School Leadership Coach - Volunteer

You’ll play a critical role in delivering Aprender’s mission by training and directly supporting In-country Education Officers to become In-country Coaches. These Coaches cascade the training to teachers, school leaders, and education systems to improve the quality of student outcomes.

The Lead Apto Coach is a critical role within Aprender, helping to transform the organisation from a small charity delivering programmes directly into a scalable organisation that develops local leaders, coaches, and systems capable of sustaining educational improvement independently. The role sits at the heart of Aprender’s mission, ensuring that the Apto model is implemented effectively and consistently while building long-term capacity within schools and education systems.

One of the primary ways the role supports Aprender is by increasing programme delivery capacity. Through training, mentoring, and supporting education officers, school leaders, and accredited Apto Coaches, the Lead Coach enables Aprender to reach more schools and educators without relying solely on a small central team. This creates the foundation for growth and expansion across multiple countries and contexts.

The role is also essential for maintaining programme quality. As Aprender scales, there is a risk that delivery becomes inconsistent. The Lead Apto Coach helps prevent this by providing observation, coaching, feedback, and quality assurance. By supporting educators to implement best practice and continuously improve, the role ensures that schools receive a high-quality experience and that the integrity of the Apto model is maintained.

Rather than creating dependence on external support, the Lead Coach develops local ownership by strengthening the skills and confidence of coaches, education officers, and school leaders. This helps create self‑sustaining systems of professional development that continue long after individual projects have ended. Such an approach aligns strongly with Aprender’s commitment to empowering local partners and creating lasting impact.

The role also contributes significantly to monitoring, evaluation, and learning. Through lesson observations, coaching records, impact monitoring, and programme evaluation, the Lead Coach helps build the evidence base needed to demonstrate educational improvement. This evidence is increasingly important for attracting larger funders, government partners, and strategic collaborators.

In addition, the Lead Coach strengthens relationships with schools, NGOs, education officers, and government stakeholders. By working closely with partners and understanding their needs, the role helps identify opportunities for growth, collaboration, and system‑level change.

Phether most importantly, the Lead Apto Coach reduces Aprender’s dependence on senior leadership by distributing expertise and responsibility across a wider team. In doing so, the role becomes a key driver of impact, quality, sustainability, and scale. Ultimately, the Lead Apto Coach is the bridge between Aprender’s vision and real‑world educational transformation, ensuring that meaningful improvements in teaching and leadership lead to better outcomes for children and young people.

• Experience in teaching and school leadership at Head Teacher or Deputy Head Teacher level
• Experience in coaching staff members
• Ability to facilitate adult learning and professional development
• Data collection, analysis, and evaluation experience
• Previous project management experience

• Experience working in diverse or low‑resource contexts
• Strong cultural awareness and adaptability

• Understanding of how to support sustained changes in practice
• Ability to translate theory into practical action

• Strong interpersonal and relationship‑building skills
• Ability to communicate clearly across different audiences

• Humility, resilience, and adaptability
• Commitment to Aprender’s mission and values
• Self‑motivated and able to work independently
• A reflective practitioner

• Experience in international education…