About This Role
This fellowship is essentially a talent incubation programme wrapped inside a business development role. Whiz Kids Workshop is scaling Tsehai from a beloved children's brand into a two-sided platform connecting caregivers with families and employers, and they want to grow future leaders from the ground up rather than hire polished specialists. Expect to be handed real ownership early — building processes, spotting gaps, and running systems that don't yet have a playbook. It suits someone who thrives on ambiguity and wants to grow with a mission-driven education venture rather than slot into a fixed corporate ladder.
What the Requirements Say About This Role
The language here is deliberately light on credentials and heavy on disposition — the profile being sought is someone who demonstrates initiative through evidence, not job titles. The 1–3 year band signals they want early-career energy and fresh perspective, but also enough workplace exposure to know how to follow through without hand-holding. Reading between the lines, they're filtering for self-starters who can show a track record of noticing a problem and fixing it, because the fellowship's real product is your growth trajectory.
How to Approach This Application
Because this is a fellowship framed around potential rather than a fixed checklist, your application should lead with concrete stories of problems you identified and solved — at work, in a student club, or in a side project — rather than a list of duties from past roles. Show genuine familiarity with Tsehai as a brand and an understanding of why a caregiver platform matters in the Ethiopian context; that signals you're not applying generically. The employer likely prioritises attitude, curiosity, and follow-through over perfect qualifications, so be specific and human rather than over-formatted.
Who This Role Suits
Best suited to an early-career Ethiopian professional eager for fast responsibility in an education-focused social enterprise — expect competition from motivated graduates and junior staff who value mission and mentorship over salary alone.
Tsehai Young Leaders Fellowship- Paid
Whiz Kids Workshop | Tsehai Loves Learning | Tsehai for Families
How much responsibility could you earn if someone gave you the chance to prove yourself?
You’re early in your career. You learn fast. You notice problems, figure things out and follow through.
You want meaningful work—and the opportunity to become someone a team can depend on.
We’re looking for you.
At Whiz Kids Workshop, we’re building Tsehai 2.0: a platform that helps caregivers develop practical skills, demonstrate their competence and connect with families and employers. Yes, you guessed it. It is an extension of ፀሐይ መማር ትወዳለች🥰
We’re opening a paid Tsehai Young Leaders Fellowship to develop people who can run, improve and eventually lead the systems behind that mission.
What you’ll learn and do
You’ll work across seven connected systems:
- Registration and onboarding: help people start successfully.
- Skill assessment: protect quality and turn evidence into sound decisions.
- Caregiver portfolio and employer services: create value for both sides.
- Learner support: identify barriers and help people move forward.
- Team operations: manage priorities, capacity and continuous flow.
- Talent development: help others learn, improve and earn responsibility.
- Content marketing and advertising: attract the right caregivers and employers to Tsehai.
You’ll learn to identify what limits results, question unnecessary requirements, simplify processes and measure whether your changes work.
Your application is where the learning begins
This fellowship uses a hands-on selection process. We’re looking for exceptional early-career talent with the potential to lead. Each stage introduces you to Tsehai’s mission, work and daily practices through short courses, videos and practical assignments. As you advance, you’ll submit practical work and use feedback to improve it.
Start preparing as soon as you open the application. Set aside time to read the linked materials, watch the videos, reflect on what you’ve learned and organize your submission before each deadline. Your application is your first opportunity to show how you learn and put that learning into practice.
Application section
The selection process includes four practical assessments. Each stage introduces you to how Tsehai works and gives you a chance to apply what you learn. Open the application early so you have time to review the materials and prepare a thoughtful response.
Stage 1: Mission and first signal. Review six child development concepts, respond to a caregiving scenario and reflect on how your experiences and skills could contribute to Tsehai. Your submission includes a short essay and response in Amharic.
Stage 2: Learn through practice. If invited, read the reflection questions before starting Modules 1 and 2 of Tsehai’s Caregiver Course on Tsehai Telegram. Practise Responsive caregiving with a child under 8, submit the required evidence and apply any coaching feedback you receive. In your final reflection, explain what you learned, where a learner might get stuck and one small improvement you would test.
Stages 3 and 4: Apply your judgment. Work through one case connecting Tsehai’s seven systems, then complete an observed operating assessment. Candidates who advance will be invited to a final interview.
Before applying, confirm that you can arrange safe caregiving practice with a child under 8 through family or trusted friends, with permission from the child’s parent or guardian. Obtain their permission before recording any practice. Allow time to review the materials, complete the activities and submit your work by each stage’s deadline.
Who should apply
Education background: Marketing, Sales, Project Management, Supply Chain Management or Business. Candidates with backgrounds in Education, Psychology or Social Work should also have specific business, team or project management experience.
Early-career candidates, including those with approximately two to three years of experience, who can demonstrate:
- Ownership: you finish quality work, check that it worked and have evidence of results
- Curiosity: you investigate before jumping to conclusions.
- Coachability: feedback changes your next attempt.
- Judgment: you recognize your limits and ask for help appropriately without draining the management system.
- Commitment to improving children’s lives through better caregiving.
- Clear communication in Amharic and English.
- Available to work full time: Monday -Friday 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM with a one-hour lunch break and Saturday 8:30 AM- 12:30 PM at our HQ Office Location
Relevant experience can come from employment, projects, full-time volunteering, or community leadership.
What you’ll receive if selected for fellowship
- A three-month paid fellowship with a net salary of 35,000 birr per month.
- Direct coaching. Practical learning. Increasing responsibility as you demonstrate readiness.
- Certificate of Achievement of Tsehai Young Leaders Fellowship
- Longer-term roles: Four strong performers may be considered for longer-term roles, based on demonstrated capability, organizational needs and available positions.
Bring evidence of your potential. We’ll give you opportunities to develop it further.
How To Apply
Application link and deadline
Start your Stage 1 application by clicking here
Application deadline: 28 November 2026.
Learn by doing. Lead by delivering.
Good luck.
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