Data Collection support and Coordination (40%)


Support the Senior Performance Metrics Coordinator in ensuring timely and high-quality reporting by Community Engagement Assistants (CEAs) and Trainers across each bootcamp cycle-including awareness reports, acquisition reports, attendance tracking, business milestones, and training quality assessments.
Support Senior Performance Metrics... coordinator on all M&E printing and procurement to ensure timely delivery and high quality of M&E materials
Support Senior Performance Metrics coordinator to conduct regular  training on M&E Tools and systems and ensure that M&E Tools and systems are  properly tested before we roll them out.
Coordinate with frontline teams to ensure timely completion of monitoring responsibilities, including proactive follow-up with staff and their supervisors when data is missing or submitted inaccurately.
Ensure production of timely and accurate Monitoring data through managing processes of data tracking and data cleaning
Support Senior Performance Metrics coordinator to ensure coordination between M&E,  Field OPs & Program Team for harmonized implementation of all field activities
Support on data collection for miscellaneous projects, both within and outside the M&E department, as needed.
Conduct M&E field visits to support frontline teams  and ensuring that they are using M&E tools effectively
Serve as a resource person for frontline teams on M&E


Performance Metrics System Maintenance (20%)


Support Senior Performance Metrics coordinator to maintain up-to-date monitoring tools, reflecting any changes to program design or KPIs.
Support the maintenance of Reporting System on SurveyCTO, Google forms, Textit, etc.
Ensure the youth database is up-to-date.


Data analysis and reporting (20%)


Apply performance metrics principles and best practices to prepare regular communications for frontline teams, including automated progress reports that track the completion of program activities.
Support Senior Performance Metrics coordinator to ensure accurate compilation and timely publication of M&E reports, including funnel level  Monitoring Report as well as the timely and accurate maintenance of the performance metrics Dashboards.
Support the Senior Performance Coordinator during data analysis and independently run some analysis and generate reports.


Performance metrics Data Quality Checks (20%)


Review data submitted through M&E reporting systems, identify and correct any data collection errors.
Support Senior Performance Metrics coordinator to ensure production of timely and accurate Monitoring data through conducting data quality checks
Collaborate with the Senior Performance Metrics Coordinator to compile data error rates by CEAs, FOAs, and Trainers, and provide timely, individualized feedback to support data quality improvement. 


Who You Are: 


You’re a data-driven problem solver with a passion for impact. With a degree in Social Sciences, Statistics, or a similar field, and 1–2 years hands-on experience.
You bring more than just skills—you bring purpose.
You’re fluent in tools like Google Forms, SurveyCTO, and Excel, and you’ve got the analytical chops to navigate SPSS, STATA, or R with confidence.
You are organized, detail-obsessed, a natural communicator and thrives in fast-paced environments where your insights drive real change.
Familiarity with youth livelihood programs or experience with Educate!’s Programs is an added advantage. more

What you will do:

You will ensure the efficient and compliant management of grant budgets, reporting, and data, supporting Educate!'s mission and maintaining strong funder relationships. You will focus on streamlining processes, ensuring accuracy, and providing data-driven insights.

Grant Budgets & Reporting:


Deliver High-Quality Reports: You will ensure Educate! delivers high-quality,... transparent, and on-time grant reports, keeping funders informed and aligned with our mission.
Streamline Reporting: You will streamline grant reporting systems and processes to improve efficiency.
Collaborate on Budget Accuracy: You will collaborate with teams across departments to ensure budgets are categorized and prepared accurately.
Review from a Funder's Perspective: You will review budgets and reports through a funder’s lens to meet criteria and communicate a compelling story.


Compliance:


Develop Compliance Systems: You will develop and maintain systems to track grant requirements, milestones, and compliance.
Finalize Grant Agreements: You will review and finalize grant agreements, ensuring commitments are feasible and clearly documented.
Align Teams on Requirements: You will align cross-departmental teams on grant requirements through regular communication and updates.


