Cisco Corporate Social Responsibility Program Manager at S&P Dow Jones Indices

Job Summary:
Reporting to the Regional Cisco Manager  and the Board Member of S&P Partners , the position is responsible for driving sustainable and appropriate growth of the Cisco Networking Academy global education initiative through Public-Private Partnerships with Governments and Educational Institutions.The main purpose of the role is to boost the program development by entering new relationships with governmental and educational sector and grow the Cisco Networking Academy initiative among existing partnerships in South Africa.

Scope of work:

• Build and Manage Partnerships with Governments and Educational Institutions: Establish, coordinate and maintain the end to end process of partner development, including selection, recruiting, joint planning, guidance and measurement of results and on-going management.
• Manage Sustainable Program Growth: Know and understand the education market and the addressable opportunities in the area/country and monitor key performance indicators of program performance and propose activities.
• Ensure Program Sustainability: Build Academy Community, support local and national events, ensure quality execution from academies and instructors, manage strategic aspects of product adoption in territory, and coordinate local implementation of workforce development programs to support student employment.
• Build and strengthen Cisco Networking Academy awareness and coverage among the targeted audience to increase the volume of students joining the program in respective territories measured by the number of students in community. Include the trainings into the academies and universities curriculum.