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Role: We are looking for a part-time Stakeholder Engagement and Market Analyst to support the ECD Connect team. Our goal is to improve practice and expand access to quality ECD services, and need your help positioning the platform appropriately to foster lasting partnerships that ensure scalability and sustainability
The context: ECD Connect is a user-centric digital platform that supports practitioners and organisations to scale and deliver professional, high-quality services to young children and caregivers in their communities. The first phase of the initiative includes education and healthcare services. The ultimate goal is to make this platform available to the sector in order to help scale quality early childhood development and broaden future choices for children in South Africa, and potentially further afield.
Minimum requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, communications, public administration, public relations, marketing or related fields
- Proven experience in market analysis or research, ideally in sectors related to early childhood development, education, or healthcare.
- Senior-level experience in stakeholder engagement or public relations, particularly in building partnerships with private, non-profit, and governmental bodies.
- Familiarity with digital platforms or apps, understanding how they serve users, and how to promote them to different audience segments.
- Demonstrated history of market research or other comparable user research work.
- Ability to work effectively independently and collaboratively
Additional qualifications or experience that will be an added advantage
- Strong analytical and communication skills with the ability to interpret market data, trends, and insights.
- Collaborative mindset, with a knack for building and nurturing relationships.
- Cultural sensitivity and an understanding of the nuances related to early childhood development in South Africa.
Responsibilities
Market Analysis:
- Conduct an assessment of contemporary service offerings to pinpoint the unique selling proposition (USP) of the ECD Connect platform.
- Execute comprehensive market research to determine target audience segments for our app focusing on early learning and healthcare.
- Develop an achievable strategy for engaging with and onboarding users to the platform.
Stakeholder Engagement:
- Carry out a holistic stakeholder analysis to unearth strategic partnership opportunities across private, nonprofit, and government sectors.
- With the product owner, develop and implement strategies for effective stakeholder engagement to ensure scalability and sustainability.
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Role
The Zero Dropout Campaign is providing support to the Department of Basic Education (DBE) for strategic implementation and monitoring of psychosocial support interventions geared towards contributing to the reduction and ultimate prevention of learner dropout.
Zero Dropout Campaign is an incubated project of the DG Murray Trust working to halve the rate of school dropout by 2030. This ambitious vision aims to set a common agenda and provides direction and clarity to mobilise and direct the activities of a diverse range of stakeholders towards the same critical outcomes.
The campaign seeks to appoint a Monitoring; Evaluation and Research Specialist based at the Department of Basic Education Head office in Pretoria within the Psychosocial Support department.
Minimum requirements
- Minimum of 8 years of professional experience in an M&E position responsible for implementing M&E activities with projects of national and/or international scope.
- Experience in designing and managing beneficiary monitoring and database systems.
- Experience in strategic planning and performance measurement, including indicator selection, target setting, reporting, database management, and developing M&E and performance monitoring plans.
- Knowledge of the major evaluation methodologies (e.g. qualitative, quantitative, mixed-method, and impact) and data collection and analysis methodologies.
- Experience in planning and managing surveys.
- Ability to facilitate and serve as project liaison for externally-managed evaluations.
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work methodically and meet deadlines
Additional qualifications or experience that will be an added advantage
- Evidence of the ability to make things happen, think strategically, work in uncertainty, and have strong people skills.
- A strong understanding of M&E principles and developing quality assurance strategies.
- Experience in working with DBE and schools.
- Fluent in 2+ South African official languages.
- Driver’s license and willingness to travel are essential.
Responsibilities
- Assist in the revision of existing PSS programme log frames and work plans, particularly in the areas of performance indicators and their measurement as it pertains to school dropout;
- Review the quality of existing PSS data from internal and external sources, improving methods of collecting and reporting.
- Build structural processes to provide good baseline statistics for routine monitoring and programme impact evaluation.
- Design frameworks and tools for data collection to track baseline assessment and measure achievement against the performance indicators.
- Produce evaluative progress reports consolidating data from different sources
- Identify areas where technical support to project partners is required.
- Create refresher training material on M&E for partners and Provincial Departments of Education (PDEs) as required
- Create learning briefs and develop case studies to capture qualitative outputs of the PSS programme.
- Provide advice to DBEs Senior Management on improving project performance using M&E findings.
- Supervise and mentor the data-capturing team in the Directorate
- Work closely with the SA-SAMS team
- Respond to programme data requests and queries
- Contribute to programme write-ups and articles
- Assist with the Unit’s knowledge Management Protocols
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Role
The Zero Dropout Campaign is providing support to the Department of Basic Education (DBE) for strategic implementation and monitoring of psychosocial support interventions geared towards contributing to the reduction and ultimate prevention of learner dropout.
