Company Profile

EduSpots is an innovative, dynamic, and community-orientated UK and Ghanaian registered charity which connects, trains, and equips grassroots voluntary educators (named ‘Catalysts’) to drive community-led change through education spaces named ‘Spots’. Our vision is of a world in which communities unite to create the futures they want to see, through education.

Since 2016, through collaborating with over 400 local voluntary community educators and actors – named ‘Catalysts’ – who take a central leadership role in the development of the network, we have supported 50 communities in creating and running community-led and owned education spaces named ‘Spots’’. Together, we are developing a model for a community-led education space with accompanying network engagement that could have global relevance. Read our model of change document here.

Our Ghana-based team creates collaborative learning opportunities through three leadership programmes for Catalysts which are increasingly facilitated by the EduSpots app: the Ignite, Catalyse and Inspire Mentoring Programmes. These enable the Catalysts to lead EduKidz (early years education), DigLit (digital literacy), EcoSTEM (STEM and environmental education) and Ignite Equity (gender equity) clubs for learners typically aged 3-16, alongside locally designed education projects, reaching over 10,000 learners of all ages annually. Read our 2023 Annual Report here and our recent independent evaluation here.

We are in an exciting period of our development, having more than doubled our income, programme breadth and reach in the two years, with a recent independent evaluation by Expectation State offering further evidence in support of our model’s outcomes. We have been recently selected for two accelerator programmes, who are supporting us as we consider the scaling potential of our model. In the period, we are aiming to double our network reach, bringing an additional 50 Spots into the network.

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 2023 Their World Scale-Up Innovation Prize. In 2021, our Founder was a Finalist in UNESCO-backed The Varkey Foundation’s $1 million Global Teacher Prize.

We are excited by our future. Do visit www.eduspots.org for further information.

Job Description

• Location: Remote working (home-based in Ghana, with some domestic travel)
• Reporting to: Head of Philanthropy

Purpose of Role
The Enterprise Manager is responsible for driving sustainable income growth for EduSpots in Ghana and internationally. This role combines strategic partnership-building with creative fundraising, delivering measurable results against annual targets. Working closely with the Head of Philanthropy, the Enterprise Manager will embed revenue generation across networks, corporates, communities and individuals, ensuring income streams support EduSpots’ long-term mission and impact.

Main Duties and Responsibilities
Fundraising & resource acquisition

• Work with the Head of Philanthropy to lead the development of a fundraising strategy within Ghana.
• Engage Ghanaian networks in EduSpots’ wider fundraising campaigns (e.g. The Big Give Campaign)
• Lead the development of a corporate strategy within Ghana, working closely with the Head of Philanthropy.
• Plan and host partnership events and meet-ups in Accra to introduce people to our work, feeding into our 100 Club.
• Support the leadership of online events designed to introduce new supporters to our work.
• Lead book, digital device and wider resource collections in Accra, developing relationships with NGOs, companies and individuals in Ghana and internationally.

Online course management

• Lead on the marketing, management and evaluation of EduSpots’online courses programme, working with schools, companies and individuals across the world.
• Monitor student participation and ensure certification in line with agreed guidelines.
• Support the development of wider educational partnerships for income generation.
• Organise fee-based education sessions involving members of the programmes team.
• Supporting community-led fundraising
• Deliver professional development sessions and fundraising training and support for community-based volunteer teams.
• Supporting the Head of Leadership Programmes with maintaining a local partnerships database for the Spots network.
• EduSpots Experience (Income & Engagement)
• Oversee delivery of the EduSpots Experience in Elmina, ensuring a strategic approach to income generation and relationship building.
• Run the EduSpots Experience social media feeds and wider communications positioning it as a flagship income-generating and engagement initiative..
• Facilitate and coordinate wider virtual tours and talks on EduSpots’ work as needed.

Wider responsibilities

• Contribute actively to the fundraising strategy as a key member of the fundraising team.
• Support donor visits and occasional Spot visits.
• Contribute to EduSpots’ professional development programme for staff.
• Proactivity input into EduSpots’ wider organisational strategy
• Support emerging organizational needs as required.

Required Skills or Experience

Skills, Experience and Attributes
Essential

• Proven track record of successful income generation from individuals or communities – ideally in a similar education / international development organisation
• Experience of developing and maintaining successful income generating relationships (e.g. with schools, corporates, individuals, communities)
• Experience of digital marketing to engage new charity supporters / donors (including using paid advertising and innovative engagement techniques)
• Experience of email marketing and donor conversion strategies
• Strong communication and marketing skills,
• Ability to work effectively in a remote based role with minimal day-to-day support
• Strong internal and external relationship management.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills, ability to work to tight deadlines.
• Strong IT skills – Google Suite, Microsoft Office, Zoom, Canva, social media.
• Alignment with EduSpots’ core values of care, passion, teamwork, sustainable impact, community leadership and play.

Desirable

• Experience of managing and reporting to funders
• Understanding of education and community-led models of development
• Basic design skills (Canva)