Sales Operations Specialist
EMS Management & Consultants, Inc.
Community and Systems Coordinator
Rising Academy Network
full-time
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Origin: • 🇷🇼 Rwanda
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Lead community sensitization activities (parent meetings, demo days, engagement events) across pilot schools
- Build and maintain relationships with DEOs, SEIs, and headteachers to foster system readiness and ownership
- Coordinate feedback loops: collect, analyse, and share community and parent insights with programme and government teams
- Provide regular updates to parents, school leaders, and community members to strengthen transparency and trust
- Document at least one grassroots success story per quarter for internal and external reporting
- Ensure community engagement activities are inclusive, gender-balanced, and safeguarding-compliant
- Represent Rising at district and school-level forums to align with government education priorities
- Regular travel to pilot schools/locations; report to the Project Manager (Lead)
Requirements
- 3–5 years of experience in community engagement, education projects, or stakeholder coordination
- Strong facilitation and communication skills in Kinyarwanda and English (French is an added advantage)
- Proven experience engaging government stakeholders at district and school level
- Demonstrated ability to build trust and mobilise diverse community groups, including parents and local leaders
- Familiarity with safeguarding and child protection standards in education programmes
- Bachelor’s degree in Education, Social Sciences, Community Development, or a related field
- Proactive, adaptable, highly organised, detail-oriented, strong facilitation and problem-solving skills
- Culturally sensitive, empathetic, and respectful with strong understanding of Rwanda’s education context
