Educate Youth Leaders Jobs in Uganda
Educate Youth Leaders Jobs in Uganda
Position Overview We are looking for enthusiastic, self-driven, organised individuals with great interpersonal and communication skills to fill positions in the Programs Department.
The Youth Leader(s) respectively shall lead in monitoring & evaluation reporting and support, administrative support, mentor support as well as club advisory services for a team of vibrant youths who run the innovative Educate! Experience Program in the respective Districts These include; Kabarole, Kasese, Kyenjojo, Kamwenge, Bushenyi, Isingiro, Ibanda, Kole, Oyam, Pallisa, Soroti, Tororo, Mbale, and Kapchorwa.
You’ll join a motivated, passionate, overachieving team that is positioning Educate! to be the leader in skills-based secondary education in Africa and intensively impact one million youth each year by 2024.
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 175 secondary schools in Rwanda, 60 pilot schools in Kenya, and over 750 schools in Uganda reaching over 42,000 students intensively and 530,000 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! partnered with Uganda’s government to integrate curriculum and a student business club structure into Uganda's entrepreneurship course nationally, 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.
Performance Objectives Monitoring & Evaluation Support (30%): Receive list of Top Scholars for back home Project Interviews of the Mentor and arrange with Mentor date and time for Back home Project Interviews
During the Backhome Project Interview simultaneously enter responses in the Smartphone Monitoring Form “Backhome Project” and give data to the RO
Check the sms tracking sheet to ensure that the sms sent by the mentor have the right format and compare the sms report with the sms tracking sheet according to the M&E Data quality check procedure.
Attend mentor meetings, interschool skills retreat, association trainings plus meetings and record the attendance of the mentors, associates and scholars.
Enter the data in the smartphone monitoring form and hand the sheets to the RO.
Visit and collect all information for Educate! Club Survey
Enter the Educate! Club data in the Smartphone Monitoring Form “Educate! Club Information”
Conduct End of Course Survey with the Educate! Scholars
Conduct SSAT Survey with Educate! scholars
How will success look like in this function
Error rates below 5%
All event reporting done on time and accurately
All hard copy reporting tools submitted whenever required.
Data quality checks are carried out for all mentors each month.
All club surveys done each term
Club Advisory (30%):
Schedule with mentors club meetings and advise accordingly
Attend club meetings in touch with club leadership
Invite guest speakers who can benefit the clubs
Carry out club surveys and evaluations with Program Officer and co-mentor
Lead club discussions sessions in YBE meetings
Take note of red school clubs for immediate support in trainings, meetings and mentor coaching forums
Provide insights into club management to mentors, Program Officer and regional officer
Monitor club progress to hit termly milestones for all schools per term
Source for any resources necessary to make clubs successful
Promote a brand in visibility
of club activities in schools through Educate! Days
Ensure clubs operate with right standards as guided by the Educate! Club guide
Meet leadership monthly to understand, draw work plans and mentor them for better leadership.
Visit each club at least once a month, observing projects carried out and update administrators on club and program progress.
How will success look like in this function
All clubs in the CU visited monthly
Filled out Club visit form submitted to PO for each school monthly
Regularly provided feedback to mentors on club findings at YBE twice a month
Each CU club meets termly milestones
Participated in each CU club meeting at least once a month
Participated in evaluation of all CU clubs with PO and Co-mentor.
All School heads are updated on club activities regularly.
Administrative Support (20%):
Research local vendors according to the administration procedures.
Prepare venues and Officer with food vendors for all major events for community unit including Administrator Training, Experience-Week training, pre-term mentor training, Mentor induction, partner-trainings, and YBE graduation.
Be available to receive materials from the taxi/ bus park and take ownership by counting materials and distributing them.( Refer to the youth leader handbook for details)
Assist mentors with any materials and supplies they need to run the Educate! Experience program at schools. Coordinate with regional office to collect and distribute replacement materials and supplies when needed.
Assist mentors and officers with any logistical support they need to run EXP and YBE programs.
Assist mentors with organizing community Unit retreats during term 2 and competitions in term 4
How will success look like in this function
Adherence to procurement procedures during CU procurements.
Updated list of vendors maintained.
Mentors have all materials needed and any inadequacies are communicated within a weeks turnaround.
Conducive CU major event venues are secured ahead of each event.
Mentor Support (20%):
Create a monthly co-teaching schedule with mentors every first YBE meeting of the month
Co-teach with the mentors during the visits and before class starts, check scholar IDs to ensure only scholars attend the lesson
Visit clubs to give advice on projects and businesses.
Use the judging rubric to score clubs against each judging criteria during the community
Complete club visit report form for submission to Program officer immediately after visit.
Support mentors during mentoring week and complete Mentoring week visit form which should be submitted to PO
Youth Leaders should observe each Mentor three times in the term
Co-Pitch the Educate! Experience with the mentors to senior 5 students during assembly.
Interview students together with the mentor.
Support mentor during registration session with 40 selected scholars + give out IDs + invite scholars for first session
Fill in the selected 40 scholars in the Official Scholar Tracker and keep in Community Unit file during Mentor Meetings
Continuously update Official Scholar Tracker during mentor meetings based on dropped/active status
Assist with mentor-recruitment during Term 2 and Term 3 through calling graduates on recruitment short-list to inform them about the program, assisting with information sessions, communicating to candidates about process, and collecting parental release forms.
Assist with back-up mentor training in during pre-term 3 holiday by leading sessions and organizing logistics.
Visit Mentors at their schools to provide support and guidance at least once a term.
Call mentors bi-monthly to support their work in EXP and YBE programs.
Identify high-potential youth to participate in YBE program.
Select graduates to participate in the Short Course program
Organize and run annual 4-day short course training, including finding a venue, coordinating with food vendors, and leading training.
Follow-up monthly with Junior Mentors on short-course progress.
Conduct Short-Course monitoring survey at end of program
Disseminate graduate opportunities, helping with applications in link with graduate fellow.
Coordinate with partner schools every February to ensure that Educate! Graduate Registration Sheet is filled in as graduates pick exam results from schools.
Call all graduates on community unit list to verify and update graduate contacts .Submit updated contacts to Office regularly.
Conduct graduate survey as directed by the M&E department.
Support scholars to apply for US university opportunities.
Source for high-potential graduates to participate in YBE and other graduate programs
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Educate Youth Leaders Jobs in Uganda
