Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Uniccon Group of Companies
Core Purpose
- To provide overall executive, operational, and commercial leadership for the Institute.
- The COO translates executive strategy into sustainable, scalable operations, owns the revenue and growth engine, and oversees cross-departmental execution across academic delivery, administration, financial management, and external partnerships.
Key Responsibilities & Deliverables
- Strategic & Operational Execution: Translate top-level goals into annual operational budgets, performance targets, and institution-wide KPIs, driving efficiency, scalability, and continuous process optimization.
- Commercial Growth & Revenue Ownership: Own the Institute's revenue strategy across B2B corporate training, industry certifications, and vocational skills programs; lead high-value commercial negotiations and approve strategic proposals.
- Academic & Regulatory Oversight: Partner with academic leadership and regulatory bodies (e.g., NBTE) to drive institutional accreditation, maintain quality assurance standards, and launch market-aligned curricula.
- Financial & Resource Management: Oversee operational and capital expenditure (OpEx/CapEx) alongside Finance, optimize resource allocation, and direct strategic procurement/vendor agreements.
- Governance, Risk & Stakeholder Leadership: Direct institutional risk management, crisis response, and regulatory compliance; represent the Institute in high-level engagements with government agencies, industry leaders, and corporate sponsors; report performance directly to the CEO/Board.
Candidate Requirements
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Management, Engineering, or Education Management; an MBA or relevant Master’s degree is strongly preferred.
- Executive Experience (Mandatory): 12–15+ years of progressive leadership experience, including 5+ years in a senior executive or COO-level role within a technology institute, TVET institution, polytechnic, technical college, or comparable technical education environment.
- Track Record: Proven P&L or major budget ownership, demonstrated commercial business development success, and experience managing executive/multidisciplinary leadership teams.
- Preferred Qualifications: Board-level reporting experience, a background scaling operations in high-growth/tech environments, deep familiarity with NBTE accreditation, and professional certifications in executive strategy or operations management.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and other relevant documents to: using the Job Title as the subject of the email.
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