Exciting Career Opportunity at EduSpots

POSITION: App Development Manager

EduSpots is seeking an App Development Manager to take full ownership of the EduSpots App, its development, performance, and rollout across our network. If you have experience gathering user feedback and translating it into technical requirements, plus strong communication skills for non technical colleagues, this remote, Ghana based role offers the opportunity to manage the full technology stack, lead new feature development, ensure reliability in rural communities, and drive app adoption across Ghana and Kenya.

Why EduSpots?

EduSpots was created to show that communities themselves can design, lead, and sustain transformative learning. Since 2015, over 700 local leaders called Catalysts have created 50 community owned learning hubs called Spots. Each Spot is unique, but all connect through WhatsApp for Learning and the EduSpots App, advancing inclusive, future ready education. In 2026, EduSpots aims to double its impact from 50 to 100 Spots, reaching an additional 10,000 learners. As App Development Manager, you will not simply maintain code; you will take full ownership of the EduSpots App, conduct an initial audit, lead new feature development, ensure reliable performance in low connectivity environments, and champion app adoption across the network.

Your Mission

You will manage the full EduSpots technology stack: Flutter for mobile, React for web, and Ruby on Rails with PostgreSQL backend, overseeing deployment via Heroku. Your role includes taking full ownership of app development, conducting an initial audit to establish priorities across bugs, performance, and user experience, leading new feature development, ensuring reliable performance in low connectivity environments, managing app releases via Google Play Store, maintaining technical documentation, staying current with mobile development frameworks, and ensuring data security and privacy across multiple jurisdictions.

Key Responsibilities

Your role spans app development, technical leadership, user engagement, rollout strategy, and partnership support. Here is what you will tackle:

App Development and Technical Leadership

• You will manage the full EduSpots technology stack: Flutter (mobile), React (web), and Ruby on Rails with PostgreSQL (backend), overseeing deployment to production and staging environments via Heroku.
• Taking full ownership of app development, conducting an initial audit to establish priorities across bugs, performance, and user experience.
• Leading new feature development, making decisions about technical approach and priorities aligned with organizational goals.
• Developing and maintaining high quality, well documented code across the app.
• Ensuring the app performs reliably in low connectivity environments, optimizing for rural Ghana and Kenya.
• Leading ongoing development of the Android version, with potential responsibility for future iOS expansion.
• Managing app releases, version control, and deployment across Google Play Store and potentially Apple App Store.
• Maintaining clear technical documentation, ensuring transparent and sustainable architecture.
• Staying current with relevant mobile development frameworks, tools, and best practices.
• Ensuring the app meets appropriate standards for data security, privacy, and safeguarding across the UK, Ghana, and Kenya.

App Uptake and User Engagement

• You will manage the rollout strategy for the EduSpots App, monitoring clear goals for adoption across the network.
• Working closely with Regional Coordinators to gather structured feedback from Catalysts, community members, and staff.
• Translating community feedback into clear development priorities, balancing technical feasibility with user need.
• Supporting the wider team in understanding and championing the app.
• Developing and implementing strategies to drive app adoption across the EduSpots network.
• Monitoring app usage data and user engagement metrics, reporting progress and shaping future development.

Partnerships and Fundraising

• You will join Mastercard Foundation EdTech sessions as needed.
• Supporting partnerships development and fundraising needs in EdTech.
• Reporting regularly on app development progress and usage, keeping the wider team informed.

What You Bring to the Role

Essential Experience

• A minimum of five years of professional experience in mobile app development, with a strong portfolio demonstrating hands on technical delivery.
• Proven, hands on experience across the EduSpots technology stack: Flutter, React, Ruby on Rails with PostgreSQL, and Heroku.
• Google Play Console experience for managing app releases, plus ideally Apple App Store experience.
• Proven ability to diagnose and resolve complex bugs, performance issues, and UX problems in existing codebases.
• Strong experience with Android development; familiarity with iOS or willingness to learn.
• Experience with version control systems (Git) and collaborative development workflows.
• Ability to develop for low bandwidth and low connectivity environments.
• Experience gathering user feedback and translating it into technical requirements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for explaining technical concepts to non technical colleagues.
• Experience managing the rollout of a digital product, including prioritising work and communicating progress.

Desirable Experience

• Experience working within an NGO, EdTech, or social impact context.
• Familiarity with backend development and API integration.
• Experience with app analytics tools and user engagement metrics.
• Knowledge of mobile accessibility standards and inclusive design principles.

Personal Qualities

• A genuine problem solver who takes real pride in building things that work.
• Highly self directed and able to manage your own priorities effectively in a remote working environment.
• Collaborative and people centred, with genuine interest in how communities use technology.
• Patient and empathetic, able to communicate technical ideas to non technical colleagues and community members.
• Committed to EduSpots’ values of community leadership, play, teamwork, passion, care, daring, sustainable impact, and learning mindset.
• Flexible, adaptable, and resilient, able to respond effectively to changing operational needs.

Why This Role Suits You

• Remote Work: You will work from home in Ghana with flexibility.
• Social Impact: Your app development will support community led education across rural Ghana and Kenya.
• Technical Ownership: You will manage the full stack, not just front end or back end.
• User Centered: You will gather feedback from Catalysts and translate it into development priorities.

Key Details to Remember

• Role: App Development Manager
• Organization: EduSpots
• Location: Remote working, Ghana based
• Reports To: Head of Programme and Product Operations
• Salary: Manager band
• Experience Required: Minimum 5 years mobile app development
• Tech Stack: Flutter, React, Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Heroku
• Key Skills: Android development, bug diagnosis, low connectivity optimization, Google Play Console, user feedback translation

How to Apply for this Career Opportunity at EduSpots

If you possess the qualifications and drive to excel as App Development Manager, we want to hear from you. Follow these steps to submit your application:

1. Prepare a tailored Covering Letter and your Curriculum Vitae.
2. Highlight your experience with Flutter, React, Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, and Heroku.
3. Send your application to: recruitment@eduspots.org

Closing Date: 19th June 2026

NOTE: 

Please be aware that employers typically receive a high volume of applications for each position and will only shortlist the most qualified candidates. Please note that NewsNowGh.com is not involved in the employer’s recruitment decisions and does not guarantee that applicants will be shortlisted or selected for any role.

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