Enterprise Specialist - Street Child

Street Child is a rapidly developing international children’s charity with exceptional programming in 20 of the world’s lowest-income and most crisis-affected countries. Our high-impact projects chase gains in education and protection outcomes for the most marginalised children - through signature integrated education, child protection and livelihoods initiatives.

Job Description

Background:

We are seeking an outstanding professional with the technical expertise and skill to lead the set-up and delivery of the family enterprise component of Street Child UK’s flagship new urban education project in Ghana. The Street Child Education Outcomes Partnership (SCEOP) is an ambitious partnership with the Ghana Ministry of Education and Education Outcomes Fund to deliver a payment-by-results programme targeted at improving access to education for urban out-of-school children in the Ghanaian cities of Accra and Kumasi.

This role reports to Street Child’s Urban Education Programme Manager, providing technical guidance and leadership across the family enterprise component, working with a network of local partners to deliver a ground-breaking, outcomes-oriented programme.

Part 1:  Role Purpose

The primary purpose of this appointment is to lead strong and adaptive contextualisation and delivery of Street Child’s highly successful family business for education model as a key component of the outcomes-led SCEOP project in Accra and Kumasi.

The model adopts a holistic approach to addressing poverty as a critical barrier to enrolment and retention in education by working with the caregivers of out-of-school children through a tailored package of training, grants and incentivised savings to develop a sustainable source of household income, capable of meeting the ongoing costs associated with supporting children in school.

The role holder will train, mentor and monitor a team of Enterprise Officers operating across a coalition of CBO partners, adapting and developing the necessary tools and guidance to ensure effective contextualisation, understanding and implementation of the model.

Part 2:  Key Responsibilities

1. Technical oversight of SCEOP enterprise component (50%)
   • Lead the contextualisation of SC’s family business for education model, ensuring fit with target communities;
   • Develop training and guidance documents to ensure understanding of the model among project staff and partners;
   • Support the recruitment of, and lead on training, a team of Enterprise Officers to deliver enterprise support to caregivers;
   • Provide rigorous ongoing technical support and mentoring to improve the quality of the delivery of SC’s enterprise model;
   • Oversee the beneficiary selection process ensuring clear criteria are in place, understood and transparent;
   • In collaboration with partners and the wider team, develop detailed work plans for the enterprise component
2. Monitoring, evaluation & learning (40%)
   • Work with the Programme Manager, MEL team and partners to design, adapt and tailor tools to the context, ensuring robust data collection and MEL processes are in place across the enterprise component;
   • Lead the regular collection and analysis of data from the enterprise scheme, feeding observations and learning into design adaptations and improvements;
   • Monitor progress against KPIs, ensuring strong feedback loops and supporting partners to identify and address issues;
   • Conduct regular monitoring and verification visits across project locations
3. Other (10%)
   • Support high-level representation, coordination and other activities as required by the Ghana senior management team

Required Skills or Experience