We are looking for a dynamic and self-motivated Communications Intern to join our team over the next 6 months. This role is ideal for someone passionate about digital storytelling, content creation, and community-driven impact.

About this role

Location: Remote Working (Any Location) 

Reporting to: Communications & Digital Skills Manager

Mode: Voluntary

Hours of work: 8 hours/week, Flexible 

You will work closely with our Communications and Digital Skills Manager to support the creation and delivery of engaging digital content, helping to share the stories of our work and amplify the voices of our Catalysts, Learners and communities. You will have the opportunity to develop skills in content writing, social media engagement, and visual design, while contributing ideas to our communications strategy in a supportive and collaborative team environment.

About EduSpots

EduSpots is an innovative, dynamic, and community-oriented 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 recently been 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 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.

Role Overview

As Communications Intern, you will:

• Support content creation across our social media platforms. 
• Supporting with a ‘Communications Curriculum‘ shared through our Spot Lead WhatsApp Hub.
• Assist with storytelling through blogs and case studies.  
• Contribute to the design of visual assets using tools like Canva
• Support the Communications team in maintaining and enhancing EduSpots’ online presence
• Capture and share the voices of Catalysts, Learners, and communities across our network
• Proofreading documents and articles, and other tasks in support of the Communications and Digital Skills Manager. 

You’ll join a supportive, impact-driven team committed to educational transformation through grassroots leadership and collaboration.

Personal specification

• Strong communication skills – e.g. written and verbal in English
• Strong IT skills – e.g. ability to use Microsoft Office, Google Drive, social media, etc.
• An ability to work highly independently with minimal support, with the proactivity to reach out to team members when necessary
• A genuine interest in learning about education and international development, and communications.
• A team player, willing to listen to others and respond to feedback quickly.
• An ability to use Canva design software is desirable, or else a willingness to learn.
• A genuine passion for making a tangible impact on educational opportunity through this role.
• You will likely have a degree in an area relating to education and/or international development or communications.
• A desire to be part of a supportive and passionate education community, with a specific interest in community-led change.
• Be willing to communicate via WhatsApp and use Google Drive

Please send a cover letter and updated CV addressed to the CEO, Cat Davison, to recruitment@eduspots.org by Friday, 11th July, explaining your key areas of experience, interest and motivation for applying for the role. 

We would like the selected interns to start immediately and by the start of August. The internship is flexible in timings, but likely for 6 months with a 3-month review period.