JOIN THE MOVEMENT

A JOB AT LEAD FOR AFRICA IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER YOU’VE HAD. YOU’LL BE INSPIRED. YOU’LL BE CHALLENGED. AND YOU’LL BE PROUD. BECAUSE WHATEVER YOUR JOB IS HERE, YOU’LL BE PART OF SOMETHING BIG. WHEN THERE’S AN OPENING AT LEAD FOR AFRICA, WE ALWAYS LOOK TO FILL IT WITH THE BEST.

WHY WORK AT
LEAD FOR AFRICA

We are writing the future of Africa.
We're committed to working towards educational equity on a continental level because we believe that ensuring all children—everywhere—receive a high quality education leads to a more just, peaceful, and thriving Africa. Within and beyond our movement, we engage with incredible people all over Africa every day, and go to bed knowing our hard work and passion are helping to drive significant impact. 

You will grow by stepping outside your comfort zone
As a growing movement with ambitious goals, Lead For Africa operates in an innovative and ever-evolving environment. By necessity and design, our teams are responsible for multiple projects and are given a high level of accountability and flexibility to do their best work. We value a culture of supportive feedback that allows us to continuously learn, improve, and excel. 

We work with exceptional individuals 
Rooted in our core beliefs: Responsibility is Mutual, Innovation is Simple, and Impossible is Nothing, Lead For Africa is committed to building a diverse and inclusive community in which everyone learns from and collaborates with each other. While we are ambitious and hard-working, we are also generous and friendly. Through our unique perspectives, we expand each other's worlds. 

We're flexible so you can be too
At Lead For Africa we're passionate about our mission and serious about our work, but we're also human beings with full lives and multiple priorities. Being a continental movement may mean working on weekends, taking an early morning or late evening trip, but it also allows us to adapt our schedules around family priorities. 

Functional Areas

  • Human Capacity Development

    This function is responsible for the placement and leadership development of our fellows, and facilitating the ascension of our alumni into leadership positions and supporting them to bring their ideas to life. This area of work aims to bridge community, classroom, and system leadership -- enabling the organization to build the reflective capacity necessary to accelerate our impact over time and ultimately bring about more equitable outcomes for ever greater number of children in Ghana.

  • External Affairs

    The purpose of this function is to realize the brand of Lead For Ghana. The team is responsible for building strong relationships with key stakeholders with the aim of fostering and maintaining a strong reputation – and compelling them to take desired actions. As well as attract and cultivate Ghana’s future leaders of all academic disciplines and career interests who demonstrate the core competencies to positively impact the community and student achievement during the two-year fellowship and to become long-term leaders who effect systemic change.

  • Development, Strategy & Operations

    This function is responsible for cultivating the financial resources, teaching placements and strategic relationships necessary to build and scale a sustainable organization as well as to develop a strong backbone for the organization that will enhance our viability, strength, and impact. This comprises developing and maintaining a strong organizational structure, management, governance, finance, and administration systems.

  • Research & Innovation

    The purpose of this function is to provide original, fundamental insights and analysis in educational leadership, mindset development, community engagement, fundraising, economic impact, gender parity and student outcomes as well as analyze regions and districts nationwide to identify community investment and school placement opportunities. This team is ultimately responsible for data collection, analysis, and advising the organization on the best pathways to take to reach our vision.

  • Human Resources

    This team is responsible for attracting, retaining and developing individuals that will drive organizational performance. Influence all levels of the organization to foster an inclusive organizational culture based on learning and development. Design and execute efficient, agile and integrated Human Resource processes. Anticipate future organizational needs and connect it with a current holistic diagnostic in areas like Organizational Structure, Succession Planning, Management & Leadership and Organizational Culture.