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FACILITIES MANAGER

African Leadership Academy Facilities Manager with deep experience in boarding school or hospitality setting and a passion for working in a community dedicated to the development of Africa’s next generation of leaders.

ABOUT ALA African Leadership Academy (ALA) seeks to transform Africa by identifying, developing, and connecting its future leaders. The Academy was founded on the philosophy that a new generation of ethical, committed leaders is the key to Africa’s development. ALA seeks to become the training ground for these future leaders. Each year, ALA draws the most outstanding students from across Africa to its campus in South Africa. Here, they build a powerful intellectual foundation and develop their leadership capacity through ALA’s unique curriculum. ALA then works with these young leaders throughout their lives as they enable lasting positive change on the African continent. With its audacious mission and lifelong engagement, ALA is unlike any school in the world. To achieve our mission, we have attracted a diverse “staffulty” (staff and faculty) of global changemakers: world-class professionals who share our values and passion for Africa and her youth.

THE ROLE: FACILITIES MANAGER ALA seeks a Facilities Manager. This role is an ideal position for experienced managers in facilities management or hospitality who are seeking a chance to play a critical role in building and maintaining ALA’s campus and infrastructure.

In our ALA Strategic Plan, we challenged ourselves to develop “Great People, Great Infrastructure.” The person in this role will play a leadership role in the ongoing implementation of our campus master plan: a long-term framework for the renovation and development of our campus in Honeydew.

The Facilities Manager reports to the Director of Finance & Administration. As a member of our Shared Business Services Division, the Facilities Manager leads the Maintenance team and works closely with our Hospitality, Security, Finance, Procurement and HR teams. This person will play a pivotal role in shaping our long-term strategy for the campus and identifying new opportunities to enable our mission.

Expected Responsibilities •  Maintain ALA’s buildings and grounds •  Play active role in campus development projects, such as

large-scale renovation of ALA’s Learning Commons •  Arrange for and oversee services of outside contractors •  Manage spending to facilities operating budget •  Maintain a high standard of safety, cleanliness and

efficiency on campus

Profile of Ideal Candidate •  Experienced facilities manager with track record in

buildings and grounds maintenance in schools or hotels •  Enjoys developing relationships with clients/patrons;

prioritizes customer satisfaction •  Experience managing diverse maintenance teams and

external service providers •  Proficient in basic ‘all-round’ maintenance trades such

as; basic electrical, plumbing, painting, carpentry

Start Date: As soon as possible

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OUR MODEL Leaders develop over many years, and are shaped through experience. ALA will transform Africa by identifying future leaders with potential; creating learning environments that develop intellectual and leadership capabilities through practice; and building a network that connects these leaders to opportunities that accelerate their trajectory.

OUR PROGRAMS •  Our two year flagship program brings together the

most promising young leaders from across Africa for their final two years of schooling before university.

•  Catalyst Term offers students from around the world the opportunity to spend a term immersed at ALA.

•  Our Global Scholars Program is a three-week intensive leadership experience for high school students.

•  The Anzisha Prize is the premier award for Africa’s youngest entrepreneurs, under the age of 22.

•  Africa Careers Network connects young leaders to internship and career opportunities across Africa.

OUR VALUES Integrity ● Humility ●Curiosity

Compassion ●Diversity ●Excellence Over the next fifty years, ALA will build a powerful pan-African and global network of change-makers who are linked by their shared values. At ALA, students receive regular feedback on values, and staffulty are challenged to reflect on the values in each review and appraisal.

LEARN MORE AND APPLY To watch a video about working at ALA, click here. To learn more, apply, or nominate a candidate for this role, email employment@africanleadershipacademy.org. Candidates are requested to include a CV and Cover Letter.

Discover ALA. Join Us. Shape Africa’s Future.

QUICK FACTS Location: Honeydew, a suburb of Johannesburg, SA

Opened: 2008

Student Body: ALA seeks promising young leaders from all backgrounds 18,610 students have applied to ALA 3% of applicants admitted in our need-blind process 44 African countries represented 92% of students require financial assistance 80% will be the first in their family with a university degree

University Enrollment: 90 leading universities worldwide enroll ALA graduates $62M in scholarship funds accepted over the past 5 years Universities with the highest ALA graduate enrollment by continent: Americas: Rochester, Notre Dame, Trinity, Duke, Yale Europe: Sciences Po, Jacobs, UCL, Oxford Africa: Cape Town, Witswatersrand, Ashesi, USIU Asia: NYU-Abu Dhabi, NYU-Shanghai, Yale-NUS

Graduate Impact: 634 young leaders in our network, average age of 20 52 ventures founded by students or graduates 209 quality jobs created through those ventures $1,500,000 in global investment in their ventures 6,000,000 stakeholders reached across Africa 68% of 2014 university graduates returned to roles in Africa

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