Grant Compliance Process Improvements:


Develop Centralized Tracking: You will develop centralized systems to track errors, streamline operations, and identify areas for improvement.
Create Management Tools: You will create tools to manage grant agreements and ensure data collection aligns with reporting needs.
Maintain Improvement Pipeline: You will maintain a pipeline of process improvements to enhance compliance systems.


Data:


Track Revenue and Identify Gaps: You will create reports to track revenue against goals and identify gaps or opportunities.
Improve CRM Functionality: You will improve Salesforce (CRM) functionality to automate processes, reminders, and data accuracy.
Craft Funder Responses: You will collaborate with teams to craft tailored responses to funder inquiries and showcase Educate!’s impact.


Who you are:

You’re a highly organized, data-driven, and proactive professional with a strong aptitude for managing complex projects and data. You thrive in dynamic environments, bringing an analytical mindset and a passion for streamlining processes and ensuring compliance. You are a self-starter who excels at prioritizing tasks and working independently, while also collaborating effectively across teams.

The ideal candidate has:


Exceptional organizational skills: You are comfortable managing complex projects with numerous moving parts.
Strong data skills: You possess advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills and a comfort with data analysis, capable of distilling complex information into clear, actionable insights.
A proactive and independent work ethic: You are a self-starter, able to prioritize, manage multiple assignments, and take initiative.
Experience in cross-functional collaboration: You have a proven track record of working with diverse teams to achieve goals on time.
CRM experience (preferred): Experience with Salesforce or a similar CRM, especially in building reports, processes, and automations, is a significant plus.
Strong communication skills: You can effectively communicate complex data and create easy-to-understand spreadsheets.
A Bachelor’s Degree: A Bachelor’s degree is preferred, but the specific field is not required.
Relevant work experience: 3-8 years of relevant work experience is preferred.
Ability to distill complex data into a compelling story: You can take data and make it easily understood.
A deep alignment with Educate!’s mission—while prior experience in education or youth development is not required, a background working with youth in the informal sector is a plus. more

Educate! is looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Finance Coordinator to join our growing team in Kenya. In this critical role, you will be at the core of our financial operations, ensuring seamless cash flow planning and efficient disbursement of funds across various payment platforms. You will also play a key role in managing relationships with stakeholders and ensuring compliance with tax... and statutory obligations.  

As we continue to expand our impact, your expertise will be essential in fostering collaboration between Finance and the rest of the organization. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, are passionate about financial management, and are eager to contribute to a mission-driven organization transforming education, we’d love to have you on board! 

Performance Objectives

Disbursements (50%)


Timely processing of all payments
Advising staff on proper procedures for the various types of payments
Liaising with banks, aggregators and digital payment platforms to ensure smooth payment processing
Liaising with procurement and product teams to ensure set payment days are adhered to
Following up with approvers and bank signatories
Filing and payment of taxes including withholding tax & NSSF 


 Budget Management and Controls (20%)


Involved in the preparation of periodic budgets and updates
Together with the Finance Manager, collaborate with budget managers by sharing budgets and providing support and clarity where needed.
Ensure budgets are entered into the accounting system.
Ensure Budget Versus Actual reports are prepared and have clear explanations at month-end.
Share monthly Budget Versus Actual reports with budget holders for ease of planning.
Share quarterly Budget Versus Actual reports with clear explanations
Monitor the budget memos and update the approved budgets and Quickbooks with the Budget Memos where needed


Cash Flow Planning & Forecasting (20%)


Sourcing and preparation of cash projections from all departments
Preparation of cash requests for the US office
Exchange rate negotiations with bank treasury teams


Trainings (10%)


Training staff on finance procedures and processes
Orientation of new staff
Do feedback sessions on finance for both field and office staff more

Data Modeling & Transformations: (50%)


Design and implement dbt models including base, intermediate, and mart layers
Create dimension tables following data warehousing principles
Implement business logic in transformations
Set up incremental processing for data models


Data Quality Framework: (30%)


Embed quality tests in dbt models (uniqueness, not-null, relationships)
Set... up data freshness checks
Create custom data quality tests for business rules
Monitor data quality metrics
Establish and maintain alerting systems for quality issues


Data Governance & Standards: (10%)


