1.Learning and Design Associate for Kiziba and Ethiopia
Learning and Design Associate for Kiziba and Ethiopia
Job Title: Learning and Design Associate for Kiziba and Ethiopia Location: Kigali
Employment status: Full – Time Contract type: Open- ended
Reports to: The Senior Director of Learning and Design Deadline: 08th October, 2021
About Kepler:
Since Kepler’s launch in 2013, we are building a model of accessible and quality higher education. We provide a different kind of education – one that combines in-person, online, and on-the-job learning in service of a singular goal: decent jobs for young Africans. And we have been successful, with more than 90% of scholars employed within six months of graduating. Kepler, through a partnership with Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU), has enrolled more than 1,000 students across our campuses in Kigali and the Kiziba refugee camp in Western Rwanda.
We have entered into a dynamic time at Kepler. Over the next few months, Kepler hopes to become locally accredited in Rwanda through Kepler College and we are expanding our academic offerings and programs in Rwanda and Ethiopia.
Job summary:
The Learning & Design team at Kepler is responsible for researching and structuring new academic programs at Kepler in collaboration with the academic team. The team is searching for two Learning and Design Specialists who will work closely with various academic units at Kepler to support teachers and academic managers to design and implement effective programs. One specialist will work with the teams in Kiziba Refugee Camp in Rwanda and in Ethiopia, while one will work with the Kepler College team in Kigali. Both positions are based in Kigali with the possibility of travel to other programs.
People in this position will receive in-depth training in learning & design principles and processes in order to support teachers and the academic leads of each site in planning the day-to-day curriculum. They will provide training and support as needed to academic staff as well as assist in organizing and project managing the build-out of new curriculum and management of current curriculum revisions. Learning and Design Specialists will also work together with the rest of the Learning and Design team to research and implement new pedagogical approaches and strategies as Kepler grows.
Reports To: The Senior Director of Learning and Design
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Providing professional development in learning & design processes for academic staff in collaboration with subject managers, including onboarding new staff
- Project managing the creation of new curriculum materials to ensure timely creation of materials
- Updating curriculum documents to meet current standards and improve quality across programs
- Assisting in planning in targeted ways as requested by subject managers (i.e. finding texts, editing curriculum documents, writing questions, etc.)
- Providing targeted feedback to ensure quality control of curriculum documents, with a particular focus on assessments
- Acting as a thought partner for teachers for challenging curriculum design tasks
- Working with the Quality Assurance team to ensure that revisions to the curriculum are tracked accurately and efficiently and that materials are prepared for audits as needed
- Working with academic leads to solve challenges related to the implementation of curriculum and with any other support needed to maintain or revise programs
Qualifications, skills, and experience
- A Master’s degree is required
- A minimum of 3 years of teaching experience, preferably in higher education
- Experience with designing curriculum, preferably in a blended-learning or competency-based setting
- Experience teaching in a blended learning or online environment
- Basic understanding of and ability to use backward design principles
- Basic understanding of and ability to implement competency-based learning
- Basic understanding of and ability to use blended learning pedagogy and tools
- Ability to write clear and compelling curriculum documents, including lessons and assessments, that relate content to employment
- Collaborates well across teams and is able to coordinate project planning across multiple teams and departments
- Demonstrated ability to problem-solve and come up with innovative solutions that take into account the needs of a variety of stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and produce high-quality work in time-sensitive situations and to prioritize work based on importance
- Ability to research and synthesize information in order to fuel innovation
- Ability to find and use high-quality resources for instructional design purposes
- Highly organized and detail-oriented
- Effective communication skills, both verbal and written
- Ability to work effectively remotely across multiple teams
- Ability to seek and use feedback to grow and improve
- Facility with Microsoft Suite and Google Suite
Starting Date: As soon as possible
How to Apply:
Applicants are required to submit a cover letter and cv/resume through BambooHR. Applicant link:https://kepler1.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=131&source=aWQ9NA%3D%3D
All applicants must apply using our online application system, CVs received via email or standard post will NOT be considered. Deadline for applying is 08th October 2021 before the end of the day, all late applications will note be considered.
Kepler is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer. We value difference, promoting equality and enhancing our organizational capability. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, color, ethnicity, gender, religion, or other category protected by law.
