Type of Contract: 6 months
Department/Team: Access
Job Location: Nairobi,Kenya (Remote + Physical when required)
Start Date: August 2021
About the Access Program
The Access Program is a scholarship program for youth from needy backgrounds. The program is high-impact: it aims to make Moringa’s world-class education available to ambitious young people who could not afford it otherwise. In addition to scholarships, we provide other forms of financial and personal support to our students to help them become world-class developers and secure employment after they graduate. Given our students’ backgrounds, finding jobs after graduating represents a transformational moment in their lives. For many, it is their first experience working in the formal sector.
Why we are Hiring for this Role
This is a support role which will report to both the Admissions Associate and the Student Support and Experience Associate. Your role will have two main focuses: support in implementing our admissions and financial aid process and supporting us in catalyzing current student support processes for efficiency.
What you will do
Admissions
Support Assistant in moving applicants through the pipeline at each stage of the admissions process and follow up consistently when neede
Handle correspondence with applicants (emails, phone calls, texts, office drop-ins)
Support Assistant in managing all administrative tasks related to admissions, including data collection, scheduling applicant interviews, maintenance of applicant archive and more
Support Assistant in conducting interviews and evaluating applicants
Support Assistant in creating and giving dynamic information sessions about the Access Program to potential applicant
Support Assistant in maintaining clear and organized admissions documents to facilitate easy tracking of applicants and admissions department activities
Who you are
It is essential that the candidates have a growth mindset and enjoy learning. At Moringa, we constantly strive to improve and learn from our work. In this position, the intern will work closely with our team, who will coach them during their journey at Moringa. Additionally, the candidate will have Access to our L&D specialist, who can work with the candidate on designing an L&D plan for his/her development. In addition to having a growth mindset and being eager to learn, the candidate must also be:
Passionate about having a positive impact on youth empowerment.
Willingness to work smart, learn, and improve
Extremely detail-oriented and organized
Critical thinker who looks deeper and sees beyond what is in front of them
Problem-solver
People-person: good relationship building and management skills
Comfortable working independently
What you have
Efficient time management and project planning abilities: the ability to prioritize and multi-task to ensure completion of tasks
Ability to work in a fast-paced and high-pressure environment
Familiarity with and experience using Google products (sheets, docs, drive, calendar, etc)
Exceptional ability for written and verbal communication
Tendency to take initiative- come up with ideas, proactively solve problems, make suggestions to improve processes, etc.
Basic data analysis and visualisations skills (desired)
Administrative experience (desired)
Career Growth & Development
We do not believe that an organization can grow without the growth & development of its staff. At Moringa School, we are consistently building systems to invest in the growth of our employees. We are deeply invested in offering career growth within Moringa, provide actionable feedback through “weekly check-ins” & thorough career reviews.
We will work together with you to craft roles that both support the needs of the organization and that you can be passionate about.
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