The Head of National programs Job at Educate - Career Opportunity in Uganda
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Vacancy title:
The Head of National programs

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit organization , Category: Administrative & Office ]

 

Jobs at:

Educate

Deadline of this Job:
29th July 2019  

Duty Station:
Within Uganda , Kampala , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Monday, July 15, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed


JOB DETAILS:
  Educate!, a fast growing, non-profit social enterprise, is seeking to hire talented, influential and enthusiastic individual to ill the Head of National Programs position, as we move towards our vision for 2024 of reaching one million youth annually in Africa.
The Head of National programs will support the
Deputy Country Director in developing the government partnership strategy, national programs oversight, and policy and partnership development important to the alignment of the Educate! Model to the government policies, structures and reforms. This will encompass aligning Educate! Model to government systems.
About Educate!
Educate! Prepares youth in Africa with the skills to succeed in today’s economy.
We tackle youth unemployment by reforming what schools teach and how they teach it, so that students in Africa have the skills to start businesses, get jobs and drive development in their communities. Our model is delivered through practically-trained teachers and youth mentors. Educate!’s goal is to make this practical, skills based model part of national education systems.
In 2019, we’re working in over 175 secondary school in
Rwanda and over 750 schools in Uganda reaching over
44,000 students intensively and 540,000 more broadly.
Our model was proven to have massive impact in a randomized controlled trial. Graduates earned DOUBLE the income of a control group and had a 64% increase
in business creation. Our graduates change their lives and their communities, such as Lillian Aero who employs over 100 AIDS-affected women.
In 2012, Educate! Advised the government on the students’ business club structure and national
Entrepreneurship Curriculum in Uganda and in 2015, we served as a technical advisor to Rwanda on its secondary education reform.
Educate!’s team includes nearly 200 staff and almost 300 Volunteer youth mentors. We have been backed by top foundations such as MasterCard, Big Bang Philanthropy, Mulago, Echoing Green, Ashoka and Global Innovation Fund. Educate! Won the 2015 WISE Awards, and was featured by Bill Gates, an Al Jazeera documentary,
Forbes 30 under 30, Clinton Global Initiative and The
Brookings Institution as one of 14 case studies in their global scaling education learning initiative.
Educate!’s vision for 2024 is to measurably impact 1 million students across Africa each year..

  Job Responsibilities:
Government Strategy – Outreach &
Development – 30%
• Develop and execute strategies and communications to advance Educate! Advocacy goals, particular government reform.
• Create relationship management strategy towards national program goals.
• Create new relationships and partnerships, review social partnership agreements that formalize
• Educate! Relationship with partner-governments, such as MOUs, letters of endorsement, and proposals.
• Hand over management of partnerships to NPM after formalizing formal agreements.
• Research & network on government funding, opportunities, upcoming strategies
• Ensure E! Experience program has the relationships & agreements with government to achieve its goals.
• Ensure E! Experience has the right people in government supporting our efforts.- represent E! on working groups , conferences & committees to promote Educate! at the government and sector level.
• Build strong professional and personal relationships with key stakeholders in partnering government ministries.
• Stakeholders should include members in the
• Ministry of Education, Ministry of Gender, curriculum development, teacher training, UNEB, Universities and NTCs.
• Create overview documents, concept notes and presentations geared towards policy makers that share Educate!’s work in innovations, so that the government is informed and brought along on our learning journey.
National Representation & Communication – 30%
• Represent Educate! in government sector meetings, such as sector review meetings, M&E taskforce meetings, etc and advocate for Educate!’s education reform agenda.
• Represent Educate! in technical workshops with NPM on curriculum, teacher training, and assessment and drive forward Educate! Education reform agenda.
• Prepare documents and presentations as part of larger education reform engagement strategy.
• Advocate and push for government adoption of skills lab as a policy, Co-develop teacher development strategy with the ministry.
• Form partnership with pre-service and in-service training institutions in Uganda and secure Educate!’s involvement in teacher re-tooling and professional development.
• Co-represent Educate! in technical workshops on curriculum, teacher training, and assessment,
• & drive forward Educate! Education reform agenda.
• Prepare documents and presentations as part of larger education reform engagement strategy.
• Support NPM to build brand recognition throughout through strategic partnerships, media exposure, and thought leadership - Collaborate with
• External Relations team on the creation of government reports and documents required for Registration.
• Lead mapping exercise specific policy processes
• (Such as TT) with the NPM and share with broader advocacy team (DCD & MD) to inform strategy.
• Lead quarterly strategy retreats with programs team, and present government policy work and priorities to ensure Innovations, D&X and NP are informed about the national dialogue.
• National Programs Oversight – 20%
• Manage a team of 5-6 people, including managers, technical experts and sometimes consultants
• Capacity building for the national programs team.
• Strategically solve problems and respond to opportunities with National Program team
• Align team to strategic objectives by seeing and managing to termly goals
• Coordinate across departments to leverage country programs team support when necessary.
• Support the National programs manager in the media campaign, specifically on the activity of building brand loyalty among policy makers through a process of nominating and awarding leaders in the field of education development.
• Support National programs manager to build partnership with TIET, secondary department, NCDC, Universities, partners and ensure Educate! Plays a role in designing and re-tooling teachers during CURASSE roll out.
• Approve annual national programs, financial advances and accountabilities, budgets and work plans. Manage, review BVAs and be the lead on the mid-year government related review.
• Create and manage National reform budgets for implementation of government related activities
• Critically review NPM priorities to in areas for savings, reallocation according to priority, or emerging needs for investment.
• Submit timely and accurate accountabilities for all reform activities
• Ensure cost effectiveness during implementation of all activities as related to the reform process and other government related activities.
Policy Mapping – 20%
• Support the NPM – National Program Manager in branding, specifically on the activity of building brand loyalty among policy makers.
• Lead mapping exercise specific policy processes (such as TT – Teacher Training) with the NPM (National Program Manager), and share with broader advocacy team (DCD – Deputy Country Director & MD – Managing Director) to inform strategy.
• Lead quarterly strategy retreats with programs team, and present government policy work and priorities to ensure Innovations, Design & Training and National Programs are informed about the national dialogue.


Job Skills: Not Specified


  Job Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• Minimum of 3 years of professional experience in government advocacy and policy development.
• Project management is an added advantage.
• Professional experience in networking & partnership development with excellent strategic and management skills.
• Experience in multi – tasking in a fast – paced environment, set priorities, work independently as well as thrive in a team
Fits our Five Cultural Tenets (see What is Educate! About? Below); learn more by looking at
Educate!’s culture deck here
Terms
• Salary is commensurate with experience
• Medical Insurance provided
• Location is Kampala, Uganda.


Job Education Requirements: Not Specified


Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

 

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Intrigued? You can apply through visiting our website on www.experienceeducate.org/careers 
Deadline for submission of applications is
July, 29 2019


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Job Info
Job Category: Education/ Academic/ Teaching jobs in Uganda
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job:  29th July 2019
Duty Station: Uganda
Posted: 15-07-2019
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 15-07-2019
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 16-07-2065
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