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Chief Operating Officer (coo) At Uniccon Group

Uniccon Group·Abuja, nigeria·Full Time·Onsite
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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.

Key skills

BA/BSc/HNDMBA/MSc/MA
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Company

Uniccon Group

Location

Abuja, nigeria

Employment

Full Time

Work style

Onsite

Experience

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Created

September 9, 2026

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