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.
The ALU Team works in starkly different ways to traditional academic bureaucracies. 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 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 People & Culture team enables ALU to deliver on its mission by ensuring our people are hired, supported, developed, and set up to perform at their best across a complex, multi-country environment. People Experience & Growth is the team within People & Culture that owns how it feels to work at ALU, and how our people grow while they're here.
The People Experience & Growth Associate is the engine room of the department, responsible for the day-to-day execution, administration, and coordination of ALU's employee experience, culture, and learning programmes. Reporting directly to the People Experience Partner, this role takes high-level strategy and transforms it into seamlessly executed daily operations.
This is an execution-focused, highly collaborative role suited to a detail-oriented People professional who thrives on data coordination, event planning, programme administration, and direct employee interaction across a distributed, pan-African workforce. The role offers broad exposure across the full People Experience portfolio, from onboarding and employee experience to learning, development, and capability-building, providing an excellent opportunity to develop expertise across the employee lifecycle.
Ensure the safety and well-being of all young persons and vulnerable adults with whom we deal, by adhering to ALU’s comprehensive safeguarding policy, maintaining a zero-tolerance approach to any violations of safeguarding standards
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REPORTING LINE: This role reports to the People Experience Partner. The preferred location is Mauritius
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The African Leadership University (ALU) is a pan-African higher education institution with a mission to develop a new generation of ethical and entrepreneurial leaders in Africa. ALU offers innovative undergraduate programs designed to equip students with the skills and mindset needed to tackle Africa's challenges and opportunities.