Head of Programmes at EduSpots, Accra, Ghana

Main Duties and Responsibilities

To oversee four regional coordinators, ensuring that they offer outstanding support and mentorship to enable Spots to meet core requirements and deliverables, and progress towards our Dream Spot Model.
To manage our Programmes Manager to ensure the effective delivery of the Catalyse Leadership Programme, and Spot Lead strand.
To work with the Programmes Manager and regional coordinators to ensure the effective recruitment, induction and tracking of Catalysts at local and central levels.
To work alongside our Education & Research Manager, ensuring the effective delivery of the Ignite Programme.
To lead directly on the Peer Mentoring programme, recruiting, inducting, and training a team of 8 Peer Mentors into semi-staff part-time roles.
(Dependent on skill-set), Leading the monitoring, evaluation and learning across our programmes, leading on programme reporting, both internally and externally.
Oversight of all participant data effectively, working with the Education & Research Manager, Programmes Manager, strand and regional coordinators, and the Head of Operations.
Ensuring child protection and safeguarding, and wider risk management and promotion of positive well-being is at the heart of all our programme planning, potentially taking a leadership role in safeguarding, dependent on experience.

To support the creation of handbooks, resources & PowerPoints to meet organisational needs as requested, working with the Education & Research Manager.
Leading the professional development and appraisal of programme-focused staff team members, and contributing to the development of the wider team.
Work with the team to develop partnerships with NGOs, corporates, government departments, individuals and wider funders to enhance the delivery of programmes.
To play a key part of the leadership team, offering strategic insight to the development of the organisation, including joining scale-up strategic planning meetings.

To carry out all other duties as reasonably required under the job role, supporting the wider work of the organisation.
To act at all times in line with the expectations of staff as set out in the Staff & Volunteers Handbook, and other relevant policies and procedures.

Personal Specifications

Knowledge & Experience

Strong skills and experience in programme development and management with an ability to ensure a large team meet their task deadlines, and produce high quality outcomes.
An outstanding ability to independently create systems to improve quality of programme delivery and volunteer engagement at an organizational and local level.
Strong personnel management experience, including experience having difficult conversations and managing performance of diverse staff.
Knowledge of different monitoring, evaluation and learning approaches.
Experience in online working environments and home-based working.
Strong IT knowledge and skills with exceptional skills in data analysis.
Experience of working with volunteers to drive change.
Experience delivering programmes across various regions of Ghana, including rural and remote locations.
Experience preparing high quality reports on project targets and deliverables.

Personal Qualities & Skills

Excellent team management and leadership skills, with the ability to support and inspire staff to improve performance outcomes and hold staff firmly to account where needed, with limited intervention from the CEO.
A team player with a belief in the value of collaborative approaches to learning.
Self-motivated, proactive, and able to work to maintain a high standard of performance with minimum supervision.
Likely to be a strong facilitator, able to lead collaborative and inspiring training and professional development sessions for both staff and volunteers.
Exemplary written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work under pressure, prioritise and meet deadlines.
Ability to respond to feedback effectively, always looking for improvements in their work, and that of the organisation.
Flexible with the ability to react to change and be adaptable.
An ability to understand and meet agreed international standards of working and promote strong professional standards in their team.
A strong personal affinity with EduSpots’ mission, vision and values (community leadership, play, care, passion, teamwork and sustainable impact) with a genuine passion for educational equity and community-led development, with the ability to work collaboratively with grassroots volunteers who are the leaders of our network.

Desirable

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