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African Leadership Academy —Johannesburg, Gauteng
Minimum 5 to 7 years’ experience in admissions, recruitment, sales, and marketing. Plan and implement recruitment activities, such as school visits, leadership…

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Senior Admissions Officer - West Africa

African Leadership Academy -
Johannesburg, Gauteng

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ABOUT US:

African Leadership Academy (ALA) seeks to transform Africa by identifying, developing, and connecting a new generation of future leaders. The Academy was founded on the philosophy that a new generation of ethical, committed leaders is the key to Africa’s development. 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 model, ALA is unlike any school in the world.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

African Leadership Academy seeks to appoint a Senior Admissions Officer who will work on ALA’s identify pillar, building and enhancing relationships with prospective students across the continent, and selecting the most promising youth leaders in Africa for our core two-year diploma program. The Senior Admissions Officer manages the end-to-end enrollment process at ALA, serving as the primary representative of ALA to stakeholders in Anglophone West Africa, reading and reviewing applications against ALA’s selection criteria, and supporting the enrollment process for admitted students. ALA’s Admissions Team facilitates an application process that enables the Academy to identify each candidate’s leadership potential, with the goal of enrolling 125 students each year.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Recruitment and Partnership Building

Represent ALA to prospective students, parents, teachers, counselors, and other individuals and organizations.
Initiate, develop, and maintain existing relationships with stakeholders in Anglophone West Africa, while proactively seeking to build new relationships with government offices, NGO’s, schools, and all other such organizations that can boost the Academy’s recruitment efforts.
Provide in-depth knowledge about ALA to various stakeholders, including admissions requirements, details of the two-year diploma program, post-ALA pathways, and more.
Building a multi-year pipeline and managing application deals and inbound inquiries about all ALA programs.
Represent the Academy externally at partner events, in the media, or at information sessions.
Plan and implement recruitment activities, such as school visits, leadership accelerators, school fairs, and other recruitment events.
Lead the Academy’s sales and recruitment activities in defined markets for the Global Scholars Program.

Selection

Conduct a holistic and comprehensive review of applications, assessing intellectual readiness, courage & perseverance, ownership, and interdependence, while ensuring each application is reviewed in the context of an applicant’s experiences and background.
Produce write-ups for each application and recommend next steps for the applicant to the Director of Enrollment Management.
Lead the planning and execution of finalist activities, including interviews, written assessments, and finalist day activities, in collaboration with the Director of Enrollment Management, ensuring a seamless and effective selection process.
Support admitted students and their families with visa documentation and financial aid explanations, ensuring a seamless transition from admissions to student life.

Strategic Goals and Regional Growth

Develop and execute strategic initiatives aimed at increasing the visibility and attractiveness of ALA within the region, targeting key outcomes such as growth in application numbers and enrollments.
Monitor and adapt strategies based on regional trends and feedback to ensure the effectiveness of ALA’s outreach and engagement efforts to fulfill enrollment goals.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND SELECTION CRITERIA

Required Education and Experience:

Bachelor's Degree.
Minimum 5 to 7 years’ experience in admissions, recruitment, sales, and marketing.
Excellent working knowledge of educational programs.

COMPETENCIES:

Technical

Admissions & selection management
Recruitment strategy & pipeline development
Highly organized, able to handle logistics for multiple activities with attention to detail and capacity to follow through.
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills with the ability to produce quality communication materials.

Generic

Presentation skills
Strong networking & stakeholder engagement skills; comfortable speaking in front of large groups of stakeholders
Organisational & time management skills
Strategic thinking & initiative
Understanding of educational systems and curricula across the continent

Attibutes

Passion for the African continent, its people, and its future.
High levels of integrity and confidentiality, and emotional maturity.
Resilient and possess the ability to defuse confrontation situations
Capacity to remain calm and work under pressure of deadlines
Patience, diplomacy, empathy, and flexibility when dealing with a range of situations and people
Self-confidence and a willingness to accept responsibility
Ability and willingness to build a positive relationship with all stakeholders
Committed and enthusiastic

Reports To: Director of Enrolment Management
Job Location: Remote - Preferably Nigeria or Ghana
Potential Start Date: 01 August 2026

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