2. Learning and Design Associate for Kepler College
Learning and Design Associate for Kepler College
Job Title: Learning and Design Associate for Kepler College Location: Kigali
Employment status: Full – Time Contract type: Open- ended
Reports to: The Senior Director of Learning and Design Deadline: 08th October, 2021
Institution information:
Since Kepler’s launch in 2013, we are building a model of accessible and quality higher education. We provide a different kind of education – one that combines in-person, online, and on-the-job learning in service of a singular goal: decent jobs for young Africans. And we have been successful, with more than 90% of scholars employed within six months of graduating. Kepler, through a partnership with Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU), has enrolled more than 1,000 students across our campuses in Kigali and the Kiziba refugee camp in Western Rwanda.
We have entered into a dynamic time at Kepler. Over the next few months, Kepler hopes to become locally accredited in Rwanda through Kepler College and we are expanding our academic offerings and programs in Rwanda and Ethiopia.
Job summary:
The Learning & Design team at Kepler is responsible for researching and structuring new academic programs at Kepler in collaboration with the academic team. The team is searching for two Learning and Design Specialists who will work closely with various academic units at Kepler to support teachers and academic managers to design and implement effective programs. One specialist will work with the teams in Kiziba Refugee Camp in Rwanda and in Ethiopia, while one will work with the Kepler College team in Kigali. Both positions are based in Kigali with the possibility of travel to other programs.
People in this position will receive in-depth training in learning & design principles and processes in order to support teachers and the academic leads of each site in planning the day-to-day curriculum. They will provide training and support as needed to academic staff as well as assist in organizing and project managing the build-out of new curriculum and management of current curriculum revisions. Learning and Design Specialists will also work together with the rest of the Learning and Design team to research and implement new pedagogical approaches and strategies as Kepler grows.
Reports To: The Senior Director of Learning and Design
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Providing professional development in learning & design processes for academic staff in collaboration with subject managers, including onboarding new staff
- Project managing the creation of new curriculum materials to ensure timely creation of materials
- Updating curriculum documents to meet current standards and improve quality across programs
- Assisting in planning in targeted ways as requested by subject managers (i.e. finding texts, editing curriculum documents, writing questions, etc.)
- Providing targeted feedback to ensure quality control of curriculum documents, with a particular focus on assessments
- Acting as a thought partner for teachers for challenging curriculum design tasks
- Working with the Quality Assurance team to ensure that revisions to the curriculum are tracked accurately and efficiently and that materials are prepared for audits as needed
- Working with academic leads to solve challenges related to the implementation of curriculum and with any other support needed to maintain or revise programs
Qualifications, skills, and experience
- A Master’s degree is required
- A minimum of 3 years of teaching experience, preferably in higher education
- Experience with designing curriculum, preferably in a blended-learning or competency-based setting
- Experience teaching in a blended learning or online environment
- Basic understanding of and ability to use backward design principles
- Basic understanding of and ability to implement competency-based learning
- Basic understanding of and ability to use blended learning pedagogy and tools
- Ability to write clear and compelling curriculum documents, including lessons and assessments, that relate content to employment
- Collaborates well across teams and is able to coordinate project planning across multiple teams and departments
- Demonstrated ability to problem-solve and come up with innovative solutions that take into account the needs of a variety of stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and produce high-quality work in time-sensitive situations and to prioritize work based on importance
- Ability to research and synthesize information in order to fuel innovation
- Ability to find and use high-quality resources for instructional design purposes
- Highly organized and detail-oriented
- Effective communication skills, both verbal and written
- Ability to work effectively remotely across multiple teams
- Ability to seek and use feedback to grow and improve
- Facility with Microsoft Suite and Google Suite
Starting Date: As soon as possible
How to Apply:
Applicants are required to submit a cover letter and cv/resume through BambooHR. Applicant link:https://kepler1.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=130&source=aWQ9NA%3D%3D
All applicants must apply using our online application system, CVs received via email or standard post will NOT be considered. Deadline for applying is 08th October 2021 before the end of the day, all late applications will note be considered.
Kepler is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer. We value difference, promoting equality, and enhancing our organizational capability. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, color, ethnicity, gender, religion, or other category protected by law.
