ECONOMICS TEACHER – STILL I RISE IB SCHOOL OF NAIROBI, KENYA
- Location: Still I Rise School of Nairobi, Kenya
- Direct Supervisors: Head of Teaching & Learning
- Contract: 12 Months fixed term with possibility of renewal
- Status: Full Time – International Staff
- Compensation: dependant on experience
Still I Rise is an international NGO with a humanitarian mission to provide protection and quality education to refugee and underprivileged youth.
Still I Rise is a humanitarian organization founded in 2018 to bring top-quality education to refugee and vulnerable children around the world. Our goal is to end the global education crisis. Our flagship institution is our International School in Mathare, Nairobi. Here, we are passionately engaged in one of the world’s most ambitious, unique and exciting educational projects: to offer the very highest quality of schooling experience to some of the most disadvantaged children in East Africa.
We are now seeking a brave, open-minded and determined Economics teacher to join our team. You will inspire, initially, 10-13 year olds in small, focused classes, following a demanding curriculum within an internationally-recognized pedagogical framework. You will skillfully utilize inquiry-based learning to allow the students to become the active leads of their own learning.
You join Still I Rise with a clear pathway of growth and promotion. We offer extensive professional development in a wide range of areas as well as full sponsorship of your participation in official IB training workshops.
We therefore hire proactive educators who demonstrate genuine care for each child, a hunger to offer them the best, and an infectious passion for the curricular and extracurricular activities they lead.
If you are a qualified teacher and this sounds like a challenge which suits you, we warmly invite you to apply!
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Plan, deliver and facilitate dynamic and student-centered lessons covering economics themes and ideas from across the world and history, for diverse classes of students aged 10-13 with varying levels of literacy due to disadvantaged educational backgrounds. Create enhanced opportunities for real-life applications of concepts using available resources and project-based learning.
- Review and monitor the progress of all students and identify their individual learning needs. Differentiate instruction to meet those needs of the students, providing extra support to those students who are below grade level.
- Sensitively and appropriately provide trauma-informed pastoral care to our students. Handle urgent situations with consummate professionalism and in accordance with our Discipline Policy and Safeguarding Policy, utilizing the school’s support network as necessary.
- Conduct regular and varied formative and summative assessments, recording and reporting grades and performance.
- Attend and participate actively in regular professional development activities.
- Help our school excel with your participation and leadership in community engagement, competitions, school trips and other activities.
- Contribute to the development and leadership of our extracurricular programmes.
- Under the supervision of the Education Officer, provide feedback on quality and wellbeing to ensure programmes are designed, implemented, monitored, and evaluated to maximize positive impact on vulnerable children.
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA
- 3+ years of experience in teaching, preferably International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum, which will be considered an added advantage; alternatively, ability to demonstrate the “IB Profile” attributes
(https://www.ibo.org/benefits/learner-profile/), in particular ‘risk-takers’, ‘open-minded’ and ‘reflective’;
- Bachelors in Education or equivalent Economics
- Academic or Professional Certificates;
- Full professional proficiency in English Language, both verbal and written
- Completion of DBS/CRB/Background check/certificate of good conduct;
- ICT Proficiency and full computer literacy, and confidence with main operating systems (Windows, Office, MS Word, Excel)
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills;
- Ability to mentor students on a daily basis;
- Commitment and willingness to work in a challenging and fast changing environment;
- Curiosity, ambition, willingness to create and experiment new teaching techniques;
- Determined team player.
DESIRABLE CRITERIA
- Experience teaching low-achieving students
- Experience working with refugee and vulnerable populations
- Notions and familiarity with Child Safeguarding and Protection best practices
- Teaching Service Commission (TSC) Number
Candidates are invited to submit their application including their CV and cover letter by emailing: [email protected] and specifying the subject “Economics Teacher”.
Please kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview. Thank you for your interest in Still I Rise.
Diversity and inclusion are a central part of Still I Rise values at the highest level. As such, it is key to our Organisation and staff to show a passion for excellence for bringing about positive change in all the communities we strive to serve. Our commitment to diversity is linked to our mission of providing quality education access to vulnerable youth and children in torn apart and remote areas across the world, which is essential in shaping and creating the organisation, serving all people, respectfully, connected to our scope. We recognise that everyone is different and that attracting, developing and retaining our employees will create a sustainable working environment which is essential to our success.
We strongly encourage interested candidates from diverse backgrounds and to submit their applications.
