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Teach For Ukraine (TFU) believes that every child in Ukraine – regardless of where they are born – deserves the opportunity to attain an excellent education and develop their full potential. Our mission is to build a movement of diverse and inspiring leaders who will work to end education inequity in our country, starting by teaching full-time for two years in rural schools through our leadership development program.

Through the highly selective, highly rigorous leadership development program, participants develop critical knowledge and first-hand understanding of Ukraine’s education system and the challenges it faces. With intensive training and support from TFU, fellows help transform the lives of their students, schools and communities while enhancing their own leadership skills. Alumni of the program (and, over time, their students) will become the next generation of Ukrainian leaders in education, business, government, nonprofit sector and other fields. Informed by their experience, they will work from inside and outside the education system to affect the fundamental changes necessary to ensure equitable education opportunities for all children.

As a start-up nonprofit organization working towards an ambitious goal in a challenging environment, we are looking for a passionate individual who is strategic thinker, an outstanding relationship builder, and a skilled manager who can lead a team to achieve ambitious results.

Position Summary

We are currently looking for a Communications Manager to lead the organization’s marketing, branding, and public relations efforts. This role is essential to ensuring the sustainable growth and impact of Teach For Ukraine through raising the profile of the organization among key stakeholders as an opinion leader in education and a top employer for university graduates and young professionals. As Communications Manager, this person will also work to raise the prestige of the teaching profession in Ukraine and showcase what students can achieve when supported by motivated and well-trained teachers.

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Lead Teach For Ukraine’s communication efforts to ensure that the organizational key messages effectively reach all of our priority target audiences (prospective applicants, prospective and existing corporate donors, policy and decision makers, school principals)

• Develop and conduct market research for setting national and regional marketing and communications priorities and strategies

• Develop and execute a communications strategy across Print, Broadcast, Radio, Outdoor, Online media and identify opportunities to elevate the image of the organization

• Develop and execute strategies and materials to support all programmatic (especially recruitment) and development priorities

• Lead Teach For Ukraine’s marketing efforts and cooperate with Head of Recruitment, Selection and Matriculation to ensure that the organization generates sufficient number of quality applications for the Teach For Ukraine Program

• Work with vendors to manage and/or write content of website and other organizational media and manage external vendor relationships

• Edit mass communications produced by program and development team leaders

• Act as the ultimate organizational brand champion, develop internal brand stewardship among our community (staff, teachers and supporters), and ensure brand alignment in all external communication and marketing collateral

• Build and maintain strong relationships with national and regional journalists to ensure positive and sufficient coverage of the organization’s work and impact, draft press releases and provide rapid and strategic response to queries to increase visibility and brand stature of Teach For Ukraine

• Be a strong role-model for our organizational values within the TFU community as well as an engaged member of the organizational leadership team

Basic Requirements:

• 2+ years (recommended) of prior experience in developing and leading comprehensive communications, media relations, marketing and online strategies, including experience managing social media outreach

• Creative aptitude and familiarity with interactive design, website and social media management and email marketing platforms

• Desire to work in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced, results-oriented culture

• Strong alignment to Teach For Ukraine mission, vision and core values

• Exceptional written and spoken communication skills in Ukrainian and in English (preferred)

• Has experience organizing events and logistically support various types of activities (preferred)

• Has past success managing teams to achieve ambitious results (preferred)

Ideal Candidate

• Deeply understands the mission of Teach For Ukraine and strongly believes that every child should have the opportunity to develop their full potential

• Has excellent vision-setting, strategic thinking and project management ability

• Has outstanding track record of achievements and ability to operate with urgency and sense of possibility in a fast-paced environment

• Has exceptional interpersonal and communication skills and flexibility to work in a cross-cultural environment

• Has ability to develop and cultivate relationships and networks to achieve results

• Is able to effectively operate independently and as part of a team in a high‐intensity, high-uncertainty start-up environment

• Is highly organized with proven time management skills and experience creating efficient systems to juggle multiple projects simultaneously

• Is able to engagingly present to small and large groups

Because we are a start-up organization, every staff member in our organization is expected to pitch in as needed outside of his/her department as well. This would include, for example, helping with organizing non-recruitment related events, ex. fundraisers, monthly meetings with fellows, logistically supporting the Summer Institute, and providing other assistance essential to the success of our mission. As a member of the Teach For All network, all team members are also expected to share knowledge and best practices and to work effectively with the broader network.

Compensation

We offer a competitive salary, based on previous experience and accordingly to specific communication and marketing deliverables mutually agreed on. Additionally, there is ample opportunity for professional development within the organization, as well as access to professional development through the Teach For All global network and our other partners. 

How to apply

To apply for the position please send your CV and a cover letter (in English or Ukrainian) answering the following three questions to [email protected] by September 17.

• What motivates you to join Teach For Ukraine team?

• Why are you interested in this position and what makes you a great candidate?

• Describe a situation when you encountered serious obstacles to success while working on a project.

Please indicate the position applied for in the subject line of your email.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Thank you so much for dedicating time and showing your interest. Even if you are not short listed please support our movement. Please join our group on FACEBOOK, follow us on TWITTER.

Educational inequity is influencing lives of millions of Ukrainian children and it will take all of us working together to fight it!