Educate!
PerformanceMetricsOfficer
Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Entry candidates.
“Performance Metrics Officer at Educate!. Skills: Data Collection support and Coordination, Performance Metrics System Maintenance, Data analysis and reporting, Performance metrics Data Quality Checks. Support the Performance Metrics Coordinator in ensuring timely and high-quality reporting by the frontline team on key metrics around program implementation status across all program locations.. Coordinate with frontline teams to ensure timely completion of monitoring responsibilities, including pr”
What You'll Achieve.
ensuring timely and high-quality reporting by the frontline team on key metrics around program implementation status; Ensure production of timely and accurate Monitoring data; accurate compilation and timely publication of Monitoring Reports; timely and accurate maintenance of the performance metrics Dashboards; support data quality improvement
Industry & Context.
Self-driven and resourceful; able to manage day-to-day data work independently, with minimal supervision; proactively identifying problems and seeking solutions
Willingness and ability to travel frequently to field sites, flexible and willing to work from various locations across the country as required, screened for child and youth safety, provide a Certificate of Good Conduct
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
At least 2 years of experience working in data-related projects, organizational skills and detail-oriented, Excellent verbal and written communication, Self-driven and resourceful, Willingness and ability to travel frequently to field sites, Working experience using online survey platforms (e. g. , Google Forms, SurveyCTO) for data collection
Nice to Have
Familiarity with education or youth-impact focused experience with Educate!'s program is an added advantage
What You'll Do.
Support the Performance Metrics Coordinator in ensuring timely and high-quality reporting by the frontline team on key metrics around program implementation status across all program locations.
Coordinate with frontline teams to ensure timely completion of monitoring responsibilities
including proactive follow-up with staff and their supervisors when data is missing or submitted inaccurately.
Ensure production of timely and accurate Monitoring data through daily data tracking and data cleaning.
Support Performance Metrics Coordinator to conduct regular training on monitoring tools and systems
and ensure that monitoring tools and systems are properly tested before rollout.
Support Performance Metrics Coordinator by ensuring frontline team is aware of any changes to existing monitoring tools or introduction of new support frontline team in addressing any issues around the use of monitoring tools or escalate to coordinator if necessary.
Conduct performance metrics field visits to support frontline teams and ensure that they are using monitoring tools effectively.
Support on all performance metrics printing and procurement to ensure timely delivery and high quality of performance metrics materials.
Support on data collection for miscellaneous projects
both within and outside the performance metrics department
Serve as a resource person for frontline teams on performance metrics
responding to day-to-day technical questions on tools
and reporting procedures.
Support Performance Metrics coordinator to maintain up-to-date monitoring tools
reflecting any changes to program design or KPIs.
Support the maintenance of the reporting system on SurveyCTO
Ensure the logistics database is up-to-date.
Apply Performance metrics principles and best practices to prepare regular communications for frontline teams
including automated progress reports that track the completion of program activities.
Support the Performance Metrics coordinator to ensure accurate compilation and timely publication of Monitoring Reports as well as the timely and accurate maintenance of the performance metrics Dashboards.
Support the Performance Metrics Coordinator during data analysis and independently run some analysis and generate reports.
Conduct routine data quality checks on submitted data — reviewing for errors
and correcting them or flagging to the Performance Metrics Coordinator.
Collaborate with the Performance Metrics Coordinator to compile data error rates by frontline Team
individualized feedback to support data quality improvement.
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborates easily with other teams; shares feedback proactively; Support the Performance Metrics Coordinator; Coordinate with frontline teams; follow-up with staff and their supervisors; Support frontline staff; escalate to coordinator if necessary; Collaborate with the Performance Metrics Coordinator
Communication Scope
Excellent verbal and written communication; shares feedback proactively
Full Job Description
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: Introducing an employment-focused school subject into secondary and 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. Good to note: To Our Awesome Applicants! 🚀💫 We know that incredible candidates someti
Applying for this Performance Metrics Officer role?
Most applicants get filtered before a human reads their resume. See if yours makes the cut.
How to Apply on Greenhouse
- Create a Greenhouse profile before applying — it saves time across multiple applications.
- Upload your resume as a PDF; the parser handles it better than Word.
- Answer all knockout questions carefully — wrong answers auto-reject before a human sees you.
- Enable email notifications to track application status in real time.
ANONYMOUS · UNFILTERED
What do employees actually say about Educate!?
Real rants from real employees. Read before you apply.