Student Moblisation, Manager

Role: Student Mobilisation, Manager

Start Date: Immediate

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

Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

OBJECTIVE OF THE ROLE

Our vision is for all children in Malaysia to be empowered to be leaders of their own learning, their future and future of Malaysia. TFM defines student leadership in four competencies that align with the Malaysian Education Blueprint, which are: Social Emotional Learning (SEL), Communication, Resilience, and Entrepreneurship. 

As part of the student mobilisation team, we will focus on empowering Student Leadership and Student Voice in and outside of the classroom, and enabling students to drive locally-led community solutions through research and development of localised Student Leadership Development Framework and tools, training teachers and students in leadership development competencies, and support students to run community change initiatives.

MISSION FOR THE ROLE

The Student Mobilisation Manager is responsible for ensuring the application and broad alignment of TFM’s student leadership strategy across all programmes through continuous enhancement of the student leadership framework, effective execution of flagship student leadership projects and developing systems to measure impact.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Build greater alignment of the Student Leadership Strategy (SLS) with the wider movement

• Update and improve current Student Leadership Framework
• Work with Student Mobilisation team to review and revise the strategy and build alignment across all our programmes within TFM
• Oversee the collection of progress updates and outcomes of SLS 
• Create a plan to effectively communicate the student leadership strategy 

Manager and Oversee Student Leadership Programmes

• Manage project leads and oversee design and implementation of our student leadership programmes
• Ensure effective operational excellence in delivering our student programmes
• Manage key stakeholders including private sector funders and key public sector school, district and state level partners
• Manage the student mobilisation team to build structures and processes that allow us to delivery, monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of our programmes

Advocacy and building awareness of Student Voice

• Create opportunities for students to share their impact through the media
• Produce impact reports for our student leadership programmes and overall SLS
• Collect stories and data to capture student outcomes across movement
• Develop a database/platform to track students progress and their projects
• Collaborate cross functionally to build alignment of SLS and student outcomes 
• Identify and work with high potential student champions to be part of co-creation of our Student Leadership Strategy and programmes as well as broader advocacy

KEY MEASURES OF SUCCESS

• Growth in Student Leadership competencies (SCoRE - Social Emotional, Communication, Resilience, Entrepreneurship) – Increase the percentage of students who develop leadership competencies across the various student leadership programmes
• Growth in number of students impacted – Increase the number of students reached and student leaders developed through our various student leadership programmes

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

• Aligned to TFM Core Values: Sense of Possibility, Excellence, Collaboration & Integrity
• Passion for TFM’s mission, the education field, and developing people’s potential
• Proactive self-starter with the ability to manage multiple streams of work, and independently prioritise tasks
• Strong desire to learn new things and grow professionally

Role-Specific Competencies

• Excellent project management skills (Organizational skills, exceptional attention to detail)
• Basic knowledge of programme design
• Ability to develop strong relationships and partnership with external stakeholders, teachers, students and volunteers
• Clear and confident communicator

Years of experience & qualification

• Manager - at least 4 years working experience in the education field with experience designing and implementing student programs
• Bachelor's Degree preferred

Leadership Experience & Team Adaptability

• 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

Language & Technical Proficiency

• Strong written and verbal skills and excellent proficiency in English and basic proficiency in Bahasa Malaysia
• Excellent proficiency in MS Word, Powerpoint and Excel
• Willing and able to readily adopt and utilise any TFM database or technological platform / application (i.e. Google Suites, Confluence, Salesforce, Zoom etc.)