We are looking for an entrepreneurial, committed and organised Enterprise Coordinator (Elmina) to introduce new potential supporters to our work through developing enterprise work at Elmina Spot & Training Centre. 

Role details 

Title: Enterprise Coordinator, Elmina

Location: Elmina

Reports to: CEO

Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience

Hours: Part-time (likely 16 hours/week, to meet organisational needs)

Applications close: Monday 12th August for a start date in September

About EduSpots

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

Since 2016, through collaborating with over 300 local volunteers, 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 Ghanaian-based team creates collaborative learning opportunities through three leadership programmes for volunteers: the Ignite, Catalyse and Inspire Mentoring Programmes. These enable the Catalysts to lead DigLit, EduSTEM, EduKidz and Ignite Equity clubs, alongside locally designed education projects, reaching over 10,000 students of all ages annually. Read our 2023 Impact Report here.

We are in an exciting period of our development, having more than doubled our income, programme breadth and reach in the last year. We have been recently selected for two accelerator programmes, who are supporting us as we consider the scaling potential of our model. 

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 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.

About this role

Further to creating a significant new library hub (‘Spot’) in Elmina, we are looking for an Enterprise Coordinator to lead a business development strategy to generate income through using the downstairs of Elmina Spot to generate income for EduSpots’ work through leveraging on opportunities relating to local tourism. This could include sales of items including our books, creating a visitors’ centre and EduSpots’ gallery, and other suggestions to be led by the Enterprise Coordinator.

The Coordinator will be confident and professional in asking for donations from tourists and stakeholders, directing them to our online giving platforms as necessary, and supporting our wider fundraising strategy, introducing new and diverse potential supporter groups to EduSpots’ work.

The Spot itself and its educational activities will be run by the local team and the Learning Centre Officer, following the community-led nature of EduSpots’ model, but we envisage that the Enterprise Coordinator will provide support and advice to the local team, building a strong relationship with them.

In this role we are looking for a self-starter with strong interpersonal skills and outstanding task management abilities. They will have a broad skill set across operations, sales, marketing, community engagement and business development. They will be based in Elmina and be able to engage with local businesses and individuals to generate income whilst furthering the key vision of EduSpots to create a world in which communities unite to create the futures they want to see.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Oversee visitors to the Elmina site, introducing them to EduSpots’ work and leading a talk of EduSpots’ history and work, and directing them towards online giving opportunities.

• Build strong relationships through the engagement of local businesses, tourist sites and hotels in the Elmina area and beyond in EduSpots work, developing streams of income through support from visitors.

• Lead the development and implementation of a promotional and marketing strategy for entrepreneurial activities in Elmina such as space hire, creation of an EduSpots visitor centre, sales of local craft & wider events strategy, working closely with the local team.

• Support with sales of EduSpots resources including books and educational kits.

• Supporting the community volunteer team and the Learning Centre Officer with their oversight of activities at the Spot, improving relations with local schools, businesses and wider stakeholders.

• Develop and implement a viable business plan for enterprises related to Elmina Enterprise Centre, working closely with the local community and our wider fundraising team in this process.

Personal Specification

 Knowledge & Experience

• At least 3 years’ experience of project or events management, or of enterprise development.

• Strong abilities across sales, marketing, communications and community engagement.

• Basic finance skills, including generation of business plans, basic accounting, and budgeting.

• Experience meaning social media platforms effectively.

• An ability to multitask and prioritize

• Strong IT knowledge and basic design skills, with a willingness and ability to learn

• Existing relationships with hotels and companies in Elmina would be an advantage.

Personal Qualities & Skills

• A genuine commitment to educational equity and community-driven change.

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with an ability to build strong working relationships with people from diverse backgrounds, with an openness to new ways of working.

• Strong operations skills, alongside excellent organisational and time management skills.

• Proactive and able to work to maintain a high standard of performance with minimum supervision in an impact-driven environment.

• A team player with a belief in the value of collaborative approaches to learning.

• A strong personal affinity with EduSpots’ mission, vision and values

Desirable

• Experience of working with an education NGO

• Experience of working in a multicultural team

• Volunteer experience and commitment.

• Bachelors’ degree

Please send a tailored covering letter and updated CV addressed to the CEO, Cat Davison at recruitment@eduspots.org by Monday 12th August with a hope to meet shortlisted candidates for a first-round interview shortly afterwards, with a planned start date in early September. For further information please see www.eduspots.org or contact us at recruitment@eduspots.org

For further information please see www.eduspots.org  or contact us at recruitment@eduspots.org. Also follow us on social media – @eduspots on Twitter and Facebook

This job description will be reviewed annually and may be subject to amendment or modification at any time in consultation with the post holder.  It is not a comprehensive statement of procedures and tasks but sets out the main expectations of the role.

EduSpots is committed to the safeguarding of children. Appointment will be subject to child protection screening appropriate to the post.