3.Academic Advisor
Academic Advisor
Job Title: Academic Advisor Location: Kigali
Employment status: Full – Time Contract type: Open- ended
Reports to: The Manager of Academic Advising Deadline: 08th October, 2021
Institution information:
The challenge: All across sub-Saharan Africa, millions of young people struggle every day with access to education and employment – and the kinds of livelihoods that lead to economic security and mobility for themselves and their families. Every young person deserves the chance to be educated; every young person deserves the opportunity to have a meaningful job.
Who we are: Kepler is a nonprofit university program that is building a transformative model of education-to-employment services for these young people across the region. Our ultimate goal is to contribute to the economic mobility of thousands of individuals, families, and communities in all of our countries of operation. We want to reimagine what higher education can look like in sub-Saharan Africa.
What we do: Through a rigorous curriculum of in-person, online, and on-the-job learning, Kepler students graduate with the relevant skills and the right attitude to meet the needs of the changing global economy. We partner closely with Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) – a global leader in higher education – which allows our students to attain affordable, internationally recognized degrees while studying in East Africa.
Our history: Kepler launched in Rwanda in 2013. Our 50+ staff currently serve 550 students across two campuses in Rwanda – our flagship campus in Kigali, as well as a second campus in the Kiziba refugee camp in Western Rwanda, where we serve refugee learners.
The future: Kepler has an ambitious new strategy for the next five years, which will include launching in two new countries; expanding our academic offerings; partnering with other public and private sector universities, and reaching a new level of organizational sustainability.
Job summary:
The Academic Advisor position is one of the most essential positions in the organization, other than the student, to help Kepler fulfill its vision to innovate higher education through a dynamic blended-learning model. The Academic Advisor is the first point of contact to support students’ learning and growth connecting the SNHU curriculum with the East African context as well as helping students understand their path through the degree.
The role includes supporting students to make adequate progress on their degrees through structured coaching and advising, facilitating various online and in-person support mechanisms, developing structured lessons that facilitate remediation, understanding, and extension of the SNHU degree projects, and collaborating with colleagues to aggregate data and make relevant recommendations and adaptations to the Kepler approach.
This position has non-traditional work hours that may require academic advisors to start work late, finish work late, and/or work on weekends. The position is equivalent to 45 work hours/week.
Reports to: The Manager of Academic Advising.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Support student success in both the Kepler-based curriculum and SNHU degree work
- Coordinate small group student-led sessions to support student-centered learning through SNHU projects
- Conduct optional and mandatory office hours through a variety of formats: workshop, 1:1 conference, group supported work time, etc.
- Schedule and facilitate study hall both online and offline
- Utilize student data to make informed decisions to guarantee all students’ progress through the curriculum
- Create and facilitate collaborative “co-labs” learning experiences
- Facilitate learning sessions and study groups in a variety of content areas with students
- Help non-native English speakers to rapidly improve English fluency through a competency-based, blended learning curriculum
- Create content for online Learning Management System.
- Grade competency-based work and provide student feedback in a timely manner (48-hour turnaround max)
- Generate scope and sequences, lesson plans, and other curriculum that supports diverse learners to acquire necessary skills
- Modify curriculum for applicability to the context and to best support students
- Engage in team meetings to collaborate and build high-quality resources for students
- Provide feedback on the program, curriculum, and students to various stakeholders within the organization in a timely manner
- Learn and utilize effective online, in-person, and blended learning teaching techniques
- Collaborate with peers to share best-practices and innovations from the classroom
- Share and train other educators in the implementation of online education in a blended learning environment
- Participate in the Kepler Teaching Essentials process as outlined by the administration
- Work in collaboration with the academic team to achieve annual academic goals
- Collaborate with the Managers of Academic Advising as well as the Careers team to identify and address gaps in the program.
Qualifications, skills, and experience
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher
- Highly motivated with a passion for education
- Demonstrates a strong desire to implement education through a model of learning, implementing, reflecting, revising and re-implementing
- Has high expectations of him/herself and believes in high expectations for students
- Has the ability to be creative and innovative in the way that education can be created and delivered to students
- Is open and willing to give and receive feedback from all stakeholders within the organization including students, colleagues, and supervisors.
- Excellent writing and language skills in English.
- Displays ability to effectively communicate information and ideas in written and verbal formats
- Excels at building and maintaining relationships, online and offline.