Zero Dropout Campaign is an incubated project of the DG Murray Trust working to halve the rate of school dropout by 2030. This ambitious vision aims to set a common agenda and provides direction and clarity to mobilise and direct the activities of a diverse range of stakeholders towards the same critical outcomes.
The campaign seeks to appoint a Training Specialist based at the Department of Basic Education Head office in Pretoria within the Psychosocial Support department.
Minimum requirements
- Degree in Training and Development; Development Studies; Facilitation; Curriculum design or similar field
- Experience as a Master Trainer inclusive of in-field facilitation
- Track record in designing and executing successful training programs inclusive of the design of training curriculum and assessment tools.
- Familiarity with traditional and modern training methods (mentoring, coaching, on-the-job or in-classroom training, e-learning, workshops, simulations etc.)
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
- Ability to plan, multi-task and manage time effectively
- Strong writing and record-keeping ability for reports and training manuals
- Good computer and database skills
Additional qualifications or experience that will be an added advantage
- Evidence of the ability to make things happen, think strategically, work in uncertainty, and have strong people skills.
- A strong understanding of M&E principles and developing quality assurance strategies.
- Experience in working with DBE and NGOs is an advantage.
- Fluent in 2+ South African official languages.
- Driver’s license and willingness to travel are essential.
Responsibilities
- Identify and assess future and current training needs within the PSS department as it pertains to key performance outcomes
- Conceptualise a training strategy based on the conducted needs analysis and identified project objectives
- Develop a Training implementation plan integrating the delivery of instructional content; facilitation guides; assessment tools and practicable training protocols for the project.
- Monitor and evaluate the training program’s effectiveness, success and ROI periodically and report on them
- Manage training budget and drive training logistics in alignment with approved spend
- Support and supervise training staff to implement training outputs successfully
- Surface learnings on training implementation and tailor training programs as necessary to respond to gaps
- Maintain a keen understanding of training trends, developments and best practices and advise DBE officials on insights
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Role
bumb’INGOMSO is a multi-faceted HIV Prevention project which aims to half the incidence of HIV in adolescent girls and young women aged 15 – 29 in the Buffalo City Metro Municipality. This is an initiative of the National Department of Health, funded by the German KFW Development Bank and co-funded by the DG Murray Trust.
bumb’INGOMSO’s objectives are to: create a positive change in risky behaviour; promote accessible health services for young people; respond effectively to gender-based violence; enable access to economic opportunities for young people; focus on high-risk groups and shape equal gender norms among 10–14-year-old girls and boys.
Minimum requirements
- Four Four-year tertiary qualification in Project Management or a similar study field with three years of experience.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and IsiXhosa. Additional South African languages would be advantageous.
- Project Management skills, and Computer literacy
- Team Worker
Responsibilities
- Coordinate, plan, implement, and monitor project activities emanating from BI strategic and operations meetings.
- Provide technical expertise in the implementation and design of the project.
- Plan and coordinate activities that promote integration through all BI projects, specifically BI clubs, and work conducted in schools by various interventions.
- Facilitate the development of work plans and compile a consolidated BI work plan.
- Facilitate quarterly performance reviews and Operational meetings.
- Conduct site visits to intervention events and campaigns
- Ensure integrated planning amongst and with the partners and guide the implementation of the work plans and activities.
- Support the development of Annual Plans
- Coordinate and oversee the BI master trainers.
- Coordinate and oversee and monitor the review and implementation of the BI club guide package.
- Document lessons learned, sound practices, and success stories.
- Involved in report writing and project stakeholder meetings.
- Represent BI in government departments and municipal/district meetings including ECAC meetings.
- Perform other project-related responsibilities as the Project Director may assign.
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#Keready’s mission is to provide accessible and affordable mobile health services to the youth in South Africa whilst running a movement that speaks frankly about health issues facing young people. Mobile outreach services proved effective during Covid-19 with over a million people reached with vaccinations in informal settlements and rural areas. The Keready campaign was likewise effective in encouraging many young people to get vaccinated. By providing 46 mobile health clinics for outreach, this model will now be used to reach other young people and extend the package of primary health services available to them.
This project is made possible through a grant to the Department of Health from the Federal Republic of Germany. DGMT, a South African foundation, is the project implementer, working with the provincial departments of Health in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape and Eastern Cape.
DGMT would like to recruit individuals who are passionate about extending health care to underserved communities, focused on young people.
DGMT is looking to appoint a young doctor (< 35 years and ex-community service) who is willing to engage with other young people on social media, radio, at schools and in communities, wherever young people are – young people want to hear about health issues from young doctors. There are ten young doctors in Keready who make up the team. We wish to appoint a young doctor to be contracted from now until September 2024. They will lead the work of the Keready Communicators and Mobilisers and support the implementation of the project and activities aimed at driving demand for the efficient and effective execution of the mobile outreach services. The role requires a doctor who is also a strong communicator and who has a good understanding of the needs in the community and a passion for working with young people and marginalised communities.
