Communications Manager
Job Description
EduSpots is an innovative, dynamic, and locally driven UK and Ghanaianregistered charity which connects, trains, and equips voluntary community educators to create transformative literacy and STEM opportunities through education spaces named ‘Spots’, with a focus on female empowerment and environmental action. Together, we are creating a movement of community-based changemakers. Since 2016, through collaborating extensively with over 250 local volunteers, we have supported 50 communities in creating and running community-led and owned education spaces named ‘Spots’, with a strategy to support them in moving towards our ‘Dream Spot Model’. We are developing a model for a community-led education space with accompanying network engagement that could have applications across the world. Our 16-strong but entirely part-time and remote working Ghanaian team creates collaborative learning opportunities through our Ignite and Community Leadership in Development (CLEd) Programmes which include training to lead our EduLit, EduSTEM, EduKidz and Ignite Girls clubs, alongside locally designed education projects, reaching over 15,000 students of all ages annually. Read our 2022 Impact Report here (https://eduspots.org/read-eduspots-2022-impact-report/). We are in an exciting period of our development. We won the Tes International Award in 2018 and the Big Give Supporters’ Choice Award in 2022, and we were recently selected as a finalist for the Their World ScaleUp Innovation Prize. In 2021, our Founder was a Finalist in The Varkey Foundation’s $1 million Global Teacher Prize, supported by UNESCO, partly for her role in developing EduSpots.
Requirement(s)
Knowledge & Experience Minimum 5 years of progressive marketing and communication experience, ideally for an NGO or another organisation in development and social impact programming. Experience of developing and managing a brand, including effective messaging and consistent look, feel and tone. Extensive experience of managing social media and communication platforms and proficiency in digital communication, including digital marketing. Experience in working with others to build their capacity, confidence and skills to deliver effective communications. Experience in media relations, including building relationships and managing media inquiries. Experience of working across teams and with colleagues to coordinate communications activity and successfully improve the effectiveness of communications for different audiences. Experience working in the non-profit sector, ideally with an education or youth focus. Experience in managing a team effectively to drive high quality outcomes. Experience in leading fundraising campaigns would be a particular advantage. A deep understanding of the critical debates in international development and education would be an advantage, particularly in the field of community-led models of development. A degree in a relevant field to communications would be an advantage but is not a requirement for this role
