Director, Centre for Ethical Leadership and Professor of Practice

ALU provides higher education for a higher purpose. Our students declare missions, not majors. They develop the real-world skills to take on the world’s most pressing challenges. And they take ownership of their learning from day one through our peer and student-led approach – because ALU believes in the power and agency of young people to start shaping the future right now. Together with a world-class faculty and staff, our students are igniting a ripple of positive impact across Africa and the world.

We are dedicated to fostering an open yet secure environment, balancing the safety of students, staff, and visitors with respect for individual rights, and safeguarding responsibilities.

At ALU, we approach education from first principles, empower individuals to design, test, and implement creative new ideas, and work closely together to craft transformative learning experiences. We are deeply passionate about our students and excited by the challenge of building something entirely new.

The African Leadership University team is committed to ensuring the safety and Well-being of all students under our care. As part of this commitment, we have a comprehensive safeguarding policy in place, which outlines our Zero-tolerance approach to any violation of safeguarding.

The Centres for a Reimagined Africa (CRA) is ALU’s engine for Africa-centric innovation. These are our Centres of Excellence (COE). Unlike some academic models in Africa that replicate global-north practices, the CRA mandate is to approach every domain with an innovation mindset that rejects unthoughtful replication in favor of "reimagining." We develop intellectual property and educational frameworks designed specifically for the African context, ensuring our graduates are not just globally competent, but locally transformative leaders who can confront prior orthodoxies and establish new approaches that work.

To achieve our vision, we are evolving into a matrixed organization that differentiates Market Execution (Business Units) from this Innovation Engine (CRA). The Centres for a Reimagined Africa empower our BUs to focus on student acquisition and delivery excellence, while the CRA ensures that our core academic product is world-class, rigorous, and uniquely fit-for-purpose for Africa’s future. The CRA Centres themselves will drive reputational impact by delivering a range of programs themselves, particularly professional development and custom programs for corporate and non-profit customers.

• →We have a strong preference for the person occupying this position to be based in Rwanda or Mauritius or be willing to relocate to either location after 3 months in the role.
• →We will consider especially strong candidates located in other parts of Africa.