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Volunteer Webinar Series Management
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Descripción
VACANCY 2 — Volunteer Webinar Series Management
Role title: Webinar Series Manager — Africa's Education Enablers Series Reports to: Webinar Services Team Lead Location: Remote Commitment: Ongoing across the full seven-week series (not a single-session role) Time commitment: ~4–6 hours/week during active weeks, more in the run-up to the pilot (late August)
About the role
Management runs the series as a whole, not any single episode — scheduling, guest coordination, presenter support, quality control, and the handoff into the EduAid-Africa Journal after each session. This is the role that makes sure every week actually happens on time, with the right guests, and produces a usable write-up afterward. It suits someone who wants sustained involvement across the series rather than a one-off appearance.
What you'll actually do
- Own the master schedule for all seven weeks, coordinating with Presenters and Production so no session is left without a confirmed host or a confirmed production volunteer.
- Source, confirm, and brief guests for each session, working from that week's theme and the specific award categories it supports.
- Run the pre-session briefing call with the week's Presenter and guests.
- Be the point of contact during the live session for anything that needs a real-time decision (a guest running late, a technical issue escalated from Production, a timing adjustment).
- Ensure each session's recording, notable quotes, and key discussion points are captured and handed to whoever is writing that week's EduAid-Africa Journal report, using the shared journal write-up layout (headline, dek, session meta, summary, key points, notable quote, recognition tie-in, what's-next, media checklist, status).
- Track which Presenters and Production volunteers are confirmed for which week, and flag gaps early rather than the week of.
- Flag anything genuinely unresolved (e.g. a session with no confirmed topic, like Podcast Episodes 8 & 9 currently are) rather than quietly filling the gap with a guess.
The full series you'll be managing
WeekDateTitle
1 (pilot)
Thu 27 Aug 2026
Fame With Purpose
2
Thu 10 Sep 2026
Legacies That Teach Generations
3
Thu 24 Sep 2026
Funding the Future of African Education
4
Thu 8 Oct 2026
Stories That Mobilise, Organisations That Deliver
5
Thu 22 Oct 2026
Building the Future-Ready African School
6
Thu 5 Nov 2026
Africa's Knowledge, Skills and Volunteer Teaching Network
7 (closing)
Thu 19 Nov 2026
The Global Alliance for African Education
What we're looking for
- Strong organisational and follow-through skills — this role is measured by whether sessions happen on schedule with what they need, not by any single deliverable.
- Comfortable coordinating multiple volunteers (Presenters, Production, guests) at once.
- Clear written communication — a lot of this role is briefing other people clearly and following up.
- Prior experience running an event series, podcast, or recurring programme is a strong plus, though not required.
- Available consistently across the full series, not just for one or two weeks — this is the main way this role differs from Presenter or Production.
How to apply
Apply via the NESA-Africa Idealist listing or the volunteer form on nesa.africa. Since this is a series-long commitment, please note your general availability across late August through late November 2026, and any prior experience managing a recurring event or content series.
Schedule current as of the corrected 2026 timeline. As with every other listing in this series, dates and topics shown here are the confirmed schedule — nothing is invented to fill a gap; where something isn't confirmed yet, it's stated as such rather than guessed.
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If you're selected: you'll take ownership of the technical hosting practicals across all seven weeks — setting up and managing the Zoom (or equivalent) sessions, generating and distributing every session's join link, and actively working toward securing at least one confirmed speaker from every African region and the Diaspora across the series, not just wherever contacts happen to be easiest to reach.
Instructions for Interested Volunteers
Africa's Education Enablers — Webinar & Podcast Series
How to apply, for each of the four roles. Read the instructions for the specific role(s) you're interested in — you're welcome to apply for more than one.
WEBINAR SERIES MANAGEMENT — How to Apply
- Confirm your availability first. This role runs the full seven weeks (late August–November 2026) — before applying, make sure you can commit to that span, not just a couple of weeks.
- Answer the two short application questions (how you'd handle a presenter/guest dropping out three days before a session; what you'd track earlier next time based on past experience).
- Submit your application via the NESA-Africa Idealist listing or the volunteer form at nesa.africa, including your general availability across the series.
- If shortlisted, you'll have a call with the Webinar Services Team Lead to walk through the full scope — scheduling, guest sourcing, and the Journal handoff process.
- If confirmed, your first real task is setting up the technical hosting infrastructure (Zoom or equivalent) for the series and beginning outreach toward securing at least one confirmed speaker from every African region and the Diaspora.
- You'll be given access to the shared schedule, the journal write-up layout, and direct contact with Presenters and Production volunteers once onboarded.
