Community Associate: Lagos
Job Description
<h4><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Do you have experience supporting community programmes, events, or engagement initiatives that drive meaningful participation? Are you highly organised and able to manage multiple activities with strong follow-through? Are you people-oriented and comfortable engaging learners and alumni, managing community platforms, and creating a welcoming, active environment both online and offline? Are you data-driven, able to track engagement, participation, and feedback, and use insights to improve community execution and experience? Have you supported partnerships, events, or initiatives that generated value or revenue for a community or organisation? Are you proactive, reliable, and excited to help build and sustain one of the most vibrant tech talent communities in Africa? If so, this might just be the role for you.</span></em> </h4> <p><strong>About ALX Africa </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">ALX Africa, a non-profit organisation under the ALX Foundation, is dedicated to unlocking the potential of Africa's digital future. Formerly part of Sand Tech Holdings, we've embarked on an independent journey to provide world-class tech skills training and career acceleration programmes. Our mission is to bridge the digital divide, upskill and re-skill talent, and create a generation of innovative leaders. </span><strong>By 2030, we aim to empower 2 million Africans to secure sustainable tech careers. </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With hubs in 8 cities across Africa and counting, we provide safe access to quality learning and a dedicated network of expert instructors. Our innovative programmes equip learners with the practical skills and knowledge needed to succeed in today's rapidly evolving tech industry. Through a combination of rigorous coursework, industry partnerships, and hands-on projects, we prepare our students for in-demand roles in software engineering, data science, and cybersecurity. </span></p> <p><strong>We achieve this by: </strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Providing young professionals with access to the most in-demand tech skills that will power the future. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Empowering the next generation of technology innovators, entrepreneurs, and business leaders through challenging, real-world coursework. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Building a lifelong, impactful community of tech professionals that support them at all stages of their career journey. </span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Our impact thus far:</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><strong>347k+ </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">graduates since 2020 </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><strong>257k </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">youth in work </span></li> <li><strong>31k </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">youth starting own ventures </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>60k </strong>youth in jobs created by entrepreneurs</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Visit our website <strong>www.alxafrica.com </strong>to learn more about our digital revolution. </span></p> <h3><strong>Role Summary </strong></h3> <p><span style=