Gender Equity and Child Rights Education Manager 

Location:                     Remote working, home-based, Ghana-based with occasional travel

Reporting to:              Head of Education

Hours:                         Full-time

Salary:                         5500-7500 Cedis/month gross

About Us

EduSpots was created to show that communities themselves can design, lead and sustain transformative learning. By unlocking the knowledge and creativity already present in communities, the model turns education into a shared civic responsibility rooted in local ownership and collective action.

In 2015, the first Spot was created by the Addae family in Abofour, Ashanti Region of Ghana, in response to a locked privately owned library in a neighbouring community, built on principles of community ownership, local leadership and purposeful collaboration.

Since that point, over 700 local leaders named Catalysts, including students, teachers and community members, have come together to create 50 community-owned learning hubs known as ‘Spots’ – a concept drawn from the Ghanaian idea of a drinking space. Each Spot is unique, shaped by the identity and aspirations of its community, but all are part of a connected online network advancing inclusive, future-ready education through WhatsApp for Learning and the EduSpots App.

Through the Spots, thousands of learners, or Sparks, take part in playful, community-rooted clubs ’ –across early years education, digital skills, STEM, climate action and gender equity themes ’ – that spark curiosity, collaboration and civic action. Many Sparks grow into Catalysts themselves, with one in four new Spots now founded by those who first joined as Catalysts.  From this cycle of change, a movement is emerging across rural Ghana and beyond.

EduSpots has grown through a participatory model in which every Catalyst has a voice in shaping the network’s future. Their ideas and experiences feed into programme design and wider decision-making, with over half of our staff team drawn directly from Catalyst pathways.

As one Catalyst commented in the 2025 independent evaluation: “We’re not just implementing a pre-set model. Our ideas and experiences are actively shaping how EduSpots evolves. It’s truly a collaborative effort.” Find our latest guide book here.

In 2026, the EduSpots team is looking to double its impact by moving from 50 to 100 Spots, reaching an additional 10,000 learners, also widening our reach through its EdTech Innovations as part of the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship, and the launch EduSpots Unlocked to share aspects of our approach with the wider NGO community.

We are excited by our future. Do visit www.eduspots.org for further information.

About this role

Gender equity, child rights and inclusion have always been at the heart of EduSpots’ approach.

This is a new role being introduced to lead the development of a new Keeping Spots Safe education badge, building on the network’s work in this area across the past 10 years. The role holder will need to be passionate about child rights education, with the creativity and commitment to make an impact through resource design, programme development and Catalyst engagement.

This role will also offer additional support to our popular Ignite Equity strand for JHS 2 Learners, which involves weekly club meetings and learner engagement in monthly challenges that stretch across themes such as careers, drug abuse, sexual harassment, period poverty, entrepreneurship, and gender stereotypes, developed in response to what matters locally. We also aim to strengthen the support offered to female leadership across the network, with this role offering the leadership and problem-solving needed to make a tangible change through a community-led model.

This role will require genuine interest, sustained passion and creativity, alongside the ability to work closely alongside rural change makers, most of whom are teachers, to develop EduSpots’ work further. As a leadership role, this will also involve an ability to input into the strategic direction of the organisation and offer support to staff across the team, acting as a role model for all our professional expectations.

We are looking for someone who is creative, collaborative and genuinely enjoys co-creating ideas to promote gender equity and inclusion, drawing from local knowledge, ideas and aspirations in the process.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Directly lead the development of a new Keeping Spots Safe education badge, working closely with the Digital Skills and Innovation Manager and the Global Head of Operations.
• Co-create wider strategies to ensure that every learner’s rights are protected, with strong passing it on processes in place, and learners’ voices not just heard, but their opinions and ideas integrated.
• Line manage the Gender Equity and Inclusion Coordinator, who in turn facilitates the Ignite Equity clubs programme, working with 25 communities in the process.
• Lead the development of a new female leadership support strategy, across the network.
• Review monthly challenges in gender equity and beyond which exemplify our pedagogical methodology using play-based, practical, and learner-centred strategies.
• Provide outstanding feedback to Catalysts on their monthly challenges, where needed.
• Work with the team to create resources and lead effective online and in-person engagement across gender equity, inclusion, safeguarding, citizenship education and wider leadership themes.
• Support Catalysts in the effective use of the EduSpots App in the area of gender equity, inclusion and Keeping Spots Safe, supporting App development.
• Support a strong monitoring, evaluation and learning framework and support in data collection and reporting on gender equity.
• Support the EduCitizens community, facilitated by EduSpots, of citizenship educators from across 14 countries.
• Support fundraising and partnerships development in the area of gender equity, child rights and inclusion.
• Contribute to regular information and stories on the gender equity, inclusion and child rights education.
• Ensure that the child protection and safeguarding policies are followed at all times by all involved in activities.

Other

• To contribute to the leadership of the organisation, through working collaboratively within a management team in the interests of the organisation’s broader mission.
• 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.

Personal qualities, skills & experience 

• A genuine passion for child rights education, gender equity, inclusion and wider citizenship education themes.
• Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in education, development, psychology, gender studies, politics or any area that relates to this theme.
• An ability to work with and inspire volunteers with differing levels of educational experience in promoting early years literacy development in their communities. A minimum of two years teaching experience in a related subject.
• Strong technical understanding of both gender equity and child rights education, with experience in leading or developing programmes in one or both areas.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and able to work to maintain a high standard of performance with minimum supervision.
• Experience working with volunteers and/or in rural Ghanaian communities in an education context.
• Strong IT skills and confidence in using social media channels and an ability to use simple design software such as Canva.
• Highly creative, with an ability to drive through improvements
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• A high level of attention to detail.
• Ability to respond to feedback effectively and be a team player.
• Flexible with the ability to react to change and be adaptable
• Ability to create and foster a culture of respect, honesty and commitment to our values and organisational aims.
• A strong personal affinity with EduSpots’ mission, vision and values- which are care, play, daring, community leadership, teamwork, sustainable impact and passion.

How to apply:

Please send a tailored cover letter and updated CV to recruitment@eduspots.org by Monday 20th July 2026. We hope that selected candidates will join a staff residential Academy in mid August, for a start in September latest.

For further information, please see www.eduspots.org.

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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 safeguarding children and equitable recruitment processes. Appointment will be subject to child protection screening appropriate to the post.