- Able to use or quickly learn: Microsoft Suite, Google Apps, Google Chrome
- Thrives in a dynamic environment and believes that change leads to progress
- Comfortable with not having or providing answers to students through an inquiry-based model where the facilitator of the class is not the “keeper” of all knowledge
How to Apply:
Applicants are required to submit a cover letter and cv/resume through BambooHR. Applicant link:https://kepler1.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=129&source=aWQ9NA%3D%3D
All applicants must apply using our online application system, CVs received via email or standard post will NOT be considered. Deadline for applying is 08th October 2021 before the end of the day, all late applications will note be considered.
Kepler is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer. We value difference, promoting equality, and enhancing our organizational capability. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, color, ethnicity, gender, religion, or other category protected by law.
4.Data Specialist
Data Specialist
Job Title: Data Specialist Location: Kigali
Employment status: Full – Time Contract type: Open- ended
Reports to: The Senior Director of Learning and Design Deadline: 08th October, 2021
About Kepler
Since Kepler’s launch in 2013, we are building a model of accessible and quality higher education. We provide a different kind of education – one that combines in-person, online, and on-the-job learning in service of a singular goal: decent jobs for young Africans. And we have been successful, with more than 90% of scholars employed within six months of graduating. Kepler, through a partnership with Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU), has enrolled more than 1,000 students across our campuses in Kigali and the Kiziba refugee camp in Western Rwanda.
We have entered into a dynamic time at Kepler. Over the next few months, Kepler hopes to become locally accredited in Rwanda through Kepler College and we are expanding our academic offerings and programs in Rwanda and Ethiopia.
Job summary
The Learning & Design team at Kepler is responsible for researching and structuring the curriculum for new and existing academic programs at Kepler in collaboration with the academic team. We are in search of a Data Specialist who will be able to coordinate and create data collection systems across Kepler’s academic programs. This person will be responsible for collaborating with key academic personnel at each of Kepler’s programs in Rwanda and Ethiopia as well as the Monitoring & Evaluation personnel at Kepler to ensure all necessary data is collected in a timely manner for teacher use as well as for reporting purposes.
Reports to: The Senior Director of Learning and Design
Job Responsibilities:
- Create and maintain data collection and reporting systems for academic programs across Kepler
- Work with the Learning & Design and faculty teams to determine what data needs to be collected in each program and develop systems to meet those needs
- Conduct training of staff as needed to implement data collection processes and use data systems
- Liaise with the Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist to ensure all essential data is collected for reporting purposes to external and internal stakeholders
- Create data reports and presentations as needed for academic and management teams
- Ensure quality and confidentiality of data collection procedures and outcomes
- Stay up to date on academic programs in order to advise best data procedures
- Innovate data collection processes and systems to ensure that they are scalable and flexible
Skills Required:
- Strong data analysis and data presentation skills
- Ability to train and evaluate staff on data collection procedures and systems
- Ability to build relationships across multiple teams and at multiple levels of an organization
- Ability to seek and use feedback to grow and improve
- Able to work effectively remotely and coordinate work across teams in different locations
- Ability to support multiple offices in completing multiple-step processes without being a direct supervisor
- Effective communication skills, both verbal and written
- Highly organized and detail-oriented
- Ability to research and synthesize information in order to fuel innovation
- Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and produce high-quality work in time-sensitive situations and to prioritize work based on importance
- Demonstrated ability to problem-solve and come up with innovative solutions that take into account the needs of a variety of stakeholders
- Collaborates well across teams and is able to coordinate project planning across multiple teams and departments
- Excellent computer skills, particularly in Excel and database and/or CRM programs
Experience Preferred:
- A minimum of 5 years work experience with data management responsibilities, ideally at least 2 years working with data in an academic setting
- Undergraduate or graduate degree in a related field
- Experience working to ensure quality and confidentiality of data
- Experience setting up and implementing new data systems in an organization
- Has worked with database management or other complex information tracking systems (example: student information systems, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Dynamics, SPSS, Salesforce, etc.)
Starting Date: As soon as possible
How to Apply:
Applicants are required to submit a cover letter and cv/resume through BambooHR. Applicant link:https://kepler1.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=132&source=aWQ9NA%3D%3D
All applicants must apply using our online application system, CVs received via email or standard post will NOT be considered. Deadline for applying is 08th October 2021 before the end of the day, all late applications will note be considered.
Kepler is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer. We value difference, promoting equality, and enhancing our organizational capability. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, color, ethnicity, gender, religion, or other category protected by law.
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