JOB DETAILS:
Our client is an indigenous nonprofit organization that nurtures leaders who are committed to advancing equitable access to quality education for children in low-income communities in Uganda through a two-year teaching fellowship. We recruit, train and place graduates from varied academic backgrounds to serve as full-time teachers (fellows) in underserved primary schools to improve foundational literacy and numeracy skills for children while developing their leadership skills. Post fellowship, our alumni become lifelong advocates of quality education as community leaders, social entrepreneurs, and policy influencers collectively addressing the systemic challenges that hinder children from fulfilling their potential. We currently operate in 10 districts i.e., Mukono, Bugiri, Namayingo, Buikwe, Mayuge, Namutumba, Kayunga, Hoima, Kikuube and Kagadi; impacting over 100,000 children in 182 schools.

Job Overview.
The Alumni Coordinator is responsible for cultivating a movement of the company Alumni (former teaching Fellows) who are dedicated to advancing the cause of educational equity in the long run. Alumni Coordinator will be responsible for the delivery of actions outlined in the Alumni Strategy 2022-2026. The Alumni Coordinator will support the current 89 Alumni and additional graduating Cohort 5 to catalyze their leadership and long-term impact. H/She will focus on leadership and professional development, facilitating Fellows and Alumni to embark on high impact path ways and empowering their continuous endeavors towards expanding educational opportunities for all children in Uganda.
Our client seeks a visionary and highly strategic individual for this position. The Alumni Coordinator will be responsible for implementing the Alumni Strategy that maximizes alumni impact, and build a community of alumni leaders across diverse sectors. H/she will also ensure that alumni remain connected to Company’s mission and access high impact opportunities that maximize their potential as Education Leaders, Social Entrepreneurs and Policy influencers.

Performance Objectives
Set alumni vision, goals and strategy (15%)
• Review vision, goals and long-term strategy for alumni impact at school, district and system levels for Alumni engagement with the company.
• Implement strategies to encourage and engage alumni to support the company’s external communication, advocacy, fundraising, training and leadership activities and recruitment strategies.

• Implement systems to measure alumni impact and use the data and analysis to provide feedback on the design of the Leadership Development Program so that its objectives and outcomes are closely aligned with the vision for alumni impact.

• Co-develop and implement evaluation tools with the MEAL team to measure the success of the alumni communication and engagement strategy.
Implement and deliver actions in the Alumni stratey (30%)

• Provide moral and ethical leadership competencies to Alumni.
• Provide pathway based career growth and development for the Alumni.
• Secure networking opportunities through benchmarking, engagement with government and private sector entities, organizing meet and greet events with potential employers.

• Secure MoUs with government agencies and partners implementing interventions linked to the 3 pathways of education leadership, social entrepreneurship and policy influencing.
• Source for internship and industrial training opportunities within the Ministry of Education and Sports as well as other organizations that provide such opportunities.

• Pilot social enterprenuership innovations hub for the company that will ensure that Alumni in this pathway implement and scale school-community transformative solutions.
Provide Fellow and Alumni leadership and professional development (15%)
• Develop strategy and plan for career and professional development for fellows and alumni that accelerate their leadership and deepen their understanding of educational inequity and long-term solutions.

• Plan and execute second-year fellow retention plan, including meeting with all second-year fellows to determine their aspirations, matching them with opportunities, and creating innovative ways to provide development through their career search process.
• Identify post fellowship career options and connect alumni to strategic opportunities that enable their long-term impact, including cultivating alumni for full-time staff positions at the company.

• Plan and deliver various workshops, trainings and events, including networking opportunities with external partners, alumni induction ceremony fellow and alumni events, alumni annual conference etc.
Build a strong Alumni community in Uganda (15%)
• Liaise with Alumni Association to increase on annual member subscription and participation in the Alumni events.
• Create and sustain an alumni culture that inspires alumni to mobilize around issues of justice and equity and develop annual and quarterly plans for alumni involvement
• Lead communication and outreach to alumni through social media, email, digital platforms, events and networking opportunities.
• Design physical and virtual spaces to allow for collaboration and community building between alumni in classrooms and those working in other sectors
• Create opportunities for alumni to support organization and mission
Fundraising for Alumni activities (10%)
• Profile and engage potential funders for Alumni activities across the 3 different pathways
• Secure funding and strategic MoUs with Teach For All and other organisations that have interest in Alumni activities Liaise with Alumni Association to ensure membership and subscription to raise resources for the Association activities.
• Generate funding concepts and proposals for Alumni projects in any of the 3 pathways.
• Participate in program meetings with existing and potential funders to share insights on Alumni funding gaps.
Cross team collaboration and stakeholder management (15%)
• Identify, develop and manage relationships with external partners that benefit alumni career and professional development and further their commitment to the mission, including graduate schools, school districts, governments, businesses, non-profit organizations, etc.
• Collaborate with other functional teams to ensure aligned approach to fellow and alumni development and engagement prior to, during and beyond their fellowship.
• Support the training & support team to recruit and build partnerships with placement schools.

Minimum Requirements
• Excellent vision and strategic thinking and planning ability.
• Exceptional communication skills and ability to inspire and galvanize others to take action towards ambitious goals.
• Exceptional interpersonal and relationship building skills.
• Proven ability to develop and leverage relationships and partnerships to achieve concrete goals.

Preferred Qualification
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field required.
• Postgraduate degree in project management is required.
• Minimum 3 years of professional experience and management
• Experience in leadership/professional development
• Record of success in cultivating and building partnerships in Uganda
• Strong understanding of and passion for the organization’s vision/mission
• Extensive knowledge of the educational landscape in Uganda
• Outstanding track record of achievements and ability to operate with urgency and sense of possibility in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to lead a team to execute on a multi-year vision; as the organization scales
• Ability to collect, analyze and use data to define opportunities and challenges and draw conclusions

Company Competencies; We want you to apply if you:
• Put Children First at the center of everything you do.
• Possess a Sense of Possibility and invest above and beyond what’s expected of you
• Have the quest to Continuously Learn
• Exercise Humility and Respect for all
• Are able to exercise Teamwork