Recruitment at Teach For All Teach For All is a global network of over 40 independent, locally led and governed partner organizations and a global organization that works to accelerate the progress of the network. Each network partner recruits and develops promising future leaders to teach in their nations’ under-resourced schools and communities and, with this foundation, to work with others, inside and outside of education, to ensure all children are able to fulfill their potential. Teach For All’s global organization works to increase the network’s impact by capturing and spreading learning, facilitating connections among partners, accessing global resources, and fostering the leadership development of partner staff, teachers, and alumni.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Senior Associate, Climate Education and Leadership
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Contract
Position Summary
- Teach For All seeks a Senior Associate, Climate Education and Leadership to work alongside the Global Head of Climate Education and Leadership to help grow our work in supporting network partners to deeply integrate climate education and in building a force of students, teachers, and alumni leaders who will foster climate mindedness, action, and resilience in rising generations.
- The Senior Associate will play a critical role in supporting all the activities under the Teach For All Climate Education and Leadership Initiative.
- Their main duties will range from developing content for and leading knowledge capture from learning calls, to co-leading climate education training offers, to co-designing and -facilitating events, to supporting external partnerships and initiatives (like the Teachers for the Planet program), to leading work on strengthening student leadership development for climate action, to liaising with colleagues from across the organization (both from regional teams and global teams) in order to strengthen joint work.
- A successful candidate will have a strong subject expertise and experience in climate education, recent school / classroom insights from leading climate education work with students, the ability to distill and organize large amounts of information, an outstanding written and verbal expression, the ability to produce high-quality work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven and dynamic environment, as well as a strong creativity, vision, and sense of possibility for growing the climate education work.
- In addition, candidates with previous exposure to and a strong understanding of Teach For All’s climate education work, lived experience of climate change impacts, as well as a proven understanding and interest in links between climate change and girls education are preferred.
- The Senior Associate will report directly to the Global Head of Climate Education and Leadership and be a part of the dynamic Teach For All Global Resources and Partnerships team.
Overview of Teach For All & the Global Initiatives and Partnerships team
- Teach For All is a growing global network of 62 independent, locally led organizations united by the purpose of developing collective leadership to ensure all children have the opportunity to fulfill their potential.
- Each network partner recruits and develops promising leaders to teach in their nations’ under-resourced schools and communities and, with this foundation, to work throughout their lives, from inside and outside of education, to ensure all children are able to fulfill their potential.
- Teach For All’s global organization works to increase the network’s impact by building awareness of the network’s approach, supporting the launch of new organizations, building the capacity of network partners by helping them learn from each other, maintaining network standards, and working collaboratively with the global education and development communities to catalyze progress towards ensuring all children fulfill their potential.
- The Global Resources and Partnerships Team supports the global network in achieving objectives that are rooted in Teach For All’s intended outcomes and the needs of network partners and that reflect the evolving needs of children and youth for thriving in the fast-changing world of the 21st century.
- As part of this work, global initiatives and partnerships are developed and cultivated based on needs across the network, in order to live into our core purpose, accelerate progress towards our vision, and positioning education as a lever for addressing global challenges (e.g., education in emergencies and the future of work).
- Within this structure, the Climate Education & Leadership Initiative aims to infuse climate education throughout the education system by building a force of students, teachers, and alumni leaders who will foster climate mindedness, action and resilience in rising generations.
Responsibilities
- The Senior Associate, Climate Education and Leadership, will play a critical role in supporting all the activities under the Teach For All Climate Education and Leadership Initiative.
Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:
Content Development and Knowledge Capture for Learning Calls:
- Coordinate the planning, design, and topic / speaker selection for monthly global Climate Education Community calls.
- Manage the planning and design of Climate Education and Leadership Fund learning calls.
- Lead the knowledge capture from learning calls and the development of Knowledge Insights documents for each learning call (incl., coordination with colleagues as needed).
- Engage on management and coaching of the global Climate Education Community, including providing inputs to the monthly community email and the WhatsApp group, as well as connecting climate education leaders to build their relations, learning, and impact.
Climate Education Training Offer:
- Coordinate the set-up, application process, and logistics of the Climate Education Champions learning series (6-month series held once a year; flier for the 2024 edition can be found here).
