’s parent
relations programs
and its problem
management system .
*Developing the
company ’s brand
overseas, including
managing the
company ’s website
and social media
presence , putting
together press
packets, and finding
ways to bring more
talent to the
company .
*Spearheading other
related projects that
could benefit the
company ’s brand
locally in our markets
or globally.
*Leading the research ,
strategy, rollout, and
analysis required of
all of these projects

This position is part of our senior
management team that is based in
Nairobi , Kenya . Since we are still a
start-up company , the Head of
Communications & Marketing must
be incredibly hands- on.

ABOUT YOU
*You are based in or
willing to relocate to
Nairobi , Kenya.
*You are one of those
rare multi -talented
people who is both
deeply creative and
analytical .
*You are able to lead
the strategy,
execution,
implementation, and
analysis required of
the position, as listed
above.
*You have an
entrepreneurial spirit
that thrives in a fast -
paced informal start-
up environment
where constant
change is the norm
and the bar for
quality is set high.
*You have leadership
experience juggling
several projects and
managing
interdisciplinary
teams at the same
time.
*You have spent time
in the developing
world and are
comfortable working
in slums.
*You love data, are
comfortable using it
and performing basic
analysis and believe
that using and
analyzing data is the
key to making good
marketing decisions.
*You have at least 5
years experience
working in marketing,
communications, or a
related role. Brand
planners, strategist ,
human factors
specialists, etc are
encouraged to apply .
*You have
demonstrated
success in marketing
in new or challenging
environments, in
which there are many
constraints , including
different types of
customers, severe
budgetary
constraints , etc .
*You have a Bachelors
degree, a Masters is a
plus. Degree in
Sociology or
Anthropology a plus .
*Familiarity/Fluency
with Swahili Would be
a big plus.

Our team has a passionate belief
that basic primary education is
critical to the development of every
child, family, community and nation .
We believe that it is possible to
address this critical need for poor
families through new and innovative
approaches leveraging the private
sector, and that by providing low -
cost but high -quality primary
education, we will give millions of
children the opportunity to
accomplish their dreams.
We are looking for people who want
to join us in this rewarding task

Please send all applications to:
Recruitment@dpckenya.com

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