Job Description “Web3 Coach for Blockchain developers”
Background
For more than 10 years now, Job in Rwanda has been providing IT-based recruitment services to both local and international companies operating in Rwanda. This long experience highlighted a big gap between the knowledge and professional skills requested by employers and the real skills that applying job candidates effectively possess from either schools or previous employment experience. Therefore, since 2019, the Job in Rwanda Foundation (JiRF) has been created with the main mission to enable opportunities that help job candidates to improve their knowledge and professional skills and become more competitive with respect to the hiring requirements of local or international employers. One way to achieve this mission is through the organization of short-time intensive capacity-building trainings focusing on professional domains that have a high potential to offer job opportunities quickly.
In this context, starting from February 2022 JiRF in partnership with Sankore 2.0 will be organising periodic training bootcamps to build a critical mass of web3 developers to be specialized in producing blockchain-based applications, starting with the NEAR blockchain protocol. Every bootcamp will be organized in 6 phases time lined as follows in a period of 6 weeks:
- PHASE 1: Advertising calls for bootcamp participants
- PHASE 2: Evaluation of Prior Web Coding Skills and Shortlisting of 20 trainees
- PHASE 3: An intensive preparatory course to learn the development prerequisites needed to be able to follow the online course taught by NEAR experts and also write basic NEAR smart contract programs in NEAR or Assembly Script (2 weeks)
- PHASE 4: Online Instructor-Led Course with a remote NEAR expert (2 weeks)
- PHASE 5: Preparation to be certified as NEAR Developer Level 1 (2 weeks)
- PHASE 6: Pass NEAR Developer Level 1 Certification Exam and Certification ceremony
As a web3 coach for blockchain developers, you will be part of the overall team of JiRF organizing and implementing the different periodic bootcamps.
Your day-to-day responsibilities of a web3 coach for NEAR blockchain developers
- Manage periodic advertisements of calls for bootcamp participants
- Review received applications and evaluate prior web coding skills of applicants
- Train and Coach selected participants to acquire the basic programming skills in RUST or AssembyScript.
- Closely mentor bootcamp participants while they are following the Online Instructor-Led Course with a remote NEAR expert
- Guide and Support bootcamp participants in preparing their NEAR Developer Level 1 certification examination after completing the online course
- Organize the certification of the ceremony of the ones who successfully completed the certification test
Conditions to be hired as a web3 coach for blockchain developers:
The condition to become a web3 coach is to be certified as a NEAR certified developer Level 1 (Please use this LINK to pass the NEAR level certificate. You can contact us for help if needed).
Additionally, you are required to:
- Be ready to strengthen your web3 developer knowledge with additional courses, including NEAR Certified Developer Level 2, NEAR Certified Developer Level 3 & NEAR Certified Instructor
- Have a good experience with web programming using preferably languages such as Typescript or Javascript
- Have acquired basics programming skills in RUST or AssembyScript during your certification journey
- Be interested in coaching and mentoring junior web developers to learn RUST or AssemblyScript and later on get certified NEAR developer-level 1 on their turn.
- Speak fluently English
- Have good written and oral communication skills
- Be cool, dynamic, team player, and enthusiastic with emerging technologies especially blockchains
If you have previous experiences with any blockchain protocol it is certainly a big plus.
What we offer:
By Joining the JiRF team, you will enjoy the following advantages:
- Evolve in a social organization dedicated to bridge the knowledge and professional gaps of job candidates with respect to marker needs
- A great opportunity to be among few African people learning and practicing the development of blockchain-based applications
- A collaborative working environment and training room equipped with high-speed Internet, laptops, and wireless projectors that ensure the best learning experience
- An attractive monthly allowance (fixed) and a monthly variable bonus are calculated based on the number of coached bootcamps participants who get certified NEAR developer Level 1.
- A personal laptop and both call and Internet bundles
How to apply
Interested candidates should send their application file (CV and cover letter) before Friday 15th February 2022 using the “Apply for this job” button below.
