Head of International Education (Poland & Brazil)
Mate academy - an EdTech startup with a technological, gamified, AI-friendly LMS platform where people learn IT specialties. Try it!
Our mission is to help 1 million people worldwide build their careers in IT. 🤘Already, 3500+ graduates have landed their first IT jobs in just 4 months of training.
We successfully launched our business in Poland and Brazil and have plans to expand to other countries.
We are looking for our best Head of International Education, who will manage the processes of training and employment of our students in Poland and Brazil, bringing the company's mission closer to the goal of employing 1 million students worldwide. You`ll have a huge level of autonomy and a well-coordinated team that will help support the educational process at a high level.
Learn about our approach:
- We believe in hands-on learning, so our educational programs consist of 80% of practice and only 20% of theory.
- We`ve built our own LMS system which helps us to make our education process smooth and consistent. You can try it yourself by signing up for any free course
- Experienced experts help us constantly improve our programs, making them relevant to the modern labor market; mentors and coaches support our students by checking their homework and running Q&A and tech check sessions daily.
- Also, we believe that high-quality education makes people free. Read what our CEO - Roman Apostol (ex-Google) thinks about it.
Your tasks will be:
- Overseeing education and student placement processes in Poland & Brazil
- Leading, managing, and hiring a team of coordinators
- Owning team OKRs and driving the team to achieve ambitious goals
- Implementing improvements in educational processes
- Studying the local characteristics of the labor markets in Poland and Brazil and proposing innovative approaches to the process of studying and employing students in these countries
- Using a data-driven approach to find, test, and launch new strategies for effective student placement
- Documenting new educational and employment processes.
What will you need to succeed:
- 2+ years of experience in such roles as Project manager, Lead recruiter, Lead HR.
- Proven experience in managing educational processes in product companies (EdTech experience is a bonus)
- Proven experience in scaling teams
- Solid experience in people management
- The ability to build processes and test ideas at a rapid pace
- Great analytical skills and a data-driven, business approach
- Experience working in an international environment, and managing international teams - will be an additional plus!
- Empathy to people and the desire to help them
- English at least Upper-Intermediate
- Getting things done attitude
Cases you will encounter:
- Ensure all our education processes are consistent and efficient
- Day-to-day cooperation with coordinators to find the best way to employ students in the current market.
- Work closely with analytics and the job market to identify blind spots and proactively address issues (e.g., a significant drop in the number of vacancies).
- Make decisions about launching new groups in a financially justified manner and tailored to the needs of the labor market. Our financial director will be happy to assist you with this.
- Develop performance metrics for coordinators to optimize their work
What you'll find when working at Mate:
- A mission to help 1M of people to start their careers in tech;
- No bureaucracy;
- Freedom to make own decisions and influence business;
- Unlimited paid vacation;
- A cozy office in the center of Kyiv, completely autonomous and ready to work in any force majeure in winter. We have our bomb shelter;
- Free English classes (twice a week);
- Performance/salary review every 6-12 months;
- Lunches paid for by the company (if you work in an office);
- Apple equipment for your comfortable work;
- An incredible team that cares about what they do, which makes work an exciting adventure.
Anna Apostol - co-founder and COO at Mate will be your direct manager.
Recruitment process:
- Call with the recruiter (in Google Meet);
- Test assignment
- Technical interview
- Culture fit interview with company founders.
Does this offer match your career goals? Then let's get acquainted!
- Department
- Education
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
- Position type
- Full-time
Head of International Education (Poland & Brazil)
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