Summary
Date Posted: Sunday, March 09 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Duties and Responsibilities
• As a leader and specialist in instructional and digital technology, develop and facilitate professional learning for internal support staff, educators and alumni in curriculum, instruction and assessment strategies that promotes achievement for learners in the Asante Africa programs, both academic, life skills and livelihood skills.
• In close partnership with the Country Managers, providing direct input into long term technology and educational digital roadmap strategy ensure that solutions align with 5-year strategy and will have a significant impact for learners, staff, and organization.
• Constantly operate with a child and learner centric mindset and have ability to analyze most active learning engagement to improve learning experience and outcomes.
• Lead and guide East Africa digital transformational educational projects integrating context, learning levels.
• Support funding initiatives and program targets by collaborating with Fundraising and Strategic Partnerships team, and/or corporate partners’ communications teams to develop and deploy an effective communications strategy.
• Create plans for assigned projects including the educational development, maintenance, software upgrades, training and optimization of tools and learning approaches.
• Leverage industry and transformational subject matter expertise to design digital solutions that align with strategic objectives, support annual learning goals and delivery gains.
• Simplify and reimagine processes in order to create transformational experiences through digital assets.
• Implement plans personally while also acting as a champion of change leading organizations through digital oriented transformations.
• Independently conduct complex quantitative and qualitative analysis of both the external marketplace trends as well as existing internal processes to recommend and influence actional recommendations.
• Leveraging complex data models to tell a story, effectively present and influence senior leaders on innovative digital solution recommendations.
• Proactively identify learning opportunities to increase both technical and operational knowledge of the industry and company.
• Serve as a transformational leader by mentoring lower-level transformational specialists and at times directly managing a small team of professionals.
• Establishes strong, effective and collaborative partnerships with key education, government and business area leaders, project managers and subject matter experts to identify specific funding or mentoring opportunities.
• Maintain strong knowledge of emerging external trends in digital technology solutions.
• Thinks with the mind of the child learner at all times, ensuring solutions seek to improve their experience and improve learning capabilities.

Job Specifications
• Bachelor’s degree in instructional technology, education, social sciences, or related field required.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in planning, systems designing, building, evaluating, and delivering curriculum – including digital and instructor-led programs – as well as online tools.
• Extensive experience working with young people, especially from rural and indigenous communities.
• At least 1-2 years of previous experience within education programs actively working in rural communities in East Africa.
• Deep personal commitment to social and economic development that recognizes youth as critical actors and beneficiaries.
• Proven understanding of child’s learning journey and behaviors & expectations to invest in technology.
• Demonstrate proven experience in project delivery and risk management.
• Experience in developing partnerships and working with national and/or international youth-serving organizations.
• Strong communication skills in English and Swahili (both oral and written) are required.
• Proven leadership ability with ability to lead, coach and develop others.
• Strong skills in conducting and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data and turning the information into actionable recommendations.
• Proven results focusing on quality delivery and educational learning outcomes; holds self to high standards of delivery. Ability to work in an agile work setting, high performing teams, delivery in activities before deadline and constructive attitude.
• Collaborative team player; able to work effectively within a team and more broadly with people from a variety of backgrounds and areas across the organization.
• Available for domestic and international travel, as needed and when safe.

Mission Alignment & Culture Fit
• Passionate and committed to advancing opportunities for youth education and skill development.
• Have a sophisticated, nuanced understanding of international philanthropy and how to navigate the funding opportunities.
• Highly strategic, and comfortable with creating clarity from ambiguity.
• Have experiences bringing a racial justice and gender equity lens to work products and staff culture.
• Possess high EQ and hear what is said and unsaid.
• Build trust through relationships and personal stories.
• Not afraid to advocate for organizational culture and values.
• Set high expectations for yourself and those around you.
• Can celebrate the victories in the work, big and small, while continuing to work for the long-term vision.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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