Job offer: Early Years Coordinator

Company Profile

EduSpots is an innovative, dynamic, and locally driven UK and Ghanaian registered 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.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 Scale-Up 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.We are excited by our future. Do visit www.eduspots.org for further information.

Reporting to: Head of Programmes (Education & Research)

About this roleIn 2022, the idea for the EduKidz strand was birthed in response to a request by our Catalysts for a focus on early childhood education. 
 The EduKidz strand is one of our four educational programmes that serve as platforms for holistic development, fostering cognitive, social, emotional, physical, and language skills through a curriculum focused on play-based learning, outdoor exploration, arts and crafts, music and movement, storytelling, and other engaging activities. 
 The primary purpose of EduKidz is to equip Catalysts with the necessary training, resources, and support to establish and effectively run community-based or school-based EduKidz clubs in their respective localities, as well as supporting the Spots across the network in being child-friendly spaces.
 Target age group: Learners between the ages of 3 – 10 (Kindergarten to Primary 3)
Main Duties and Responsibilities

Overseeing the development of our overall strategy and curriculum for early years education, working closely with the Head of Programmes (Education and Research).

Create monthly challenges in early years education which exemplify our pedagogical methodology using play-based, practical, and learner-centred strategies. 

To provide outstanding feedback to Catalysts on their monthly challenges. 

Leading engagement on the EduKidz WhatsApp community, promoting collaboration between Catalysts. 

Creating all training content (online and in-person) relating to early childhood education.

To offer strong mentorship to Catalysts involved in leading the EduKidz strand at their Spots, tracking their engagement. 

The administrative oversight of all aspects of the EduKidz Programme. 

Effective management of the Peer Mentor (EduKidz) to support strong Catalyst mentoring. 

Working with partner schools and organizations to strengthen our impact on early years literacy. 

To work with regional coordinators and Catalysts to make our Spots friendly spaces for early years learners. 

To support Catalysts in the effective use of the EduSpots app in the area of EduKidz. 

To help develop a strong monitoring, evaluation and learning framework and support in data collection and reporting on early years literacy. 

To contribute to regular information and stories on the early years’ strand for our social media feeds, website and newsletters. 

To ensure that the child protection and safeguarding policies are followed at all times by all involved in the EduKidz programme.

To collaborate with our Catalysts in developing effective strategies for parental involvement in EduKidz activities & early childhood education

Other 

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, as well as other relevant policies and procedures.

Education Required: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree