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Siyavula is Nguni for "we open” or "we are opening” and Siyavula Education is a private company with a mission to make high quality education as accessible as possible to every learner and teacher in our home country of South Africa, and beyond. As passionate scientists, we are focused on enabling and creating innovative, technology-powered learn...
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THE KIND OF WORK YOU COULD BE PART OF
Siyavula is an EdTech company with an online maths and science practice service for high school learners. Siyavula Practice allows learners to practise maths and science questions in a sequence that is best suited to their individual needs. Questions are automatically marked, and detailed solutions are provided. This allows learners to practise for mastery at their own pace, driven by a machine learning algorithm.
The service caters for any device with a web browser, even the most basic phone. This means that it maximises access even in rural areas. We balance earned sponsorship with a retail offering and school-specific products. This allows us to reach all learners irrespective of background. We are already reaching over 100 000 learners and will be expanding into other markets in Africa in 2018.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
Our School Sales Team is looking for an Account Manager to focus on Community Engagement and Support for our established Gauteng client base and potential new clients.
The successful candidate will work from Gauteng and be the first point of contact for our clients. They will also work with the relevant teams at Siyavula to generate new leads and build brand awareness around Siyavula and our practise service for teachers, HODs, Principals and people in the high school education space.
You will report in to the School Sales and the Business Development Manager and work closely with the School Sales Team to ensure that our current customer base receives the best service we have to offer and that we build and maintain strong customer relationships with all users of our product.
You must have a solid understanding of and empathy for South Africa’s rich cultural diversity; being able to communicate with varying groups of people is cornerstone to our work. Being proactive and supportive to the various members of the team is key to making a meaningful contribution in the role.
Your experience in education and contacts at high schools will help you to develop and build relationships with the right people, engage and grow our teacher community and market our product to the correct audience.
Key areas of responsibility include:
Skills and Attributes Required
Work experience requirements:
In addition, the candidate needs to fit into the Siyavula team and the way we work. This requires the candidate to:
All applications will be screened and we will request that shortlisted candidates complete a simple assignment to help guide our decision-making for the interview stage.
Applicants should send a letter of motivation and CV to [email protected] with the subject line: “Account Manager: Community Engagement and Support”
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