Job Description
The context:
Across the developing world, more children than ever are in school – but they are not learning. A recent study estimated that less than 1% of school children in Sub-Saharan Africa attend a school where the teaching meets basic standards of quality. At Rising Academies, we’re changing that, and we want your help. Our mission is to create the best schools and the most powerful teaching and learning tools for the people that need it most. We’re one of the fastest-growing quality-focused education companies in Africa, and a Certified B Corp®.
About us:
Founded in Sierra Leone in 2014, we’ve spent over a decade crafting a unique blend of high-tech and low-tech learning solutions proven to dramatically improve student outcomes that elevate teaching quality at scale. 7 RCTs have shown that the students we support learn, on average, 2.4x faster each year than their peers in comparable schools.
Today, we serve more than a quarter of a million students across 1,000 schools in West and East Africa through three integrated and complimentary channels:
- Pioneering Great-Value Private Schools: Our innovative networks of private schools deliver best-in-class results for children while developing highly scalable new technologies and approaches.
- Scalable Government Partnerships: We partner and collaborate with local and national governments across Africa to transform the quality of public school systems at scale.
- High Impact Solutions for Partners: We offer our proven high-impact solutions to other education providers and schools to improve school performance & increase outcomes.
Our innovative approaches combine expertly designed curriculum materials, personalized learning experiences, intensive teacher coaching and actionable data for school leaders. You can learn more about our solutions here: https://www.risingacademies.com/oursolutions
About the role:
We are looking for an experienced EdTech Implementation Consultant to help strengthen how student-facing technology is introduced, tested, and scaled across our schools and partner programs. Over an initial 6–9 month consultancy, the consultant will support implementation improvement across existing tools, help assess new student-facing technologies, and build practical systems that make future rollouts more effective and scalable.
This role sits across instruction, implementation, and systems design. The consultant will review current edtech approaches, identify what is working, and help build stronger tools, processes, and recommendations that improve adoption, student engagement, and learning outcomes.
The EdTech Implementation Consultant will:
- Review current student-facing edtech programs and identify key strengths, gaps, and improvement opportunities.
- Support teams to improve how technology is used in classrooms by strengthening implementation guidance and practical support tools.
- Assess new edtech tools and contribute to decisions on what is worth piloting or scaling.
- Develop frameworks, playbooks, and resources that improve consistency across rollouts.
- Support planning around implementation needs such as devices, basic infrastructure, and cost considerations.
- Capture lessons from different country contexts and help turn them into shared internal knowledge.
- Work closely with teams to solve implementation challenges and improve execution.
- Share clear recommendations with leadership on how Rising can strengthen its edtech implementation approach over time.
Location and reporting:
This is a remote consultancy role with expected travel across key markets, including Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Ghana, depending on program needs.
The consultant will report to the Chief Academic Officer (CAO) and work closely with colleagues across Academics, Product/Technology, Programs, and Country Leadership.
Application deadline:
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Early applications are encouraged, given the target start date of 15 April 2026.
Qualifications and Experience:
- 8+ years relevant experience in education, edtech, implementation, or a related field.
- Experience supporting the rollout or improvement of edtech programs across multiple schools, ideally in low-resource contexts.
- Good understanding of what drives strong implementation in schools, especially teacher and school leader adoption.
- Experience assessing digital learning tools or supporting decisions on tools, vendors, or implementation models.
- Ability to build practical systems, frameworks, or resources that improves execution, with the ability to turn findings into clear recommendations.
- Familiarity with operational considerations such as devices, logistics, or implementation costing is an advantage.
About You:
- You are energized by solving complex, cross-functional problems and can bring structure to ambiguity without losing sight of what is practical on the ground.
- You can zoom out to evaluate models and trade-offs, then zoom in to identify the practical changes needed to improve execution.
- You naturally turn scattered insights into usable frameworks, tools, and repeatable processes.
- You understand that technology only creates impact when it fits the realities of teaching and learning.
- You work well across functions, listen closely to country teams, and build credibility through clarity, empathy, and strong judgment.
- You do not stop at diagnosis; you move work forward by turning recommendations into concrete next steps.
- You can operate effectively in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial organization where priorities evolve and teams are distributed.
- You are motivated by Rising’s commitment to expanding access to high-quality education
Why Join Us?
- Compensation: We offer a competitive salary and benefits package. We regularly benchmark our compensation against comparable businesses, social ventures and non-profits. Rising’s goal is to be transparent about salaries at all levels of the organisation and have a standard, global pay scale for all positions that is non-negotiable.
- Continuous Development and Growth: Rising is a Certified B Corp and twice named in its “Best for the World” list. We are committed to continuous development, which is grounded in our values and a vital part of how we bring the ‘Rising Way’ to life. We provide a nurturing environment where our staff are supported with the right ongoing conversations with their managers, among teams and as an organization, to support their career growth and help us reach our goals.
- Impact: Our students achieve learning gains 2.4 times faster than their peers in comparable schools, positioning our impact in the top 10% of global education interventions. This role offers an opportunity to contribute meaningfully to this proven success.
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Rising is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing a work environment that is inclusive and free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on individual qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, national origin, family or parental status, veteran or disability status.
Rising is committed to creating a culture within the organisation, and its schools, that recognises the importance of safeguarding children and prioritising their rights and needs. We strive to uphold international safeguarding standards, and keep the safety and well-being of our students at the heart of what we do. All Rising employees are expected to abide by the Child Protection Policy, and to have the same level of commitment to protect children from harm. Safeguarding questions are part of every interview process and all Rising employees undergo reference checks before joining the organisation.
