Community Mobilisation Engagement, Innovation and Learning Manager

Community Mobilisation Engagement, Innovation and Learning Manager

Role: Community Mobilization Engagement, Innovation and Learning Manager

Start Date: Immediate

Employment Type: Full time, 1-Year Contract (renewable)

OBJECTIVE OF THE ROLE

The Community Mobilization Engagement, Innovation and Learning Manager plays a crucial role in Teach For Malaysia’s scale strategy in mobilizing and managing a growing movement of leaders to tackle education inequity. The community mobilization pillar is a new pillar, leveraging TFM's strengths in building partnerships and engaging communities through innovative new initiatives.

MISSION FOR THE ROLE

The mission of the Community Mobilization Engagement, Innovation and Learning Manager is to drive initiatives that help grow a broader community of change-oriented leaders working towards our 2030 goal of 30,000 leaders working collectively towards the TFM mission. In line with TFM’s Theory of Change, this Community Mobilization pillar expands TFM’s movement and network beyond our existing fellows and teachers to build partnerships, synergies as well as a platform to empower the broader community to take action in tackling education inequity.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Community Platform Development and Management:

• Network and communicate regularly with the broader community to identify areas of interest, level of engagement with the organization, etc.
• Develop and manage a database and online/offline platform for community onboarding, engagement, and management.
• Create unique and relevant resources and self-directed modules and toolkits for the community to leverage and grow in their understanding and ability to create impact.

Community Building and Engagement:

• Plan and organize community networking and engagement events aligned to the mission and our strategic priorities to build a collective sense of ownership.
• Plan and manage development opportunities for members of the community to deepen their knowledge and skills to better take action in tackling education inequity.
• Develop strong alignment of culture and values across the community that enables synergy and collaboration.
• Plan and execute a large community-wide event that brings people together to learn, collaborate, and be engaged into action.

Strategic Partnerships and Innovation:

• Ability to build and maintain strategic partnerships across different geographical locations to expand and enhance engagement and innovation within the community.
• Develop and roll out a community innovation framework and strategy to build synergies on existing initiatives within the education ecosystem with the goal of creating sustainable and contextualized impact.

KEY MEASURES OF SUCCESS

• Platform Development and Management: Successfully set up community platform and number of active users and relevant content uploaded on the platform.
• Community Building and Engagement: Number of community engagement and networking initiatives that work towards building a sense of belonging and collective ownership towards the mission.
• Strategic Partnerships and Innovation: Number of meaningful partnerships built as well as number of community members being supported to create new and innovative solutions.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

Years of Experience & Qualification:

• At least 5 years of working experience, including relevant experience in community building and management, partnership development, or in education-related organizations.
• Bachelor or Postgraduate Degree in Education or relevant fields.
• Strong relationship-building and partnership development skills.
• Strategic planning and execution by aligning on a clear vision of success, planning strategically, and monitoring progress systematically.
• Resourcefulness in managing limited resources in delivering on strategic goals.
• Strong personal network in the Malaysian education context or across the social impact sector.
• Experience with technology adoption or implementation.

Leadership and Team Management:

• Ability to be adaptable in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced, and dynamic environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively with all levels of employees and stakeholders.
• Able to think strategically, critically, innovatively, and in a resourceful manner.
• Ability to manage a growing team of people to deliver results.
• Good project management skills to oversee the delivery on key projects or initiatives.

Language & Technical Proficiency:

• Strong written and verbal skills and excellent proficiency in English and good proficiency in Bahasa Malaysia preferred.
• Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Willing and able to readily adopt and utilize any TFM database or technological platform/application (i.e., Google Suites, Confluence, Salesforce, Zoom, etc.).

Teach For Malaysia is an independent, non-profit organization seeking to put an end to educational inequity in Malaysia. We are looking for highly motivated, outstanding professionals with a passion for change and a commitment to excellence to join our team.

Our vision is that ‘One day, all children in Malaysia will have the opportunity to attain an excellent education and we work tirelessly to ensure this will happen. Our rapidly developing organization has strong ties with the Ministry of Education and various corporations, and will provide you with the opportunity to utilize your skills and leadership abilities towards our mission.