Volunteer Teacher (VT) Program Manager, Tanzania
Who We Are!
🌍 Africa has the world’s youngest and fastest-growing population. By 2035, the continent is poised to contribute more young 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.
To date, more than 500,000 youth have been meaningfully impacted across Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, and Tanzania, and along the way, Educate! has become the largest youth employment and skills provider in East Africa.
Educate! is a team of over 300 largely African staff and 300 volunteer youth mentors. We prioritize building an engaging, fulfilling and growth oriented work environment. 50% of our top 30 leaders have been with us for over 5 years, 10+ alumni have started their own organizations, and 6 current or former team members were Acumen Fund East Africa fellows.
We have been backed by top foundations such as Imaginable Futures, Livelihood Impact Fund, Jack Dorsey’s #startsmall, CIFF and Echidna Giving. Educate! won a 2018 Klaus J. Jacobs Prize and a 2015 WISE Award, and has been highlighted by the World Bank’s S4YE's Impact Portfolio, an Al Jazeera documentary, BBC, The Brookings Institution as one of 14 case studies on scaling education, and the Gates Foundation as a Goalkeepers Accelerator. 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.
Good to note: To Our Awesome Applicants! 🚀💫
We know that incredible candidates sometimes hesitate to apply if they don’t meet every requirement. If this role excites you, we encourage you to apply!
We’re looking for passionate individuals who believe in our mission and can bring unique perspectives to our team—not just those who check every box. We value diversity and strongly encourage women and individuals from all backgrounds to apply.
Position Overview
Educate!, the largest youth skills service provider in East Africa is seeking a highly strategic, organized, and execution-focused Volunteer Teacher (VT) Program Manager in Tanzania, to lead the implementation of the VT program at a national scale. This role is responsible for managing the full lifecycle of Volunteer Teachers from recruitment, induction, to deployment and long-term management, ensuring high-quality delivery aligned with government priorities and Educate!’s learning goals.
The VT Program Manager will work closely with TAMISEMI, Local Government Authorities (LGAs), schools, and internal teams to ensure the VT program operates smoothly and efficiently, in full compliance with partners and government requirements. This role blends strategy, operations, people leadership, budget management, and stakeholder engagement.
This position requires someone who can navigate government systems, manage cross-functional processes, drive results with discipline, and lead high-performing teams in a fast-paced environment.
What You Will Do:
Finance and Budget Management
- Lead budgeting for the VT program, including induction, deployment, stipends, training, and support activities.
- Ensure efficient use of resources and compliance with donor and government requirements.
- Oversee stipend payment workflows, ensuring accurate attendance verification, proper documentation, and timely disbursement.
- Conduct a detailed Budget Variance Analysis and use insights to optimize spending and inform strategy.
- Ensure all processes are audit-ready, transparent, and compliant with funder requirements and internal controls.
Program Strategic Implementation
- Own the full strategic implementation of the VT program, from recruitment through long-term deployment, aligned with the VT product strategy.
- Design and oversee recruitment processes co-created with TAMISEMI and LGAs and aligned to national teacher staffing needs.
- Coordinate the multi-phase induction program, ensuring content is continuously improved based on learning and feedback.
- Manage deployment planning and ensure VTs are placed in appropriate schools with full documentation.
- Establish and oversee the VT support model, including virtual support, targeted in-person coaching, and inclusion in district trainings.
- Ensure attendance verification, contracting processes, and stipend workflows are reliable, compliant, and fully documented.
- Track program delivery at scale, identify risks early, and proactively design solutions to ensure successful implementation.
- Use data and insights to refine the VT model and support Educate!'s learning agenda around business creation pathways and teacher performance.
Team Performance Management
- Manage and develop a high-performing VT implementation team, ensuring clarity of expectations, consistent feedback, and continuous skill growth.
- Drive a strong performance culture characterized by accountability, ownership, and results.
- Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, coaching sessions, and termly planning sessions with team members.
- Address performance challenges promptly and constructively, and ensure strong succession planning and talent development as the team and program scale.