Develop and enforce naming conventions across databases and tools
Create field-level standards (date formats, currency handling, etc.)
Standardize calculations for key metrics
Build and maintain data dictionaries
Document business rules and assumptions


Process & Documentation: (10 %)


Create PR templates for model changes
Set up model documentation requirements
Build style guides for SQL/dbt development
Establish testing requirements for new models
Create technical documentation


Qualifications 

Required Skills:


Strong SQL expertise
Experience with dbt
Understanding of git management
Understanding of data modeling principles
Experience with data quality implementation
Strong documentation skills
Ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders more

Educate!, an award-winning non-profit social enterprise, is looking for self-driven, highly enterprising, and enthusiastic candidates to fill the Field Operations Assistant Positions(3) in Kamuli, Tororo and Iganga in Uganda. The successful candidates will join our high-performing Educate! Field Operations Team.

Use a mentor recruitment strategy to inform candidates for recruitment as per the... mentor role profile.
Source for motivated mentor candidates & hold interviews.
Timely Submission of mentor-required paperwork.
Keep CU to capacity including backup options at hand.
Manage mentor exit smoothly while observing mentor exit strategy as stipulated in the mentor and Youth leader handbook.
Keep the Mentor Recruitment Officer & Field Operation Coordinator team updated on community unit dynamics that best suit recruitment needs.
Ensure that mentors are introduced & taken through their work standards during the orientation.
Keep track of the mentor recruitment paperwork and upload it to Google Drive as guided by the management. more

Educate!, an award-winning non-profit social enterprise, is seeking a Finance Coordinator to work in our finance department in Uganda. You will be part of the finance team at Educate!. You will be responsible for cash flow planning to ensure sufficient funds in-country at all times. You will also be responsible for all disbursements on all the various payment platforms in use from time to time... managing relationships with key stakeholders. Finally, ensuring timely filing and payment of taxes and other statutory obligations as well as leading collaborative efforts between Finance and the rest of the organization.

Timely processing of all payments.
Advising staff on proper procedures for the various types of payments.
Liaising with banks, aggregators and digital payment platforms to ensure smooth payment processing.
Liaising with procurement and product teams to ensure set payment days are adhered to.
Following up with approvers and bank signatories. more

Educate!, an award winning non-profit social enterprise, is looking for a self-driven, highly enterprising, and enthusiastic candidate to fill the Program Quality Officer – Position (1) in Jinja District of Uganda. The successful candidate will join our high performing Field Operations Team.

Lead 1:1 meetings with Field operations assistants at least twice a month. Review work plans, set weekly... priorities & align Field operations assistants goals on a monthly basis.
Lead weekly regional meetings to address challenges and concerns of Field operations assistants & keep the Field operations assistants up to date with program changes.
Lead annual staff appraisals of Field operations assistants. Complete performance development process,participated in the PDP process and submitted to HR.
Coordinate and lead Field operations assistants capacity building programs on a monthly basis.
Act as Hiring Manager for all Field operations assistants recruitment needs: support Field operations assistants recruitment guide update and sit on interview panel as and when required.
Oversee Exp-program activities for the region by checking in with Field operations assistants on progress and ensuring that they have the capacity and tools necessary to carry out activities effectively. more

Educate!, an award-winning non-profit social enterprise, is seeking a Finance Officer to work in our finance department in Uganda. You will be part of the finance team at Educate!. You will be responsible for enforcing compliance to Educate! procedures, Posting transactions into the accounting software, Staff Imprest advances management as well as other financial administrative tasks.

Prepares... Journal Vouchers.
Enter all journal entries into the accounting software (currently Quick Books).
Reconcile ledger accounts.
Produce daily transaction posting reports. more

The right person for this role will:


Deep understanding of the informal economy of East Africa. Experience in education, youth empowerment, or skill-building sectors.
Dynamic, strategic thinker with a strong background in product development, particularly within the Out-of-School Youth (OOSY) sector.
 Passion for creating transformative experiences for youth, possess a blend of creative... and analytical thinking and demonstrate a commitment to continuous learning and improvement
Proven track record of strategic product development and scaling.
Excelled in dynamic environments, proven track record of running experimentation, and capable of adapting strategies to meet evolving market and user needs.
Ability to work collaboratively across diverse teams and adapt to changing priorities.
Strong stakeholder engagement and partnership development skills. 


