Human Resources Business Partner

Who We Are! 

🌍 Africa has the world’s youngest and fastest-growing population. By 2035, the continent is poised to contribute more young 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 to learn, earn and thrive in today’s economy by: 

1. Introducing an employment-focused school subject into secondary and 
2. Delivering livelihood boot camps for out-of-school youth, with a focus on marginalized rural girls and young women.

To date, more than 500,000 youth have been meaningfully impacted across Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, and Tanzania, and along the way, Educate! has become the largest youth employment and skills provider in East Africa.

Educate! is a team of over 300 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, Livelihood Impact Fund,  Jack Dorsey’s #startsmall, 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.

Position Overview

Educate! is seeking a Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) to support a fast-growing global team, with offices in East Africa, the USA, and Europe (Netherlands, Spain, and the UK). This role reports to the Director of People and will collaborate closely with members of the executive and leadership teams, as well as the Head of People Programs and Engagement to cultivate high performance across the organization. 

This is an exciting and enriching opportunity for an experienced HRBP who easily adapts to changing environments, is a strong coach to guide leadership team members in addressing employee personnel challenges, can bring clarity and confidence to teams in moments of change, and enjoys working on a diverse portfolio of projects. Your expertise will be pivotal in propelling Educate!’s work as our team grows to meet our impact targets while maintaining our commitment to the growth and development of our team members as individuals.

Performance Objectives

Relationship Building

• Provide strategic guidance and tactical support to leadership team members of various departments, working across all of our global offices. This includes face-to-face, which may require travel from time to time, and remotely.
• Build and maintain healthy relationships with key stakeholders within your group and the larger organization.
• Coach and develop leaders and managers to improve their communication practices, hold team members accountable, have courageous (difficult) conversations, and inspire and influence their teams.

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