Educate! .Enterprise Fellow Jobs In Uganda

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You don’t
want to miss this one-time adventure: Educate! Seeking Enterprise Fellow for
2015, Kampala, Uganda

Educate! has a
unique opening in 2015 for a competitive short-term role offering hands-on
experience applying your analytical expertise to our industry-leading
operations. Educate! is a high-growth education organization operating across
Uganda. We took a big leap from 54 to over 200 schools and 20,000 students in
2014; we are working with 250 schools in 2015 and actively working towards
greater expansion.

Our leadership
team’s top priority in 2015 is building systems for scale as we target massive
expansion in the next few years. We need an excel wizard who is energized and
driven to solve problems creatively outside of a formalized structure to be a
key player in building those systems.

You will have the
opportunity to run with a range of projects, mainly focused on Educate!’s
expansion within Uganda to meet our goal of reaching 100,000 students per year
across 1,000 schools in Uganda by 2023. You will be part of the dynamic,
tightknit team making that growth happen – quickly and at high quality.

About
Educate!

  • Educate!
    is transforming education in Africa to teach youth how to solve poverty.
  • We
    provide a practical model of education, comprised of leadership and
    entrepreneurship training, mentorship, and experience starting a business
    for youth, with the goal of making this model part of the education
    system.
  • We have
    seen massive impact in our graduates: a 160% increase in average income
    and 64% increase in business creation. In 2012 our curriculum and student
    business club structure was incorporated into Uganda’s entrepreneurship
    course nationally, reaching over 25,000 students annually.
  • We have
    been backed by top funders such as Echoing Green, Ashoka, Barr, Segal,
    Vitol, Planet Wheeler, and Halloran Philanthropies, and featured at
    Clinton Global Initiative and in Forbes 30 under 30.
  • Educate!’s
    ten year vision is to reach one million students annually across 10
    countries in Africa.

But what is it
like to work for Educate!? We’ve tried to sum it up on page 3 under Who is
Educate!?

Goals

  • Give
    the Northern Expansion team the tools to expand smarter
    • Make a
      feasibility report based on density of schools and financial factors.
      Figure out how to do the mapping, go to ministry to get needed data, and
      turn that into a strategy for who on our team goes where to pitch our
      program.
    • Build
      new systems to meet reporting challenges.
    • Catch
      other projects as they come – read reports, build systems, do strategy
      work
    • Upgrade
      existing field cost model
      • Create
        a standardized Excel-based template to automate cost collection in the
        field.
      • Integrate
        scholar and graduate tracking systems
        • We
          have a breakdown in our tracking system as students move from scholars
          in our programs to graduates. We want you to identify and solve the
          problem.

Qualifications

  • Excellent
    Excel skills are a must.
  • Experience
    with finance also required – finance or consulting experience is ideal,
    although other types of experience will be considered.
  • Self-motivated
    and eager to run with opportunities
  • Great
    at analysis and applying it.
  • Creatively
    identifies and solves complex problems
  • Candidates
    with experience living in the developing world preferred

Details

  • Based
    in our office in Kampala, Uganda, where you will work alongside our 60
    member all-star programs team
  • Term is
    3-6 months, with possible extension for exceptional candidates
  • Stipend
    provided if you make a commitment to working longer than 3 months.
  • Benefits
    include flight to and from Uganda, housing in Kampala, transit subsidy,
    and international healthcare plan

Who is
Educate!? Five Things.

We Put Youth
First

The youth we serve come first. Always. In everything. That means we wake up
thinking of ways we can serve youth even better and get the highest impact out
of every dollar that we spend. It means we don’t own a single vehicle, because
we’d rather take the bus if it means one more student can participate. It means
we use our time and your time wisely and mindfully to get the most out of every
hour. It means making every decision like the future depends on it — because if
we get our way, it does!

We Are
Always Learning

– When you work at Educate!, educating yourself
is part of your job too. We encourage every employee to find the best book on
management; share the latest article on graphic design; bring in your favorite
college mentor; or meet the researcher pushing the edge of the field. We are
always thirsty for knowledge and love to share.

We Only
Solve a Problem Once

– We are allergic to band-aids so we love the person who brings the new system
to solve the problem for good, even problems we haven’t recognized yet.

We Are
Flexible

– We thrive on change — we’re driving it. We are growing every day, so we have
to adapt quickly to meet new challenges, and our team keeps up.

We Exceed
Expectations

– We assume we can achieve the impossible because we already have, year after
year. We want our staff to create your own challenges, ask the toughest
questions, and dream scary big!

Every person at
Educate! — from interns to the executive director — is evaluated by how they
live up to these five cultural tenets. They are at the core of how we achieve
our mission and why we work as well as we do.

At Educate!,
your work translates directly into better lives for youth in Uganda and beyond.

Why you’ll
brag about working at Educate!:

  • Educate
    is a well-oiled learning machine. We built our model by methodically
    testing hundreds of assumptions and we are constantly experimenting,
    evaluating, and improving.
  • We’ve
    got the impact
  • We
    quadrupled in 2014, going from 54 to more than 200 schools served. We
    carefully measure our outcomes, and — here’s the best part — we are
    maintaining quality at four times the size.
  • Our
    model has gone nationwide in Uganda — we worked hard to engage the
    government, and our efforts paid off! Educate!’s model is now incorporated
    into the national curriculum and exams, impacting many thousands more
    students than we can reach directly.
  • We’re
    honored that luminaries and leaders like Oliver Wonekha, the Ugandan
    Ambassador to the US, and Ann Veneman, a former Secretary of Agriculture
    and head of Unicef, believe in us enough to have joined our advisory
    board.
  • We
    believe in local leadership — 96% of our staff is Ugandan.

We’re
ambitious. Are you?

Educate! is growing fast, so new opportunities are opening up and expanding all
the time. We’re inspired by people with drive, and we love to help them reach
their full potential. We expect everyone at Educate! to contribute above and
beyond their job description, grow their skills, and advance their careers —
and we are committed to supporting our staff members on that journey.

How
to apply

Application
process

Intrigued? Please
send a resume and a cover letter telling us why you are the missing piece to
our team to jobs@experienceeducate.org. Please include “Enterprise
Fellow” and the name of anyone who referred you in the subject line.

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