EduSpots Ghana – EcoSTEM Coordinator

Job Description

Location: Home-based, remote working, Ghana-based  

Reporting to: EcoSTEM Specialist 

Remuneration: Competitive 

Hours: 16 hours per week with hours split Monday – Friday 

About Us

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 a 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, EcoSTEM, 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 development, having more than doubled our income, programme breadth and reach in the last year. We have been recently selected for two accelerator programmes that 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 about our future. Do visit www.eduspots.org  for further information.

About this role

This role is key to the development and delivery of the EcoSTEM programme across our network.  You will work closely with the EcoSTEM specialist (part-time) to ensure the smooth delivery of the EcoSTEM clubs strand, inspiring the community-based Catalysts through mentorship to increase the quality and consistency of their engagement in EcoSTEM challenges and wider EcoSTEM activities in a group of 27 Spots, led by community-based volunteers. 

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• To support existing EcoSTEM clubs with resources and ideas to ensure they are providing a range of activities that engage young people and deliver the required impact in line with national curriculums.  
• To lead engagement on our EcoSTEM WhatsApp channel promoting STEM and sustainability education development, Catalyst collaboration and wider engagement in STEM. 
• To provide mentoring for our Monthly EcoSTEM Challenges that support the JHS curriculums and engage students in practical science and environmental sustainability relating to their local context. 
• To lead all administration and data and resource management relating to the EcoSTEM programme.
• To provide outstanding feedback to Catalysts on their monthly challenges. 
• To work with our international partner schools to enable students to contribute to EduSpots’ EcoSTEM work whilst learning about education and development in the Ghanaian context. 
• To create EcoSTEM resources that support learner development. 
• To co-lead the EcoSTEM online workshops each month, and wider in-person training, working with the EcoSTEM Specialist. 
• Effective management of the EcoSTEM Peer Mentor.
• To support Catalysts and the wider staff in monitoring, evaluation, and learning related to EcoSTEM. 
• To monitor, take up and develop strategies to increase Spot engagement in EcoSTEM activities. 
• To support Catalysts in using the EduSpots app in relation to the EcoSTEM strand. 

• To provide regular information and stories on the EcoSTEM programme, updating social media. 
• To take up any other responsibilities reasonably requested under the role of EcoSTEM coordinator. 

 

Personal qualities, skills & experience 

•     A genuine passion for the value of STEM & environmental sustainability or climate change education and an understanding of its contribution to educational equity and community-led development. 

• An ability to work with and inspire volunteers with differing levels of educational experience in promoting love for STEM and sustainability consciousness in their communities. 
•     Minimum of two years teaching experience in a related subject.
•       Strong technical understanding of STEM development, with experience in leading or developing STEM-related programmes. 
•     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. 

Please send a tailored cover letter and updated CV addressed to the CEO, Miss Cat Davison, at info@eduspots.org by the 4th November, with an aim to meet shortlisted candidates immediately, for an immediate start date where possible. 

For further information, please see www.eduspots.org  or contact us at info@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 safeguarding children. Appointment will be subject to child protection screening appropriate to the post.