- Help plan, design, and facilitate the learning series sessions.
- Provide support and feedback to participants, including by email and call.
- Lead development of a Teach For All online module on climate education (basic level) as well as written case studies of climate education leaders for deeper learning. This includes management of external contractors for the training design, as needed.
Climate Education events:
- Help design and facilitate climate education events (co-)led by Teach For All, including both internal and external events as well as online and in-person events.
- Work with event speakers from across the global Teach For All network (staff, alumni, fellows) to coach and support them in content preparations as needed.
- Attend and speak in online and in-person events as relevant, including international travel.
External partnerships and initiatives:
- Support the initiation and management of external partnership (like the Teachers for the Planet program), including partnership events and coordination.
- Support network members in starting climate education aligned with the global Teach For All climate education work (like the recently launched Pan-African Climate Education Network).
- Research and recommend opportunities for partnerships with other organizations, as suitable and relevant.
Student leadership development:
- Together with the Global Head of Student Leadership and Voice, develop an approach for growing and infusing student stories and views in the climate education work.
- Support continued work by network members on building student leadership for climate action.
Initiative management and liaison with colleagues across the organization:
- Support and co-lead parts of the broader Climate Education and Leadership initiative management and liaise with colleagues towards supporting a number of larger processes, including:
- Administrative and financial processes, like donor reporting and fundraising.
- Ad-hoc and structured support to network partners as needed (including under CEL Fund).
- Evolving systems of evaluation and data collection around the climate education work.
- Outreach work to grow Teach For All’s voice and thought leadership in climate education.
- Maintenance and growth of existing and new platforms (like the Teach For All Climate Education Resource Hub) over time.
- Creating avenues for alumni to lead climate education work beyond the fellowship.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of professional experience preferred, including in teaching and with a focus on climate education.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Suite applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and Google Drive.
- English fluency required. Fluency in other regional languages is helpful, but not required.
- A strong proven commitment to advancing equitable climate education is preferred.
- Prior exposure to and a strong understanding of Teach For All’s climate education work preferred.
- Proven understanding and interest in links between climate change and girls education preferred.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Job Title: Senior Director, Development and Fundraising – Africa
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Contract
Position Summary
- Reporting to the Head of Region – Africa and working closely with Teach For All’s Global Development Team and CEO, the Senior Director will be instrumental in developing and executing the regional fundraising strategy.
- The role encompasses building and nurturing an engaged community of philanthropists, family foundations, and corporate donors who share our mission to address educational inequities globally.
- To excel in this position, the ideal candidate must possess extensive experience working across diverse national contexts within the region and be authorized to work in the region.
- This role involves close collaboration with network partners and prospective allies to secure resources and cultivate enduring relationships.
- We seek a candidate with a strong fundraising background and a deep commitment to educational equity
Requirements
- Minimum of 10 years or more of relevant professional experience with a proven track record of securing significant gifts and grants
- Demonstrated expertise in formulating and executing a strategic fundraising plan
- Results-driven, strategic thinker with the capacity to set and achieve ambitious fundraising goals
- Demonstrated ability to cultivate and maintain strong relationships with existing donors, ensuring ongoing engagement and stewardship.
- Proven ability to manage a diverse portfolio of donors effectively, from identification to stewardship
- Skill in developing and implementing effective donor recognition strategies.
- Proficiency in living and working across diverse national contexts within the region.
- Experience having managed a unit/team required
- Experience of coaching senior leaders.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Recruitment at Teach For All
Job Title: Global Lead – Data, Analysis and Planning
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Contract
Position Summary
- To help live into Teach For All’s purpose and advance progress towards our vision, we are seeking a Global Lead for the Data, Analysis & PlanningTeam.
- This is a new team that seeks to foster a thriving data and learning culture, and to evolve and manage the frameworks, systems, and rituals that enable strong collaboration and data-driven reflection, learning, and planning.
- The team partners closely with our global program teams, global external teams, and regional teams in Africa, Middle East North Africa, Asia Pacific , Europe and the Americas to support continuous learning, improvement, and collaboration.
- The Team Lead reports directly to Teach For All’s CEO & Co-founder.
