Teacher

Teacher

Pharo School Nairobi

Overview

Pharo Foundation (“the Foundation”) is a mission-driven, impact-oriented organisation that designs, funds, and operates economic development programmes towards a vibrant, productive, and self- reliant Africa. Over the next decade, our goal is to create maximum impact towards three critical missions:

1. Education: ensure that all students have an opportunity to access a high-quality and affordable education and become productive citizens in a rapidly changing world.
2. Water: ensure that people and communities across Africa have access to a safe and affordable source of water.
3. Productivity: eliminate health, financial, and structural barriers to employment and productivity for working people.

Established within our Education Mission, Pharo Schools are centres of excellence offering top-quality education and integrating extra-curricular activities to ensure an all-rounded approach. Pharo Schools follow their respective countries’ national curriculums and select regional and international ones to ensure our students are competitive. The academic structure is complemented by reading materials and creative technology-based learning solutions. Our schools offer a child-friendly learning environment fostering equality and respect. We strive to ensure all our students realize their full potential.

The Foundation also operates Pharo Ventures which is the for-profit arm of its operations with
sustainable businesses in Ethiopia and Somaliland geared towards job creation and economic
empowerment.

With over 700 employees in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Somaliland, we are a diverse,
multicultural, and passionate organisation. We have our headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, and a
liaison office in London, UK, which is home to our parent organisation, Pharo Management.

Opportunity 

Pharo School Nairobi is seeking highly competent and dedicated teachers to teach Upper Primary and Junior Secondary level in the following subject areas: 

• Mathematics and Science

•  Pre-Technical Studies

• Creative Arts (with a strong emphasis on Music)

• English, Agriculture and Nutrition Studies. 

The ideal candidates will be passionate educators committed to delivering quality education. The key responsibilities include meticulously planning and delivering lessons aligned with the curriculum, continuously assessing learner progress and maintaining accurate records, and actively participating in the school’s academic and co-curricular programs.

Job Title: Teacher 

Report to: Senior Teacher

Job Location: Nairobi - Komarock and Umoja

Contract: 1 year (with a possibility of renewal)

Duties and Responsibilities 

Teaching and Learning 

• Ensure timely preparation of termly and annual plans, course outlines, and daily lesson plans as required by the school and incorporate experiments and illustrations at all times.
• Deliver lessons to the highest standards, ensuring the lessons are planned and tailored to the educational needs, abilities, and achievements of individual learners and learner groups.
• Teach lessons according to the scheduled timetable, maintaining flexibility to accommodate varying learning styles and paces.
• Engage actively in the implementation of the school’s co-curricular and social support activities.
• Display excellent subject knowledge and continually find opportunities to develop it.
• Set and mark exercises, tests, and assessments in a timely manner for constant monitoring of learners' daily learning progress and achievement.
• Keep a record of all assessment scores to ensure that progress is benchmarked against previous scores. 
• Prepare and keep records of schemes of work, lesson plans, lesson notes, exercises, tests, and assessment scores for each class taught.
• Submit these records for inspection to the Head of Department, and to the Senior Teachers of the school at least once every month or as required.
• Prepare progress report of taught subjects, challenges faced & recommendations and forward the same to the Head of Department and Senior Teacher.
• Assign quality & adequate homework and classwork to learners, mark them promptly, and issue books for corrections and checking. 
• Collaborate with the Classroom teacher to sign off learners’ diaries of homework, assignments, and projects completed.
• Collaborate with the Classroom teacher to fill and sign off learners’ report forms in the subject taught.
• Ensure proper maintenance and use of teaching and learning materials.
• Keep custody of teaching/ learning materials or any other school inventory assigned.
• Assessing, recording, and reporting on the development, progress, attainment, and behavior of the learners.

General

• Engage in CPD opportunities across the department and school as a whole. 
• Ensure, with colleagues, that the learning environment within the classroom is engaging and promotes critical thinking and enthusiasm for the subject.
• Observe other teachers in the department regularly and offer the opportunity for them to observe you so that good practice is widely shared.
• Design, prepare, and deliver extracurricular activities.
• Adhere to the child safeguarding policy and other school policies.
• Attend regular staff and department meetings.
• Supervise learners at lunchtime, study time, or even school breaks, and in other assigned.
• Maintain a filing system as appropriate - to include shared resources, past papers for internal and external exams, and inset/CPD material. 
• Any other duty as assigned by the supervisor.

Minimum Requirements

• Diploma/Degree in Education from a recognized institution.
• TSC Registration Certificate.
• 3 years experience working as a teacher.
• Strong understanding of the CBC Curriculum.
• STEM experience is an added advantage.
• Proficient in Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Email usage, Google Suite, and internet searching, and willing to learn new computer skills.
• Must be active in extracurricular activities.
• Strong planning and organisation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills to work closely with learners and parents.
• An aspiration to work in a world-class school with real prospects for enhancing their career.

Personal Attributes

• Strong leadership and teamwork skills
• Initiative, creativity, and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational and planning abilities

Application Procedure

Review of applications will begin as soon as they are received and will be an ongoing process. Only complete applications will be reviewed. If an outstanding applicant is identified early in the search process, we reserve the right to appoint at any time. For this reason, we encourage interested and suitably qualified candidates to apply at the earliest possible opportunity.

Application Requirements

1. A detailed CV 
2. Cover letter - In your cover letter, please state where you heard about this position or saw it advertised for example through our website, jobs board, etc. 
3. An essay of 1,000 words (maximum) that outlines:

• The subject combinations you have taught in the last two years.
• The grades you have taught in the last two years and the learners’ performance in each subject.
• Extracurricular activities you participate in.

  4. An updated list of at least (4) referees with their names, titles, current email addresses, and phone numbers as follows; two supervisors and two peers.