Who We Are!
🌍 Africa has the world’s youngest and fastest-growing population. By 2035, the continent is poised to contribute more people to the global workforce each year than the rest of the world combined. At Educate!, we're obsessed with impact. We leverage iterative learning to build highly scalable youth employment solutions aimed at unlocking the potential of the world’s youngest continent.
Educate! prepares youth in Africa to learn, earn, and thrive in today’s economy by:
- Introducing an employment-focused school subject into secondary and
- Delivering livelihood Boot Camps for out-of-school youth, with a focus on marginalized rural girls and young women.
So far, we’ve impacted over 250,000 youth across Uganda, Rwanda, and Kenya—and the largest youth employment and skills provider in East Africa. Our team of over 250 largely African staff and 300 volunteer mentors is passionate about creating meaningful change. Plus, 50% of our top 30 leaders have been with us for over five years! 🎉10+ alumni have started their organizations and 6 current or former team members were Acumen Fund East Africa fellows.
Global organizations like Imaginable Futures, Big Bang Philanthropy, #startsmall, Generation Unlimited, CIFF and Echidna Giving have backed us and support our mission! In 2022, we received a catalytic investment from philanthropist Mackenzie Scott to scale our systems change work.
Educate!'s long-term vision is to design solutions that measurably impact millions of youth across Africa each year. By 2025, we’re on track to quadruple our reach and impact 400,000 youth annually. Want to join us on this journey?
Position Overview
Educate!, a high-growth and award-winning non-profit social enterprise, is seeking a Human Resources / People Operations Manager based in Tanzania to support our newest country expansion and brand new team. This role will report to the Managing Director for Tanzania and collaborate closely with the Head of People Operations, members of the Tanzanian Leadership Team and People Team, as well as the Head of People Programs and Engagement to cultivate a highly engaged and culturally aligned operation in Tanzania.
This is an exciting and enriching opportunity for an experienced HRBP who easily adapts to changing environments, is a strong coach to guide leadership team members in addressing employee personnel challenges, can bring clarity and confidence to teams in moments of change, and enjoys working on a diverse portfolio of projects. Your expertise will be pivotal in propelling Educate!’s work as our team grows to meet our impact targets while maintaining our commitment to the growth and development of our team members as individuals.
Performance Objectives
Culture Building
- Devise a strategy for culture building that translates E!'s strong culture for the Tanzanian team, in partnership with Managing Director and People Programs & Engagement
- Build strong culture-building initiatives that prioritize the experience of field team members as well as in-office team members.
- Create a welcoming onboarding experience for new team members that introduces them to our amazing Educate! culture (we’re proud of it!) and ensures they feel a strong sense of belonging and can settle in well with their new team.
Systems Implementation
- Set up the Tanzania staff on our HRIS (we use BambooHR) and ensure employee data is accurate, well-maintained, and regularly up to date.
- Conduct regular employee data audits to ensure good data hygiene.
- Work collaboratively with the Head of People Operations to set up all employees on our culture, development, and engagement platform (we use Culture Amp).
- Work collaboratively with the Head of People Programs and Engagement and Head of People Operations to support the implementation of org-wide people development and performance initiatives in Tanzania.
- Set up the processes, aligned with Tanzanian regulations and employment laws to conduct probationary reviews and staff exit interviews.
Admin / Benefits & Compliance
- Execute and maintain employee contracts, including ensuring that contracts meet Tanzanian legal and regulatory standards.
- Collaborate with the Finance Manager to ensure employee information is accurate when issuing payroll.
- Ensure all Tanzanian employees are enrolled in worker's compensation and other legally required programs.
- Identify benefits providers such as medical care and ensure all staff can access benefits with their questions answered clearly and in a timely manner.
- Support the Admin Manager in securing employee information required to apply for work authorization for staff requiring it.
- Risk Management: conduct a thorough analysis of HR risks, identifying and mitigating potential issues promptly to safeguard organizational interests.
Field Team Recruitment
- Develop and implement a field team recruitment process, in partnership with the Managing Director and Director of Program Implementation.
- Construct and maintain a field team database as these roles are often filled on a short-term basis.
Qualifications
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a multicultural environment.
- 5 years experience working in an administrative function, with 3 of those being in an HR role.
- Extremely organized and able to thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment, juggling multiple competing priorities and responsibilities.
- Adaptive and able to quickly switch or entirely change activities to meet team needs
- Very high attention to detail.
- Exceptional judgment in maintaining confidentiality of employee and candidate information
- Ability to pick up new software and tools with ease.
- Must be curious and seek to learn and improve while also simultaneously proactive and solutions-oriented.
- Aligned with our Five Cultural Tenets (see What is Educate! About? below) and learn more by looking at Educate!’s culture deck here.
Location Details
What We Offer 💼
- A vibrant, mission-driven environment with a supportive and fun team.
- Flexibility— Hybrid work environment with at least 3 days in our awesome Nairobi office (If working from the Nairobi office)!
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Competitive salary based on experience.
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Healthcare coverage for you and your dependents, work laptop, Internet & call stipend
- Learning & growth opportunities
- This is a 2-year contract with a possibility of extension
Application Process: Rolling basis, interviews happening soon!
Our Culture & Tenets(Values) 🌱
At Educate!, we pride ourselves on living by the Tenets:
- We’re ambitious.
- We put Youth First
- We are Impact-Obsessed
- We Exceed Expectations
We’re ambitious, youth-first, and driven by impact. We always strive to exceed expectations, continuously learn, and push for innovation. We’re one team with many perspectives, and we welcome people from all backgrounds to join us.
We’re committed to ensuring all candidates are screened for child and youth safety. As part of the process, you’ll need to provide a Certificate of Good Conduct. Educate! reserves the right to withdraw employment offers if any risks to youth are identified.
