Teacher Training and Development Coordinator, Kigali-Rwanda
Organisation Overview
The Pharo Foundation (the ‘’Foundation”) is a privately funded entrepreneurial organization that runs philanthropic programmes as well as a for-profit arm, Pharo Ventures. The vision of the Foundation is an economically vibrant and inclusive Africa. The mission is to achieve this vision by investing in Africa’s human and physical capital, with a strong focus on job creation.
Established in 2011 as a UK-based non-profit, the Foundation has since made a strategic shift to design and implement its own programmes to ensure greater community engagement, better results, and increased accountability. The Foundation has carried out numerous projects in Eastern Africa, focusing on Ethiopia and Somaliland, and is now expanding operations in Rwanda and Kenya. The key strategic pillars for the philanthropic side of the Foundation are Education, Health, Water, and Agriculture.
Aligned with the Foundation’s overall strategy, in Rwanda, the Foundation plans to focus on all four of its strategic pillars: Education, Health, Agriculture, and Water. Within the education sector, the primary focus will be to; Run its K-12 schools (Kindergarten up to S6) with a focus on quality 21st-century learning, collaborate with the government to implement key government priorities in education and Promote TVET education.
Headquartered in London, the Foundation has an operational head office in Nairobi, Kenya with country offices in Ethiopia (Addis Ababa and Assosa), Somaliland (Hargeisa), and Rwanda (Kigali) with further expansion plans in Africa.
Position Summary
The Teacher Training and Development Coordinator will be responsible for designing and implementing teacher-training programmes in our Early Childhood Education Partner Schools. Specifically, the candidate will drive initiatives to implement continuous professional development (CPD) training programs for teachers and work in conjunction the school leadership teams in developing and scheduling PD sessions for instructors in the Pharo and Partner Schools.
The role will provide an opportunity to design processes and guidelines on teacher assessment and evaluation, in-class observations, faculty development meetings, and student feedback relating to academics. In collaboration with the Head of Education (Rwanda), the holder of this role will support The Pharo Foundation Instructional Coaches (trainers) so that they are empowered to identify areas of growth and personal learning plans for each instructor. In addition, the role will be the one that interests students at the center. As such, the holder of this position will ensure that school-based instructional coaches collect all the necessary data on the instructors’ performance, including but not limited to course evaluations (surveys).
The individual will design a teacher recruitment strategy and will serve as the recruitment manager for teacher recruitment in all Pharo Schools in Rwanda. As such, he/she will take the lead in interviewing and selecting new faculty hired in the Pharo Schools. He/she will also work very closely with the school leadership teams to facilitate curriculum and academic meetings, workshops and planning sessions in the Pharo Schools in Rwanda. He/she will provide guidance and support to ensure successful implementation of curricula and consistently analyse feedback from students and instructors. In addition, he/she will provide feedback to the Head of Education on the effectiveness of current curricula. Finally, yet importantly, he/she will provide input and recommendations on successfully adapting curricula for cultural, geographical, and situational relevance.
Job Title: Teacher Training and Development Coordinator
Reports to: Head of Education (Rwanda).
Functional Relationships
- Office Manager, Rwanda
- HR Manager, Rwanda
- Senior Finance Officer, Rwanda
- Finance and Administration Manager, Rwanda
Direct Reports
- School-based instructional coaches (trainers)
Key Duties and Responsibilities
General Administration
- Take the lead in designing teacher training and development strategy across all Pharo and Partner Schools in Rwanda.
- Design and lead efforts to adopt professional development tools in all Pharo and Partner Schools in Rwanda.
- Design and lead in the monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness of teaching and learning tools.
- Develop quarterly/termly reports on the PD progress and submit them to the relevant constituencies.
Strategy
- Design processes and guidelines on teacher assessment and evaluation, in-class observations, faculty development meetings, and student feedback relating to academics.
- Analyse data collected by school-based instructional coaches (trainers) on the instructors’ performance to identify areas where remedies in teaching and assessment are required.
- Design a teacher recruitment strategy and serve as the recruitment manager for teacher recruitment in all the Pharo Schools.
Teacher Training and Development
- Design and implement teacher-training programs in the Pharo and Partner Schools in Rwanda.
- Drive initiatives to implement continuous professional development (PD) training programs.
- Develop and schedule PD sessions for instructors in the Pharo and Partner Schools in Rwanda.
- Take the lead in interviewing and selecting new faculty in the Pharo Schools in Rwanda.
- Provide support to school-based instructional coaches so that they can identify areas of growth and personal learning plans for each instructor.
Curriculum and Instruction
- Ensure successful implementation of curricula and consistently analyse feedback from students and instructors.
- Provide feedback to the Head of Education on the effectiveness of current curricula.
- Provide input and recommendations on how to best adapt curricula for cultural, geographical and situational relevance.
- Facilitate the process to make decisions on teacher allocation, school calendars, and class/course offerings and content, including but not limited to objectives and outcome/competence assessments.
- Work with relevant constituencies to facilitate curriculum and academic meetings, workshops and planning sessions in the Pharo and Partner Schools.
Qualifications and Experience
- The candidate must have a master’s degree in Education with experience in teaching and training.
- Bachelor’s degree in Education with extensive teaching and training experience of 5 years and above.
- Experience in Early Child Education would be a plus.
- Proven experience in working with school leaders, teachers, and other education officials.
- Exceptional training and coaching skills – ability to prepare and deliver training and workshops.
- Ability to use data/evidence to advocate for policy change.
- Advanced understanding of the Rwandan education system.
- Fluent in verbal and written English.
Behavioural Competencies
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with ability to freely provide constructive feedback.
- Having the qualities of being a role model to a range of people who are still building their careers.
- A passionate and driven individual with high social and emotional intelligence.
- Open-minded and flexible individual.
- Creative thinker who can think outside the box.
- Experience in managing teams including managing the performance of others.
- High levels of integrity, professionalism, resilience, accountability, commitment, and determination.
- Good working knowledge of MS Office packages.
Application Procedure
Review of applications will begin as soon as they are received, and only complete applications will be reviewed. If an outstanding applicant is identified early in the search process, we reserve the right to appoint before the deadline.
Application Requirements
- A detailed CV.
- Cover letter – In your cover letter, please state where you heard about this position or saw it advertised e.g. through our website, jobs board, etc.
- An Essay of between 500 and 1,000 words outlining;
a) Your experience in Early Childhood Education and key takeaways from that experience.
b) The steps you would take to design and implement a teacher training and development program. Kindly give examples from your experience, if any.
- An updated list of at least (6) referees with their name, title, current email addresses and phone numbers as follows; two supervisors, two peers, two direct reports.
- Application deadline latest 7th January, 2023.
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