- Build systems, habits, and ways of working that help teams execute with consistency, speed, and high standards.
- Anticipate staffing needs as the program scales and support recruitment, onboarding, and professional development.
Team Culture Management
- Demonstrate the organization culture and cultural tenets through professional behavior and leadership
- Model Educate!’s cultural tenets daily by fostering an environment of openness, trust, collaboration, and high expectations.
- Build a positive, inclusive, high-performance team culture that supports innovation, continuous learning, and professional growth.
- Encourage open communication, constructive feedback, and team participation in decision-making.
- Proactively address issues related to team morale, conflict, communication, and workload balance.
District and Local Government Engagement
- Serve as the primary program lead for coordination with TAMISEMI, LGAs, schools, and other government actors involved in VT deployment, contracting, and oversight.
- Maintain strong relationships with local government officials, ensuring alignment on staffing gaps, deployments, and program progress.
- Represent Educate! at district and regional meetings, sharing updates, resolving challenges, and advocating for program needs.
- Attend key meetings, represent Educate!, and ensure alignment with regional and district priorities.
- Conduct routine assessments to identify gaps and opportunities across program locations, using insights to inform implementation strategy.
- Serve as a trusted partner, ensuring Educate!’s work is well understood, appreciated, and supported by stakeholders across all levels.
- Ensure all engagements are well-documented and feed into strategic planning processes.
Who You Are:
You have a minimum of 4 years of program management experience, ideally within medium to large organizations, where you have successfully led high-performing teams and navigated complex, multi-stakeholder environments. You have demonstrated strength in government engagement, partnership management, and the effective oversight of budgets and financial processes. Your ability to leverage data for informed decision-making and continuous improvement, combined with your strong communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills, positions you for meaningful impact in this role. With a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related field, you will step into an opportunity that is both professionally rewarding and intellectually energizing. You fit our Five Cultural Tenets (see below); Learn more by looking at Educate!’s culture deck here
Terms
The location is in Dar es salaam, Tanzania with frequent travel to program locations.
What We Offer đź’Ľ
- A vibrant, mission-driven environment with a supportive and fun team.
- Competitive salary based on experience.
- Learning & growth opportunities
Application Process: Rolling basis, interviews happening soon!
Our Culture & Tenets(Values) 🌱
We’re ambitious. Are you? Educate! is growing fast, so new opportunities are opening up and expanding all the time. We’re inspired by people with drive, and we love to help them reach their full potential. We expect everyone at Educate! to contribute above and beyond their job description, grow their skills, and advance their careers, and we are committed to supporting our staff members on that journey of their careers, and we are committed to supporting our staff members on that journey.
- We put Youth First, Impact-Obsessed - We are purpose-driven, focused on impact, and prioritize what truly matters. We listen to youth, design our efforts around their needs, and ensure every dollar creates transformative experiences they value.
- We Exceed Expectations - We take pride in going above and beyond to achieve the best results—proactively identifying problems and seeking solutions without waiting or stopping at what's requested.
- We Are Always Learning - We are committed to seeking and applying new knowledge and ideas. We stay open-minded and continuously try new things, experiment, grow, and improve. We invest in learning for ourselves and our teams.
- We are One Team, Many Views - We value all individuals, believe diverse ideas and open dialogue drive excellence, foster a supportive and respectful environment where everyone can freely express themselves. We work as one team and prioritize the organization's mission over personal or team interests.
- We have the Startup Mindset - We innovate relentlessly to grow our impact, we never think “we have arrived” or “we’re done.”We constantly challenge the status quo, embrace change, and move quickly toward our vision. Unafraid of failure, we question anything that hinders progress.
Every person at Educate! — from interns to the executive director — is evaluated by how they live up to these five cultural tenets. They are at the core of how we achieve our mission and why we work as well as we do. Educate is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all who interact in our community. In creating this environment, we encourage people from a variety of cultures, backgrounds and life experiences to join our diverse team.
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.
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