Deputy Director, Participant Learning Experiences Job in Uganda Recruiting by TeachForAll Inc

Job Posting Date: February 21, 2024

Deputy Director, Participant Learning Experiences

The Academy @ Teach For All’s Global Institute for Transforming Education

Remote locations: Bangladesh, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Mauritius, Malawi, Nigeria, Philippines, Rwanda, South Africa, Thailand, Tunisia, Uganda, UAE, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Qatar, Jordan 

Position Summary 

In 2024, Teach For All will launch the Global Institute for Transforming Education. By enabling cross-border learning and sharing among education practitioners, we will catalyze a global shift toward teaching and learning that supports holistic student leadership development.

The Global Institute for Transforming Education will foster collective, cross-cultural learning about how to develop all students—in particular those in the most marginalized communities—as leaders of a more just, equitable, and sustainable future. We will connect, challenge, and inspire a diverse network of classroom, school, and system leaders around the world through its three complementary components: an Academy offering online courses and workshops, a Research Lab supporting practitioner research, and a Resource Hub that makes emerging insights and resources accessible to all.

To help advance and intended outcomes via this Global Institute, we are seeking a Deputy Director, Participant Learning Experiences within the Academy to work with a global team to offer a robust menu of courses and workshops that help practitioners across and beyond our network to grow students as leaders of a better future. The person in this role will report to the Academy Director with a focus on ensuring learners’ experiences in the Academy are welcoming, smooth and impactful, shaping the Academy’s course catalog via strong relationships with regional teams and heads of partner organizations, and overseeing internal and external resources and communications. The Deputy Director will foster a welcoming, supportive learning culture among the Academy’s diverse participants.

About the Team 

The person in this role will also collaborate with the leadership team of the Global Institute and colleagues in the Research Lab and Resource Hub.

The leadership team of the Global Institute and its Academy will be united by commitment to challenging and changing education to grow students as leaders of a more just, equitable and sustainable future. The team will include people from around the world.

As the Deputy Director, Participant Learning Experiences at Teach For All’s Global Institute for Transforming Education , you will engage in the following and/or similar activities: 

As the ideal candidate, you will bring: 

Additional desirable skills/experiences (not required):

What Teach For All Offers:

Application Instructions 

If this opportunity sounds like the next best step in your career, please submit your resume or curriculum vitae (CV) and a one-page letter of motivation (in English) directly online. Your letter should summarize motivations for your application and how your skills and experience align with the terms of this opportunity. We look forward to learning about you and your passion for ensuring educational opportunity for all! 

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Therefore, candidates are encouraged to apply at their earliest convenience.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: MARCH 21, 2024

Work authorization

Please note, this position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship. All candidates must possess permanent local work authorization/permit in order to be considered. 

Compensation

Salary for this position is competitive and dependent on country of hire and prior work experience and includes a comprehensive benefits package.

Travel and Hours

All work is delivered virtually. Travel is expected to comprise 10-20% of the work in this role . Given that we work across different time zones, some non-traditional hours for early or later calls are an expectation of this role.

About Teach For All

Teach For All supports and connects a global network of independent organizations working around the world to ensure that every child has access to an equitable and excellent education. Each organization in the network, conceived and launched by a local entrepreneur, enlists its nation’s most promising leaders to teach in high-need areas for two years, and, in the long-term, drive systemic changes from within and outside of the education sector. 

Teach For All is catalyzing an international movement to expand educational opportunity. At the center of this network, Teach For All plays a unique role: it helps local organizations overcome common challenges by providing direct support services and serving as a hub for the exchange of best practices. In addition to delivering support to local organizations, Teach For All maximizes local impact on educational need by directly connecting the teaching participants and alumni of its international network programs through conferences and online forums.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusiveness

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organization that inspires individuals of all backgrounds – across nationalities, races, ethnicity, religions, political views, economic backgrounds, sexual orientations, physical disabilities, languages, ages, genders and prior experiences – to bring their full selves to the work of ensuring educational opportunity for all.

In order to maximize our effectiveness in fulfilling Teach For All’s mission, we also feel it is important to focus on increasing representation and inclusiveness with respect to two dimensions in particular: we prioritize diversity of geography because this can help us quickly understand and connect with the diverse cultures and geographies of the world. We also prioritize increasing the representation and inclusiveness of team members who themselves have experienced the inequities we’re working to address by nature of sharing the background (e.g. economic, racial and ethnic, religious) of the most disadvantaged groups in their countries.