Responsibilities
As the Global Lead for Data, Analysis and Planning, you will be responsible for setting the team’s vision and direction, building an inclusive, diverse, high-performing team, and working with team members and colleagues across the organization on the following and/or similar activities:
- Programmatic Planning: Evolve the programmatic planning process, fostering a culture of data-driven decision-making, reflection, and continuous learning with ease and agility
- Strategic Measurement: Developing and refining impact frameworks to ensure what we’re collecting enables us understand our progress and impact on a global scale
- Data Systems Enhancement: Strengthen our data collection and management platforms, systems and processes
- Data Utilization: Visualize and analyze data to promote data usage and support teams in identifying holistic data trends
- Learning and Insights: Support data reflection and insights generation to drive organizational and program planning, contribute to the design and execution of research/studies, and communicate impact
- Stakeholder Management and Collaboration: Partner with program teams to strengthen collaboration and streamline operations, including through fostering communication and coordination across program and regional teams, and maintaining a view of the overall program budget
As the ideal candidate, you will bring
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Recruitment at Teach For All
Job Title: Senior Associate, Corporate Partnerships
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Contract
Position Summary
- Teach For All seeks a Senior Associate, Corporate Partnerships Operations to work alongside the Global Head of Corporate Partnerships and the team to help attract, retain, and grow our group of corporate champions and supporters.
- The Senior Associate will play a critical role in supporting the actions, strategies and systems undergirding Teach For All’s cultivation of this deep and dynamic donor pipeline.
- His/her duties will range from being responsible for the day-to-day project management of current or future partnership or being responsible for the team’s data system and operations to research and meeting preparation, as well as managing up to the Global Head of Corporate Partnerships to execute expansive partnerships with donors and prospects.
- The Senior Associate will lead on designing and executing the actions, strategies and systems that will sustain Teach For All’s cultivation of this deep and dynamic donor pipeline.
- They will also develop and help execute a robust communications strategy for our corporate champions, as well as implement the systems needed to execute our cultivation calendar.
Responsibilities
- The Senior Associate, Corporate Partnerships, will play a key role in supporting the organization’s portfolio of corporate supporters. Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
Fundraising Responsibilities:
- Lead the research of potential leads for the portfolio and coordinate the back end of the fundraising pipeline, identifying alignment between our work and donor interests and recommending concrete next steps for the organization to take.
- Developing, preparing and managing partnership proposals and creating compelling PowerPoint presentations for funder meetings and touch points.
- Communicating with a diverse set of network partner staff to maximize existing partnerships and help secure new corporate partnerships.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of professional experience preferred, especially in non-profit fundraising or partnership management.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Suite applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and Google Drive
- English fluency required. Fluency in other regional languages is helpful, but not required.
- Prior experience with fundraising and/or business development preferred.
- Previous experience with Salesforce or other client relationship management system a plus.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: Career Education Project Manager
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Contract
Position Summary
- The Career Education Manager plays a pivotal role in driving the growth and progress of Teach For All’s Future of Work initiative.
- This position primarily focuses on operational and project management, involving close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
- The Career Education Project Manager will be part of the Global Partnerships and Resources Team and work along with the Global Head of the Future of Work and the Global Head of Corporate Partnerships.
- She/he will lead the execution of a significant multi-country career readiness education project that supports diverse organizations committed to preparing students for the world of work. involving close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
- This position is a two year fixed term contract that is contingent to donor funding.
Duties
As the Career Education Project Manager at Teach For All, you will engage in the following and/or similar activities:
Project Management:
- Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, timelines, and milestones, ensuring alignment with project objectives.
- Ensure that the design and implementation of all project activities, learning calls, workshops, and virtual and in-person events, ensure they run smoothly and meet the desired outcomes.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to facilitate timely delivery, high-quality document preparation, and efficient communication.
- Create and maintain project-related systems and documents, including project plans, progress reports, and resource materials, to support the execution of the project and facilitate understanding among team members and stakeholders.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to develop reports and resources to update stakeholders on project status, achievements, and challenges, and prepare detailed project reports to track progress and outcomes.
- Collaborate with the research specialists to facilitate the execution of the monitoring and evaluation of the project and impact assessment activities.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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