Job offer: Communications Manager

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: CEO

About this roleAs the reach and scope of our work continues to grow, we are recruiting a passionate, experienced and organised Ghana-based Communications Manager to lead communications across our dynamic network. We are looking for an exceptional individual with strong alignment with our philosophy of community-led education with an ability to capture the change being created across our network, and engage existing and new audiences in our work. The individual will hold the ability to work with both staff and our network of over 400 Catalysts to improve their communications skills, thus giving this role an exciting reach of impact.  The candidate would be hands-on, able to lead our social media channels directly and create content for our website and newsletter, working with grassroots changemakers in this process. At the same time, you will have a high level of strategic thinking, enabling us to build and strengthen the key relationships needed to amplify our impact.  The candidate will manage a small team comprising part-time peer mentors and interns, alongside managing our full-time Graphic Designer. 
Main Duties and ResponsibilitiesLine Manager: CEO 

Write, design, and manage the production of creative and compelling communication and marketing material –stories, photos, video, fact sheets, brochures, etc. – for various audiences. 

Developing and overseeing a content gathering plan. 

Directly managing our social media (across Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook and X), website, YouTube and newsletter. 

Building strategic media relationships in Ghana and beyond serving as the main contact person for media outlets, writing press releases. 

Leading on the training of all staff, peer mentors, interns and Catalysts on our communications and branding guidelines, advancing their skills in storytelling and content creation. 

Supporting (or leading) the development of the evolving communications and branding strategy. 

Supporting our book provision and elements of our resource procurement strategy, working with the literacy coordinators, local authors, and partners in this process.

Supporting the development of partnerships within the Ghanaian context and beyond.  

Developing a strategic and coherent plan for Ignite talks and Catalyse Workshops, building partnerships in the process, working closely with the Head of Programmes to identify key themes and speakers. 

Leading the development of a communications curriculum for Catalysts which is integrated within our leadership programmes. 

Working with the regional coordinators to ensure strong local Spot communications strategies are developed in line with our policies. 

Proactively engaging the network and staff in our social media and communications strategy. 

Overseeing our EduChamps network where we engage a wider group of interested stakeholders in our work, working with an intern to manage this WhatsApp feed. 

Supporting the design of all major organisational publications. 

Leading the communications for fundraising campaigns such as the Big Give campaign and 10th anniversary events. 

Supporting the management of organisational events in Ghana, leading communications at all in-person events, including photography, video and copywriting. 

Ensure compliance with donor-specific branding and marking requirements in all project communications.

Line managing the Graphic Designer, Communications Peer Mentor and the Communications Interns and holding Communications Team Meetings. 

Education Required: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree