Community Centre Manager

Job Overview

About the ASLI Center Programme

ASLI stands for Advancing Skills & Livelihoods for Indigenous Communities.

The ASLI Centres are hubs for community learning and development located inside Indigenous villages, offering free English, Maths, Digital Skills and Life Skills classes to community members of all ages, from children to elders.

A Preparatory Year for New Teachers

This role is designed for fresh graduates of pedagogy and teacher-education programmes at Malaysian universities and teacher-training institutes. Many new graduates wait several months, sometimes up to a year, for their desired school openings. The ASLI Centre turns that wait into a structured development year. By the end of it you will have:

• 12 months of real teaching experience across English, Maths, Digital Skills and Life Skills, with mixed ages and abilities.
• Mentoring and leadership experience from training and handing over responsibility to your apprentice.

Role Summary

The Community Centre Manager is first and foremost a teacher. Your main function is to run the ASLI Centre as a well-organised, welcoming place of learning, delivering English, Maths, Digital Skills and Life Skills classes to the community.

Your second function is to train a local apprentice, ideally a community member, to take over the CCM role. Through daily teaching, guidance and gradually increasing responsibility, you prepare them to become a local agent of community development.

The long-term vision is for each ASLI Centre to become community-owned. Your legacy is not only the learners you teach, but the local leader who carries the centre forward after you leave.

What do I get?

• Monthly salary: RM3,000 (EPF, SOCSO and EIS included)
• Performance bonus: Up to RM6,000 on successful completion of the 13-month contract and performance review
• Accommodation and basic utilities for the full 13 months: in or near our office during training, and in or near the village during placement
• Transport support within Malaysia: Orientation, quarterly check-ins and emergencies
• Training: Pre-departure onboarding, capacity-building sessions, and mentorship from the programme team
• Recognition: ASLI Community Ambassador Certificate, ASLI Frontline Educator Record, and a Reference Letter

What do I need?

Minimum

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Education or a pedagogy-related field. Fresh graduates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Able to teach English and basic Maths.
• Able to commit to a 13-month placement in a rural or remote Indigenous village, and open to placement in any of our partner communities.
• Strong spoken and written English, and conversational Bahasa Malaysia, used daily in the village and with your apprentice.
• Basic digital literacy (Google Workspace).
• Deep respect for Indigenous Peoples' knowledge and ways of life. You see the community as strong and resourceful, consult elders and parents before changing how things are done, and aim to open opportunities, not to change the community.

Preferred

• Teaching practicum, tutoring, volunteering, or experience with underserved communities.
• A driving license
• Understanding of Indigenous issues, community organising or rural development.

Culture & Personality Fit:

Our CCMs come from many backgrounds, united by a commitment to Indigenous communities. These are the qualities we look for, and help you grow during the year:

• Build trust through consistency: You keep to the committed schedule, start on time and follow through. Trust in a village builds over months.
• Grow others: You hand sessions or tasks to your apprentice even when you could do them better, then give honest, specific feedback.
• Find joy in the basics: You are happy teaching ABCs and times tables, playing games with children, or sitting with a parent after class.
• Stay grounded under pressure: Power and internet cuts, cancelled classes, low attendance in monsoon or harvest season and long stretches without colleagues are normal. You adapt, keep classes running, and know when to call for support.
• Love teaching and learning: You review each class, adjust the next one, and ask for feedback on your own teaching.
• Are okay with being out of your comfort zone: The food, pace and culture may be new to you, and you are curious and open to them.

We care deeply about character. If you are a new teacher who has never lived in a rural village, but you are steady, sincere and ready for a year that could shape both your career and a community's future, we would love to hear from you.

What will I do?

1. Teaching & Programme Delivery (50%)

• Deliver structured English, Maths, Digital Skills and Personal Development sessions using SOLS materials and methodology.
• Track attendance, progress and learning outcomes.
• Organise informal learning sessions as needed.

2. Apprentice Capacity Building (15%)

• Train and guide a local apprentice to develop the teaching, operational and community skills required of a CCM.
• Gradually hand over responsibilities, from co-teaching to leading sessions and managing parts of centre operations.
• Hold regular coaching and feedback sessions, and track the apprentice's development.

3. Centre Operations & Administration (15%)

• Keep the centre clean, safe and welcoming, with accurate records of attendance, registration, supplies and assets.
• Submit weekly and monthly reports on activities, outreach and community needs.

4. Community Engagement & Stakeholder Relations (15%)

• Build strong, respectful relationships with community leaders, parents and partners.
• Create partnerships with local schools, organisations and businesses for the effective implementation of center programmes. 
• Represent SOLS at local meetings, gatherings and community-led initiatives.
• Help the apprentice build their own relationships and authority in the community by bringing them into meetings and stepping back as they lead.

5. Village Data Collection & Mapping (5%)

• Collect, input and verify demographic, intervention and infrastructure data for open-source mapping tools.
• Flag community needs or grievances to the Programme Manager promptly.

What Success Looks Like

• Stable attendance and active engagement from learners.
• The apprentice grows in ability, responsibility and confidence, and by the end of the placement leads sessions and core operations with growing independence.
• Strong community rapport, with risks or issues flagged early.
• Accurate, timely reporting and village data updates.
• Completion of the 13-month contract with tangible educational and community development outcomes.