Job Description

Project Manager

Enko Education is looking for a dynamic Project Manager to join our central team for a 3 to 6-month mission, starting ASAP.
This is a unique opportunity to shape student experience across Africa by coordinating exciting projects such as study trips and extra-curricular activities (ECAs).
Why join us?
At Enko, you will have the chance to:

• Design and deliver memorable student experiences beyond the classroom.
• Collaborate with school leaders, ECA coordinators, and international partners.
• Manage impactful projects in a fast-growing pan-African education group.
• Build your skills in project management, event coordination, and stakeholder engagement.

What you'll do
1. Extra-Curricular Activities (ECAs)

• Coordinate the creation of exciting Catalogues of Activities for our schools.
• Animate and support a network of ECA Leads across the group.
• Oversee communications and ensure smooth implementation of activities.
• Launch and monitor audits of ECA activities to refine and enrich the offer.
• Propose creative ways to boost student and parent engagement.

2. Student Trips

• Prepare and launch 6 study trips for 2026.
• Identify and liaise with travel agencies, negotiate pricing, and manage contracts.
• Coordinate the communication plans with ECA leads

3. Project Management & Cross-Functional Support

• Act as project manager or contributor on ad-hoc strategic projects
• Collaborate with teams to ensure smooth execution of key initiatives

Requirements

• Bilingual French / English (written and spoken).
• Strong organizational and coordination skills, with a rigorous follow-up mindset.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Analytical mindset and proficiency with Google Sheets.
• Comfortable with digital tools (Google Workspace, Slack, project management tools such as Asana).
• Ability to work independently while managing multiple stakeholders.
• Creative, proactive, and independent, with a passion for delivering high-quality projects.
• Experience in education, travel, or event coordination is a plus.

Practical Information

• Contract: 3 to 6 months (starting ASAP).
• Location: Flexible (Johannesburg, South Africa preferred but can be remote depending on profile and location).

(English version)
Equal Opportunities & Safer Recruitment
Enko Education is an equal opportunities employer, committed to inclusivity, diversity, and valuing difference. Enko Education schools are committed to child safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and young people, and we expect all staff, volunteers, and third parties to share this commitment. Our safer recruitment practices aim to ensure that only individuals committed to child safeguarding join our schools. You can read our .

• Successful candidates must provide a police clearance (or equivalent) from every country where they have lived in the past 10 years before signing an employment contract.
• Reference checks with previous employers will also be conducted for each successful candidate.

About Enko Education
International education with Africa at heart and the world in mind.
Enko Education is a fast-growing network of 15 international schools in 10 African countries, offering international education with Africa at heart and the world in mind. Our mission is to make high-quality international education accessible to more African learners and to guide them towards the world's best universities through innovative programmes leading to globally recognised qualifications.
Since 2014, Enko Education has helped thousands of students secure admission to top universities such as Yale College, Sciences Po, Ecole Polytechnique, and the University of Toronto. Backed by leading development finance institutions and funds including Proparco, I&P, Adiwale, BIO Invest, Oiko Credit and Liquid Africa, we are on track to reach 20,000 students by 2028.
Learn more on our .
(French version)
Egalite des chances & Recrutement securise
Enko Education est un employeur qui respecte l'egalite des chances, attache a l'inclusion, a la diversite et a la valorisation des differences. Les ecoles Enko Education s'engagent a proteger les enfants et a promouvoir le bien-etre des eleves et des jeunes, et attendent de l'ensemble du personnel, des benevoles et des tiers qu'ils partagent cet engagement. Nos pratiques de recrutement securise visent a garantir que seules les personnes partageant notre engagement rejoignent nos ecoles. Vous pouvez consulter notre .

• Les candidats retenus doivent fournir un extrait de casier judiciaire (ou equivalent) pour tous les pays dans lesquels ils ont vecu au cours des 10 dernieres annees avant de signer un contrat.
• Des verifications de references seront effectuees aupres des employeurs precedents pour tout candidats retenu pour un role.

A propos d'Enko Education
Une education internationale avec l'Afrique au coeur et le monde en perspective.
Enko Education est un reseau en pleine croissance de 15 ecoles internationales dans 10 pays d'Afrique, offrant une education internationale de qualite a un cout accessible. Notre mission est de faciliter l'acces des apprenants africains aux meilleures universites du monde grace a des programmes innovants menant a des diplomes mondialement reconnus.
Depuis 2014, nous avons accompagne des milliers d'eleves vers des universites de premier plan telles que Yale College, Sciences Po, l'Ecole Polytechnique ou encore l'Universite de Toronto. Avec le soutien d'institutions financieres de developpement et de fonds tels que Proparco, I&P, Adiwale, BIO Invest, Oiko Credit et Liquid Africa, nous visons a scolariser 20 000 eleves d'ici 2028.
Pour en savoir plus, visitez notre .

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