Minimum requirements
- Young Medical Doctor and ex-community service (<35 years of age)
- Current HPCSA registration
- Multilingual and a strong communicator
- Lives in the province, preferably the district, serviced by the mobile units
- Valid driver’s license
Additional qualifications or experience that will be an added advantage
Prior experience working on public health campaigns, including social behaviour change communication (SBCC) and risk communication and community engagement (RCCE), and Covid-19 vaccine demand creation would be an advantage.
Responsibilities
- Support strategic planning and implementation to increase demand for integrated health services.
- Collaborate closely with the Keready communicator and professional nurse to ensure that the communication plan is being implemented.
- Champion the Keready campaign and brand at the provincial and district levels.
- Establish and nurture partnerships with traditional (radio, print and TV) and social media (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram)
- Provide media interviews that promote consistent clinical messaging and highlight the availability of mobile clinic services.
- Work with the Keready campaign team to identify and respond to community needs and develop a local flavour to health promotion.
- Coordinate and oversee the activities of the communicators and mobilisers.
- Actively supports outreach activities, community events, school interventions and tertiary engagements aimed at driving demand.
- Respond to health-related queries via the Keready WhatsApp and other social media platforms.
- Produce regular health messaging and education content for social media spaces such as Twitter and podcasts.
- Support the mobile unit in service site planning and coordination to optimize impact.
- Collaborate with all members of the mobile unit to maintain the prescribed standards of care and the integrity of the Keready brand at all levels of community engagement.
- Support outreach events through scheduled and unscheduled visits.
- Contribute to the development of an induction package for the Keready Communicator and Mobilisers and conduct clinical training for the new Keready team.
- Weekly reporting complying with M&E unit guidelines.
- Use data to identify service delivery gaps and pressure points and provide recommendations.
- Adopts flexible working hours (weekend and out-of-office hours) that complement demand creation and specific community needs.
- When required provide on-demand and emergency medical duties at Keready service sites.
Self-management and performance ownership:
- Accountability for tasks and demonstrates effective self-management.
- Ensure that quality and productivity standards of own work are consistent and accurately maintained.
- Maintain a professional positive attitude and respond openly to feedback.
- Drive your own career development by participating in ongoing training and development.
- Quarterly performance evaluation will be implemented.
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Role
The Zero Dropout Campaign is providing support to the Department of Basic Education (DBE) for strategic implementation and monitoring of psychosocial support interventions geared towards contributing to the reduction and ultimate prevention of learner dropout.
Zero Dropout Campaign is an incubated project of the DG Murray Trust working to halve the rate of school dropout by 2030. This ambitious vision aims to set a common agenda and provides direction and clarity to mobilise and direct the activities of a diverse range of stakeholders towards the same critical outcomes.
The campaign seeks to appoint an Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilisation Specialist based at the Department of Basic Education Head office in Pretoria within the Psychosocial Support department.
Minimum requirements
- Relevant qualification in marketing, communications and/or public relations
- At least 5 years experience relevant experience
- Exceptional communication abilities, including writing, speaking and active listening
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Additional South African languages are a plus.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, frame and present arguments
- The ability to apply research insights and knowledge of behaviour change and communication theory to a practical implementation plan
- Proven ability to combine creativity and critical thinking to construct compelling messaging using well-presented data in various formats including text, video, audio and graphics
- Professional understanding of crisis management,
- Ability to effectively engage with team members of all levels and across departments
- Great project management skills, including time management, goal-setting, multitasking and prioritization
- Good data analysis, problem-solving and critical thinking skills
Additional qualifications or experience that will be an added advantage
- Evidence of the ability to make things happen, think strategically, work in uncertainty, and have strong people skills.
- Geared towards working in a collaborative environment
- Experience working across traditional and digital media platforms is an advantage
- Experience in working with DBE and NGOs is an advantage.
- Fluent in 2+ South African official languages.
- Driver’s license and willingness to travel are essential.
Responsibilities
- Lead development of Advocacy, Communication and Social mobilization strategy for the programme in collaboration with PSS programme stakeholders
- Translate High-level strategy into a measurable implementation plan with well-defined goals
- Consult with DBE management to develop effective communication procedures and policies for various situations or crises
- Draft press releases and monitor media mentions of school dropout and Psychosocial support to respond where necessary.
- Write letters, interdepartmental memos and other business correspondence
- Develop materials to educate learners and staff on PSS as linked to the prevention of learner drop-out
- Coach and assist team members in improving communication skills and aligning with messaging
- Perform communications research and monitor the progress of various communications strategies
- Supervise and mentor junior team members in the unit
- Lead conceptualizing planning and hosting of PSS events
- Develop IEC and branding material for the unit
- Work closely with the DBE Communications team
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