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About the Impact at Scale Labs
GSF launched the Impact at Scale Labs in 2021. By 2024, we will have supported 12 organisations aiming to reach an additional 100,000 children with their solutions for COVID19 learning recovery, early childhood education and development, and foundational literacy and numeracy. Based on our learnings, GSF developed the Impact at Scale Toolkit, a library of in-depth scale tools and case studies organisations use to navigate their scale journeys. We have partnered with HundrED, Schools2030 and the Jacobs Foundation to create a user friendly mechanism to support the translation and uptake of scaling research for the education community. Our funding partners are Jacobs, UBS, Hilton, Vitol, Bill and Melinda Gates and AKO Foundations.
Our first Impact at Scale Labs programme worked with Dignitas, Gyan Shala and Sabre Education to test new scale pathways. Each organisation worked on specific areas to sustainably scale their interventions.
- Sabre strengthened the feasibility of their model by nurturing their partnership with government who are now supporting their operational delivery of their APS model in 29 schools in Ghana;
- Gyan Shala improved the viability of their model by improving their cost per programme through rigorous financial modelling, making their model more appropriate for scale in the APS sector and;
- Dignitas determined the desirability of their model by ensuring their model is effectively solving the right problem through rigorous A/B testing.
In 2024, we are thrilled to announce the launch of the third Impact at Scale Labs, dedicated to accelerating Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) innovations in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). Collaborating with the Bill and Melinda Gates and the AKO Foundations, we are set to deliver our largest Labs programme to date. We will be supporting five FLN organisations globally and providing them with our largest grant of $200,000 alongside scaling support.
The Global FLN Impact at Scale Labs seeks to transform education systems by working with promising innovators in those systems. The Labs aims to do this by carefully selecting locally led organisations which work to improve foundational literacy and numeracy and support them with:
- Grant Funding: Selected organisations will receive up to $200,000;
- Tailored coaching and technical support: grantees will receive 18 months of tailor-made support to test new pathways to scale and build a foundation for sustainability;
- Evidence-building activities: grantees will be supported to build appropriate mechanisms to collect data and evidence to support their decision-making;
- Access to ecosystem partners: grantees will be given the opportunity to engage with the global GSF member base and wider network to build partnerships for scale;
- Wide platform of peers: grantees will be given a platform to share evidence and encourage replication of impactful solutions.
Scope of Work
We are recruiting an Innovation Manager to support the delivery of our FLN Impact at Scale Labs and to create and disseminate evidence from the Labs for the GSF community and the wider GSF community. This role will support the Impact & Innovation Senior Manager and wider Labs team.
The key responsibilities of the Innovation Manager will include:
- Coordination and execution of the different phases of the Impact at Scale labs for 5+ organisations, including:
- Collaborating closely with the GSF team to identify suitable FLN organisations for the Impact at Scale Labs;
- Onboarding and support organisations through the solution diagnostic;
- Supporting the planning and execution of an offsite for the participating organizations;
- Assisting in the selection process of key consultants and an advisory committee for each participating organisation, and manage these committees;
- Portfolio managing organisations, supporting them to reach their milestones and unlock their funding tranches;
- Efficiently coaching the Labs cohort, overseeing all aspects of their participation;
- Facilitating connections with the wider GSF community and network to support scale-up of promising innovations;
- Providing advice and support on finding the appropriate methodological means to evaluate their solutions and potential scale pathways;
- Supporting organisations to develop an evidence informed strategy for scale
- Collaborating with the MEL GSF team and the Labs teams to gather data from organisations and develop various knowledge products.
- Dissemination
- Supporting the GSF team to implement the dissemination plan to GSF members and the wider education community.
Person Specification
Knowledge/experience
- Good understanding of the education sector is required, preferably an understanding of FLN solutions in LMIC contexts;
- Practical experience coaching entrepreneurs to improve their operations, fundraising, and evidence capabilities;
- Familiarity with monitoring and evaluation approaches; experience developing methodological means to evaluate solutions at various stages of solution maturity;
- Ability to manage external stakeholders independently, working with senior teams;
- Skilled at simplifying complex ideas into easily understandable formats tailored to the audience;
- Skilled at learning design to support sharing content and materials in an interactive format.
Personal characteristics
- Excellent organisational and communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain strong relationships
- Ability to work with a diverse range of people across multiple time zones
- Commitment to global education and shared belief in GSF’s vision
- Openness to short-term international travel
Terms and Conditions
Salary: Competitive within non-state education sector, adjusted based on location and experience.
Contract: Permanent. Consultancy agreements will be considered for candidates not based in the UK, where GSF is currently headquartered.
Hours: Full Time, typically 9-5 in your time zone, but with significant flexibility. Given that we work across different time zones, some non-traditional hours for early or late calls may be required.
Location: We are a fully remote organisation. We welcome applications from anywhere in the world, with a preference for a time zone between GMT-2 to GMT+5:30. Local work authorisation is required. Some international travel may be required.
Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible, subject to any notice periods.
Responsible to: Senior Manager, Innovation
Our benefits include:
- 35 fully flexible holiday days (including flexible bank holidays)
- Flexible working – work from home or at a location that suits you and at the times that work best for you
- Co-working space allowance
- Personal learning and development budget
- Access to GSF events
- Access to Learning Platform iHasco
- Annual team retreat
- Employee pension scheme (only available to UK employees at present)
How to Apply Application deadline:
Application deadline: 9am BST, Monday 8th July
Recruitment Process:
- Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by July 15th
- First-round written assessment due on July 22nd.
- First-round interviews w/o July 22nd
- Final interviews will be held w/o Aug 5th.
In order to apply for this role, we ask all candidates to provide a CV, and a cover letter and to apply through the job portal link here: https://apply.workable.com/j/E607494016/?utm_medium=social_share_link. Please note that only applications submitted via Workable will be accepted until 9 AM on 8th July.
Please include a cover letter detailing your relevant skills and explaining your interest in this role.
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