External Relations Specialist job at Educate! | Apply Now

Educate!, is looking for a Partnerships Specialist to help us move forward new and existing relationships that will enable us to reach our goal of impacting millions of youth annually. As Senior Partnerships Manager, you will serve as a key member of Educate!’s External Relations team, building and maintaining relationships with new and existing partners, and supporting critical project management and compliance with new and existing funding opportunities. While this job will sit on Educate!’s External Relations and Fundraising Team, the role does not require business development or fundraising experience. We are looking for a strong critical thinker and collaborator, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, who can help manage organizational partnerships and relationships.
Educate!’s work impacts youth across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda, and we are currently in an exciting period of growth. The Senior Partnerships Manager will work closely with Educate!’s External Relations team, reporting to Educate!’s Global Director of Growth and Revenue, to develop and implement strategies that generate resources to support the organization’s next phase of growth. The right person for this role will enjoy interacting and collaborating with stakeholders in and outside the organization, managing complex projects, and thinking strategically and creatively within complex situations. You’ll join a motivated, dynamic, and high-performing team committed to personal and professional development and impacting youth.
About Educate!
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 learn, earn and thrive in today’s economy by:
1) introducing an employment-focused school subject into secondary, and
2) delivering livelihood bootcamps for out-of-school youth, with a focus on marginalized rural girls and young women.
To date, more than 390,000 youth have been meaningfully impacted across Uganda, Rwanda, and Kenya, and along the way, Educate! has become the largest youth employment and skills provider in East Africa.
Educate! is a team of over 250 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, Big Bang Philanthropy, #startsmall, Generation Unlimited, 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. By 2025, we aim to scale our annual reach by 4x and measurably impact over 400,000 new youth