EIDU is creating an app-based learning environment that enables children aged 3-5 to develop cognitive abilities on their own, harnessing the immense potential of smartphones as a teaching tool. The organization believes this potential lies in the software, even in the least developed regions of the world.
The Education Partnerships Manager is sought to play a pivotal support role in enabling the national rollout of the EIDU primary school programme and strengthening relationships with government and education stakeholders. This role involves working closely with the Head of Government Relations to ensure the smooth execution of government-facing activities, education programme alignment, and coordination of large-scale implementation.
Key Responsibilities (What you will do)
1. Stakeholder Engagement, Education Systems Alignment & National Rollout Support:
- Build and maintain relationships with senior national and county education officials.
- Ensure smooth coordination with stakeholders to help align EIDU’s programmes with government priorities.
- Translate government priorities into actionable rollout plans and tools.
2. Strategic Support & Project Management:
- Manage rollout activities aligned with Ministry of Education structures.
- Support the development of strategies, materials, and analyses for large-scale government partnerships.
- Contribute to monitoring and evaluation initiatives to help ensure programme quality by applying global best practices.
3. Negotiation, Procurement & Agreement Support
- Prepare technical and briefing materials to support government negotiations.
- Help track compliance, contracting requirements, and regulatory processes.
- Coordinate documentation, follow-up actions, and provide analytical support on budgeting and cost structures for large-scale deployments.
4. Policy Analysis, Evidence Generation & Advocacy:
- Monitor education sector policies and political developments.
- Prepare policy briefs, insights, and advocacy materials that support strategic government engagement.
- Review data to identify trends, contribute recommendations, and help package evidence and lessons learned for dissemination to government and partners.
5. Cross-Functional Coordination & Technical Integration:
- Collaborate internally to support government-related implementation, engagement with partners and donors.
- Consolidate updates into insightful reports for senior leadership.
6. High-Level Events, Delegations & Field Engagement:
- Support the planning and coordination of high-level events with government and sector partners.
- Manage logistics, follow-up, and represent EIDU in technical or alignment meetings as needed.
Candidate Requirements (What you should bring)
Candidates must possess the desire to use their skills to bring about positive social change for children across the world.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Minimum of a Masters degree in Education, Business Administration, International Development, Public Policy, Social Sciences or a related field.
- Minimum of 8 years experience, with at least 5 years in government engagement, project coordination, or education sector roles.
- Solid understanding of Kenya’s basic education landscape and stakeholder dynamics.
Skills and Attributes:
- Excellent interpersonal and advocacy skills, with proven ability to support negotiations and prepare clear, high-quality briefs and insights.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills. English is required. Swahili is an added advantage.
- Highly organised, analytical, and digitally proficient, able to manage workflows, interpret data, and coordinate multiple activities in a fast-paced environment.
- Comfortable working in an agile and hybrid startup environment across different continents, embracing change with a flexible and solution-oriented mindset.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with people from diverse cultural backgrounds, fostering inclusive and respectful communication in both local and global settings.
- Willingness to travel across the country.
- Great interpersonal skills to collaborate with people at all levels of the organisation and work with cross functional teams, interested in contributing to others' success.
- Highly organised person with strong attention to detail and process management skills.
- Ability to work autonomously and reliably and have end-to-end project ownership.
