Set-up Manager - Lively Minds

We are looking for an experienced manager, with experience in managing complex projects and leading large teams. You will work closely with the Ghana management team to contribute to our exciting scale up plans.  

 

About us

Lively Minds is an award-winning NGO working to get pre-schoolers in rural Ghana & Uganda school-ready. Over 250 million children under 5 years globally do not get the early childhood care and education (“ECCE”) they need, leading to poor health, poor education, lost life opportunities and poverty. 

We believe that one of the main barriers to ECCE is that parents in remote resource-poor villages lack the information, education and aspiration to provide basic and affordable opportunities for their children. We have developed an innovative behaviour-change programme that empowers marginalized, poorly educated mothers to run educational Play Schemes for pre-schoolers and to provide better home-based care, using cheap local resources. 

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These are exciting times for Lively Minds. In Ghana, we are finalising a partnership agreement with Ministry of Education and Ghana Education Service (“GES”) to integrate the programme in to the national kindergarten system and to support them to scale it in Northern Ghana reaching approximately 4000 kindergartens and 1.1 million children. In Uganda we are in 3-year period to test and position our programme for scale. Over this period, we will support district and sub-county officials in Mayuge District to deliver the programme across all eligible communities in the District (approximately 420 communities).  

 

About the role 

The Set-up Manager is accountable for the achievement of the agreed organisational goals by ensuring the Set-up team is delivering high quality work in line with agreed policies and workplans and liaising with Regional Managers/the On-going Team in ensuring all Set-up activities are on track, there is a smooth transition into on-going activities and on-going activities are well-supported.

The Set-up Manager is also expected to work as part of the Ghana senior management team.  

 

About you 

You will have demonstrated experience of managing complex projects and coordinating larger team and in remote locations.  With at least 3 years’ experience in a managerial role and experience in developing and delivering training. You will have experience managing finances/budgets (high financial accountability). You will be a strong communicator.  

Experience working in rural communities, working in primary schools and with GES and of reporting to international donors are all desirable.  

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Based: Tamale, Ghana, with frequent travel

Hours: Full time  

Compensation: Starting salary of 108, 202 GHS per annum, medical insurance for employee only

Contract status: Fixed term contract for two years