Job Title: Youth Leader (VIP) Positions – Educate Uganda Jobs 2022
Organization: Educate
Duty Station: Uganda
Educate Profile
At Educate!, we are redefining the concept of post-primary education. Today, we operate in Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya designing and delivering solutions that equip young people with the skills to attain further education, overcome gender inequities, start businesses, get jobs, and drive development in their communities.
Job Summary
Educate!, an award-winning non-profit social enterprise is looking for self-driven, highly enterprising and enthusiastic candidates to fill the Youth Leader Positions (6) in Uganda. Successful candidates will join our high performing Virtual Innovation Programs (VIP) Team.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Performance Objectives
Mentor ‘Cheer’ Coaching – 35%
Goal: Mentor team is guided on process & procedures and highly motivated for the role. Mentors understand & use policies and are proactive in their roles.
- Walk mentors through contracts, policies, systems
- Follow-up on big group communications to understand issues or areas of confusion & act accordingly
- Encourage and coach mentors during or after observations in order to learn about the Learning & Development needs that we will address through refreshers and induction.
- Build training capacity of mentors through mock sessions and feedback for new and continuing mentors as needed. Use induction training report/rubric to know/identify mentors who need this support
- Lead team celebrations using existing forums like peer circles
- Direct mentors to right ecosystem component/forum to receive support than solve it all role
- Represent E! at functions as is assigned/delegated.
Mentor Recruitment
Goal: Community Unit (CU) mentor availability number needs are tracked, filled to capacity including backup list. Recruitment adheres to the recruitment guidelines while keeping timelines & documentation.
- Implement recruiting strategy to inform candidates for recruitment as per the mentor role profile.
- Source for motivated mentor candidates & hold interviews.
- Submit required paperwork
- Manage to recruited timelines
- Keep CU to capacity including backup options at hand
- Manage mentor exit smoothly using guided procedures as stipulated in the mentor and Youth leader handbook.
- Keep HR & program team updates with regional & CU dynamics that best suit recruitment needs.
School Relationship Support
Goal: Educate Partners are informed & understand current strategy and programming reports and needs. School feedback is tracked and documented well to inform future decision making. Mentors introduced to schools and communities.
- Make timely communications to school administration in a professional manner.
- Provide Headteacher communications feedback , documented and follow-up to ensure closing of the gaps.
- Provide updates to schools using different forums like WhatsApp, calls including reports & success stories.
- Introduce mentors to schools.
Monitoring, Evaluation & VIP Database Support
Goal: Mentors supported to understand & observe program reporting procedures with minimal errors. Each mentor observed at least once per boo camp. Student database is kept updated
VIP database
- Optimally collect updated student contacts from schools & submit them to the database system.
- Ensure that mentors have necessary information to update contacts/VIP database
- Support mentors’ in H2H Calls distribution & verification/signup of VIPs contacts and follow up.
- Use VIP tracker to support retention & drop management while reconciling with monitoring system . Use this information to inform coaching & support with procedures and strategies in the mentor handbook & peer circle guide including one on ones.
Implementation Monitoring Support
- Model & Maintain high data management integrity when handling data requests virtually especially. from virtual monitoring forms
- Collaborate with M*E during & after the bootcamp on any data collection efforts
- Monitor/ observe at least 4-6 mentors & forms submitted per YL in a week as applicable using bootcamp observation
- Review VIP tracker photo from each mentor once a week
- Help mentors navigate the policies and reporting procedures
Minimum Qualifications
- Diploma in Education or related course, with at least 1 year of teaching experience
- Basic computer literacy and experience: MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Email, google drive etc
- Engaging and interactive trainer with passion for coaching team members, with experience in training and capacity building.
- Fits our Five Cultural Tenets (see What is Educate! About? below); Learn more by looking at Educate!’s culture deck here
What skills/experience does this candidate absolutely must have (MUST HAVEs)?
- People Relations skills
- Attention to detail
- Personal organization and Coordination skills
- Good written & verbal communication skills
- Problem solving
- Ability to use the google drive (docs, sheets, slides and forms)
- High level of integrity
Terms
- Salary is commensurate with experience
- Attractive Benefits & Perks including Medical Insurance.
- Locations: Candidates should be residents of any of the following districts: Kampala, Wakiso, Tororo, Mbale, Mbabara, Nebbi, Kamuli, Iganga, Kitgum, Kole/Oyam and Arua.
How To Apply for Educate Uganda Jobs 2022
All interested and suitably qualified candidates can submit their applications through the link below.
Deadline: Open until filled
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