Learning Centre Manager

**What are we looking for?**
Raizcorp is looking to employ a highly professional and experienced Branch Manager with a strong background in the effective management of a branch within professional services / learning / training industries. You must have a real passion for the development of entrepreneurs coupled with a detail-oriented eye for data, compliance analytics as well as leading a team of vastly experienced business coaches. You must be well-versed in the operational running of a remote branch, reporting into a head office structure. Your own entrepreneurial experience is also of paramount importance as you will deal with entrepreneurs and business coaches daily.
**What does a Branch Manager do?**
**What experience is preferred?**
You need a stable track record and background. You need five to eight years of operational branch-management experience in a service-related industry. Managing a branch or retail space that is product focused will not be sufficient. You must understand the nuances and demands of running various services, programmes and projects with strong client demands. You must understand service level agreements. A good understanding of systems (MS Office and in-house systems) will be critical. A strong detail focus with solid administrative skill is essential. Experience in reporting on data and metrics is important. We also require our leader-managers to have mature experience in leading technically proficient and highly skilled team members. We believe in creating a positive, proactive work space conducive to high performance levels.
In order to do the coaching work, you will need to be a good business all-rounder. Strong business acumen and experience in running your own small business will be vital. All our business coaches deeply care about our entrepreneurs and their growth - we do not drive our own agendas.
**What kind of personality will excel in this role?**
You need to be the kind of person who takes huge personal pride in the work you do. You need to have a genuine love and care for people. You need to believe, intrinsically, in treating people with respect and dignity. Beyond that, you need to be resilient and able to deal with difficult personalities, and be assertive in your demeanour. The work we do is in service of others - that means it will be very demanding at times: in effort, in hours worked and in care and attention given to Raizcorp projects. You need to be the type of person who sees the bigger picture and who loves working to a larger purpose. It’s like being a nurse in a hospital (metaphorically speaking of course): you will take care of people in ways others won’t, it will often go unrecognised and the doctor will walk away with the glory - but you’ll be a critical link in every patient’s recovery. If this scares you, this is not the job for you.
**What are the minimum requirements?**
- The Branch Manager must have a tertiary level qualification, preferably in a commerce / business related field of study
- Minimum five to eight years’ experience in operational branch management and service level agreements
- Minimum five to eight years’ experience in leading diverse teams (leadership mindset)
- Strong experience in group facilitation and boardroom presentations
- Strong intermediate
- to advanced-level Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Proven ability to work with detailed data analysis and metrics
- Proven ability to learn vast quantities of material in a short period of time
- Proven ability to keep track of multiple projects running simultaneously within a branch context
- Own vehicle with valid driver’s licence non-negotiable

**Desired skills**
- High emotional intelligence with a real passion for developing people
- Strong deadline driven / driver personality
- Creative and strategic ability in developing solutions for delivery issues
- Self-motivated and organised
- Exceptional communicator with the ability to create strong, cohesive teams
- Strong emotional maturity and ability to take ownership and accountability
- Tenacious with the ability to drive core business behaviours
- Systematic approach to work
- Proactive team player
- Ability to manage under pressure
- Flexible
- Strong emotional maturity and ability to take ownership and accountability
- Ability to take constructive criticism and take corrective action to make improvements
- Able to travel nationally and internationally

**Job Type**: Permanent