Real Estate Programme Associate Fresher Careers – Bridge International Academies

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Organization: Bridge International Academies
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Real Estate Manager
About US:
Bridge
International Academies is the world’s largest and fastest-growing chain of
primary and pre-primary schools with more than 400 academies and 120,000 pupils
in Kenya and Uganda. We democratize the right to succeed by giving families
living in poverty access to the high-quality education that will allow their
children to live a very different life. We leverage experts, data, and
technology in order to standardize and scale every aspect of quality education
delivery, from how and where academies are built to how teachers are selected
and trained, and how lessons are delivered and monitored for improvement. We
are vertically-integrated, tech-enabled, and on our way to profitability.
Bridge expects to continue rapid expansion in East Africa, and will be
launching operations in Nigeria in September 2015, with India to follow in
2016.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
The Real Estate Programme Associate will be responsible for the following:
1. Administrative (70%)
  • In charge of monitoring of new plots submitted
    through the GIS system;
  • Thorough vetting of completion documents
    required for Land acquisition and leasing in Uganda, including land
    searches, relevant maps, rates, rents and taxes, succession procedures
    e.t.c. and following up on missing documentation.
  • Ensure proper due diligence is carried out by
    REAs with regard to Ugandan Land Policies and the existing Land
    Regimes/tenure systems.
  • Handling Real Estate requisitions and working
    with the Real Estate team in Uganda to ensure effective and timely
    reconciliations with HQ.
  • Handle all correspondence between the Field
    staff , development Managers and HQ.
  • Responsible for proper filing and
    documentation.
  • In charge of data verification for Real
    Estate in Uganda.
  • Portfolio management of Real Estate deals in
    Uganda.
2. Co-ordination (30%)
  • Management of each team members daily work
    plan in the Real Estate team.
  • Offer timely support to field staff.
  • Coordinating surveys in Uganda including evaluation
    of cadastral and topographical surveys with the Real Estate Manager
  • Coordinate planning by ensuring the building
    plans and all necessary documentation is properly done and dispatched to
    field staff.
3. Others: The Real
Estate Programme Associate may be called upon at any time to provide similar
administrative, monitoring, coordinating, and reporting support (as described
above) to any of the Development Managers in Uganda.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The applicant should at least hold a High
    Diploma or University degree
  • A minimum of two years of professional
    experience
  • Highly organized and detail-oriented
  • Excellent oral and written communication
    skills
  • Strong leadership and coordination skills
  • Comfortable working using mapping technologies
    such GIS
  • Ability to sort through extensive information
    quickly
  • Computer literacy i.e. working knowledge of
    Microsoft Excel
  • Able to learn, master, and implement various
    processes quickly and accurately
  • Aptitude for learning new IT
    systems/applications
  • Willing to work across a wide spectrum of
    content (multiple programmes)
  • Good at multi-tasking
  • Willing and skilled at performing
    administrative
  • Willingness to work beyond the regular work
    hours, including evenings, weekends, and/or holidays if and when needed.
Personality Profile: The right
hire for this position is driven, competitive, and always strives to win. This
person has a strict code of integrity, and would never cheat. The right hire
isn’t trying to get out of the office every day at 5, because that is when work
“should” end, but wants to stay as long as it takes to get the work needed for
the day, or for the week done. We are looking for an energetic and motivated
individual willing to contribute his or her skills to the team to make the Real
Estate team even more successful.
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified candidates who wish to apply for this vacancy are encouraged
to send their updated CVs to grace.bridgeinternational@gmail.com
Deadline: 29th April 2016

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