Strategic Development & Visioning


Plan and oversee new site developments, ensuring they align with payer preferences and Educate!'s geographical expansion goals.
Maximize youth reach within 12-18 months of new site initiation, ensuring efficient operations and significant impact. 
Engage in decision-making about potential future expansions outside current operational markets, depending on product maturity.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and refine products that are 80% stable with the capacity for 20% customization based on specific payer requirements.
Position the OOSY solution line for potential 'big bet' deals, ensuring alignment with payer needs and specifications.
Drive the evolution of the OOSY products to increase income boost and operating efficiency. 
Collaborate with product development teams to adapt successful interventions from one context to another, maximizing the overall product benefit.
 Ensure that the product offerings, whether residential or non-residential boot camps, align with payer price sensitivities and strategic focuses.
Continually refine the OoSY strategy to achieve both reach and impact based on defined metrics, such as total youth impact and ROI in income generation.
Drive the ongoing development of a user-centric culture across the organization, supported by process frameworks and responsive youth service systems to embed best practice user-centric behaviors
As Educate! expands across countries, adapts the strategist’s responsibilities to manage increasing complexities. This could involve solely focusing on management tasks when overseeing products in four or more countries or specializing in specific features as products scale across countries. 


Product Leadership


Spearhead next product stage retreats, ensuring each impact unit has a strategist with a majority decision-making role.
Handle and oversee both investment memos process related to impact units and business cases tied to the global product. 
Collaborate closely with the ultimate product owner, ensuring they are active participants in product-related retreats.
Champion a culture of rigorous data decision-making, ensuring strategies are evidence-based and focused on end-users.
Manage and mentor the OOSY solution line team, fostering a culture of innovation and alignment with Educate!'s overarching goals.
Foster a culture of experimentation, encouraging the team to test new ideas, learn from outcomes, and iterate based on results.
Promote a feedback loop system, ensuring lessons from experiments are shared and integrated into subsequent strategies and operations.
Actively seek and create opportunities for pilots or smaller-scale tests that could provide insights for larger strategic decisions. 


Product Development


Set the product vision and strategy; own the product roadmap, ensuring prioritization of what matters most to achieve strategic goals and initiatives.
Plan, review, and prioritize medium- and long-term goals for serving the new youth segment.
Lead the product development process, collaborating closely with existing country leadership and implementation teams. Partner with the DPI to drive forward the product development strategy.
Set product discovery and continuous validation strategies in alignment with product strategy.
Lead the research and learning agenda for out-of-school youth products and coordinate the discovery process with the team. 
Oversee evaluations, ensuring the strategy adapts in response to product and impact data.
Ensure the integration of behavior change insights into the learning agenda, which then informs program model development and iterations.
Ensure the program's cost model aligns with the overall strategy and Educate!’s product investment framework.
Identify and propose systems or structures for experimentation to create efficient delivery mechanisms. 


Strategist and Impact Unit Collaboration


Lead and oversee impact units in designated geographies, ensuring the global product strategy aligns with each geography’s specific context.
Facilitate and manage all retreats for impact units as per the product stage.
Collaborate with executives to identify where Strategists might be needed across various products, and shift roles as necessary to meet evolving requirements.
Depending on complexity and scale, may lead up to two impact units.
Ensure the product’s alignment and coherence across all impact units, despite the geographically diverse contexts. 


