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> An innovative new educational project aims to build
thousands of schools in Kenya's slum areas, providing world class but affordable
education to thousands of children from poor families. This is an exciting opportunity
to make a real difference to our country and its people and get in at the start
of a growing enterprise. All posts combine leadership with hands-on delivery and
demand dedicated professionals with a demonstrable track record of substantial
achievements. HEAD
OF INSTRUCTION This is a senior post for an educational superstar with
experience in authoring curricula, in this case based on the national primary
syllabus. Your expertise may encompass textbook writing, teacher training, curriculum
development, assessment and instructional management. You will have an appropriate
educational qualification. The job entails hands-on production of scripted teaching
guides, creative instructional methodologies, support materials and monitoring
and compliance systems. DIRECTOR
OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT The successful candidate will be a mature professional
with demonstrable hands-on experience in designing, writing, editing and producing
instructional classroom materials, ideally at primary level. You will take responsibility
for upgrading all of the instructional components of the company's unique 'School
in a Box' system. You must also have strong management experience and experience
in scaling up instructional systems to serve large numbers of students, teachers
and institutions. The post is suitable for someone who has led the development
of widely-distributed commercially published textbooks or instructional materials
An appropriate educational qualification is important. DIRECTOR
OF, TEACHER TRAINING Teachers
for company schools are recruited from the local community and may have no previous
teaching experience. This position takes responsibility for the hands-on training
of such people, and for developing training methodologies and materials. You must
have direct experience in developing and implementing large scale multi-week teacher
training courses, including the design of scripted training materials, tools,
systems and learning activities, as well as evaluative assessments. Experience
in the private education sector is essential. The number of teachers will grow
exponentially and the successful candidate must be able to scale up the training
operations to cover thousands of people in multiple locations. HUMAN
RESOURCE AND TRAINING POSITIONS > > > HEAD
OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND RECRUITING This is a senior, hands-on position for
an experienced practitioner with over five years corporate HR experience which
includes direct involvement in the hiring process of a large scale business operation.
You will have a broad understanding of the HR needs of a fast growing business
organisation as well as the ability to implement the necessary systems and processes.
The success of the project demands that it be HR driven, with a professional HQ
support team leading field operations with teachers and school managers recruited
from the poor communities where schools are located. You must be able to provide
the necessary leadership to achieve this
TRAINING MANAGER, SCHOOL OPERATIONS Applicants'
background must be in corporate job skills training where you can show a track
record of significant achievements. You will be fully up to date with participatory
learning techniques, materials development and direct instruction in a diverse
business environment. The position takes responsibility for hands-on training
of school managers in the company's unique operating procedures and for developing
training methodologies and materials. It does not require an education sector
background. Since the number of schools will escalate rapidly, the successful
candidate needs to be proficient in devising scalable approaches to train large
numbers of people in multiple locations. SCHOOL
OPERATIONS POSITIONS > > > SUPPORT
SERVICES MANAGER This role provides leadership to the support of all schools
within the project network and includes the design and implementation of processes
and tools for audit and quality assurance, as well as day-to-day oversight and
management of a rapidly growing team of support personnel. The function spans
all operational, instructional, financial and human resource management systems
to ensure cost-effective support and monitoring of the schools. Applicants must
have ten years experience managing a large-scale field support or supervisory
team for a business with many geographically separated units or delivery outlets
such as shops, stores or kiosks. Involvement in slum projects would be an advantage. SCHOOL
OPERATIONS OFFICERS
This post takes responsibility for overseeing the operations of a cluster of schools,
offering guidance and support to School Managers and providing an essential link
between the field and HQ. Your experience should be in field supervision of business
operations or in mentoring small business entrepreneurs and may not be specifically
educational. You must be a team player and a great communicator. Involvement in
slum projects would be an advantage. FULL
JOB DESCRIPTIONS CAN BE FOUND BY FOLLOWING THE LINK ON www.bridgeinternationalacademies.com
and clicking on 'Job Postings'. FOR
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