Qualifications


Dynamic experience is highly preferred, with a demonstrated ability to operate well in complex and fast-changing environments.
The ideal candidate has worked in a very early-stage startup that was trying to achieve product-market fit or has led a new product or program within a larger organization.
Familiarity with the lean startup approach is strongly preferred. You need to be open for future expansion. 
Interested in leveraging private and public partnerships to create a cost-effective, high-impact product
Minimum eight years of work experience (more likely needed) 
Experience working with diverse stakeholders and managing many priorities
Passion for Educate!’s mission is a must, but past work in education or youth development is not required. We value diverse perspectives and encourage applications from people with a variety of backgrounds. Background working with youth in the informal sector would be an asset.
Fits our Five Cultural Tenets (see What is Educate! About? below); Learn more by looking at Educate!’s culture deck here more

The ideal candidate will support in moving forward new and existing relationships that will enable us to reach our goal of impacting millions of youth annually. They should be happy to contribute in a supportive capacity to the team and will have an interest in building diverse institutional knowledge across the organization through varied projects.
A successful candidate should be a reliable... self-starter with meticulous attention to detail and exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including some professional experience preparing content for internal and external audiences. However, the role is open to individuals with diverse experience and a variety of backgrounds.
The External Relations Senior Associate will work closely with Educate!'s philanthropy team, as well as program teams, to manage internal systems, develop high-quality content, and contribute to the ongoing management of stakeholder relationships. They will report to Educate!'s Head of External Relations, directly supporitng building and executing strategies that generate resources to support thethe organization's next phase of growth. Educate!'s work impacts youth across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda, and we are currently in an exciting period of growth. The right person for this role will enjoy interacting and collaborating with stakeholders in and outside the organization, managing complex projects, and thinking strategically and creatively within complex situations. You'll join a motivated, dynamic, and high-performing team committed to personal and professional development and impacting youth.


Performance Objectives

Develop and manage written materials to communicate Educate!'s strategy and impact externally with key stakeholders


Write, project manage, and support the development of grant reports and proposals, collaborating with in-country teams to gather information and ensure alignment with donor requirements.
Conduct field follow-ups and due diligence for donor requests, while researching new funding opportunities and managing prospective relationships.
Support the fundraising team in streamlining internal systems for grant reporting, compliance, and consistent messaging across Educate!'s teams.
Contribute to Educate!'s fundraising strategy at conferences through prospect research, event preparation, and relationship-building outreach.


Support Educate!'s fundraising strategy through revenue generation, effective stakeholder engagement and relationship management of partners


Build a deep understanding of Educate!'s sector and ecosystem, especially key players and stakeholders within the space.
Support in managing high priority funder relationships as "Relationship Driver or Co-pilot", a secondary point of contact for funders. This includes compiling frequent and strategic communications to partners, supporting leadership to prepare for meetings and speaking engagements, and ensuring prompt follow-up and project management of action items related to Educate!'s fundraising efforts.
Engage in lead generation and prospect research, including supporting Educate!'s engagement in regional and global conferences.
Continuously work to develop and build upon Educate!'s existing fundraising and relationship management systems, processes, and procedures to increase efficiency and move Educate! towards its revenue goals.
Identify new funding opportunities through calls for proposals and building a network of contacts at key funders.


Strategic projects and team support; being a versatile team player ready to support Educate!'s strategic projects and evolving needs, adapting to various roles as the organization grows. This role will step in flexibly to meet emerging priorities and provide support where needed, which would include:


Draft a wide variety of internal and external communications to support Educate!'s fundraising and communications efforts.
Conduct donor research and/or sector research to inform Educate!'s development strategy.
Support Educate!'s executive team's attendance at a variety of special events.
Troubleshoot and project manage tasks aimed at improving efficiency and coordination on Educate!'s wider External Relations Team, such as building or refining existing fundraising, communications, or compliance processes.
Build internal expertise on specific aspects of Educate!'s work.


Qualifications

This position is well-suited for those with 3-5 years of work experience. The ideal candidate is/has:


A self-starter, proactive and adaptable team player with strong project management, organization, and time-management skills.
Able to prioritize and handle multiple assignments and deadlines independently.
Strong EQ, interpersonal skills, and social judgment, enabling effective collaboration across teams, functions, and time zones.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience tailoring content for diverse internal and external stakeholders.
Trustworthy, reliable, and responsive to evolving priorities
Proven ability to navigate ambiguity and cultivate relationships across all levels, from junior employees to C-suite executives.
Exceptional attention to detail. more