Openings at Nova Pioneer

About The Role

Key responsibilities for the role include:

Tech Asset Management and Team Professional Development

• Managing the check in and out process of all students and staff laptops and maintain an accurate inventory record of the school equipment
• Managing and tracking the IT/Tech assets while ensuring safe storage.
• Keeping an up to date inventory of the IT/Tech assets.
• Conducting teacher PD on tech assets termly.
• Ensure all teachers sign the asset management document and ensure safe storage of the paperwork.
• Collect classroom tech assets from class teachers at the end of every term.
• Attending teacher PD on a regular basis.
• Creating and running professional development experiences for teammates on tech.
• Run tech capacity building training sessions for different functions at the school (academic and non-academic) at least termly to enhance their job productivity.
   

Tech Maintenance and Troubleshooting

• Ensuring the functionality of student and staff laptops by carrying out regular preventative maintenance, basic repairs and software configuration such as Microsoft Office, OS updates, etc. If the nature of a repair is outside of the tech coordinator's ability to repair, the tech coordinator will be responsible for liaising with an outside repair service to ensure the device is repaired.
• Performing weekly maintenance and set up checks of all centrally used tech resources in the school such as, but not limited to, laptops, extension cables, projectors, computer labs (if applicable), tablets in the RAZ Room (if applicable) and Library (if applicable) to ensure they are in perfect working condition.
• Receiving technicians from contract service providers as needed to carry out maintenance or repair tasks.
• Ensuring all classrooms are set up with functional classroom projectors, speakers and HDMI cables.
• Troubleshooting the classroom projectors, speakers, HDMI failures. Ensuring any such issues are resolved proactively and to constantly keep the affected stakeholders updated on the issues and progress made in resolving them.
• Troubleshooting all internet issues. Ensuring any such issues are resolved proactively and to constantly keep the affected stakeholders updated on the issues and progress made in resolving them.
• Troubleshooting all printer issues. Ensuring any such issues are resolved proactively and to constantly keep the affected stakeholders updated on the issues and progress made in resolving them.
• Troubleshooting all schools support tickets. Ensuring any such issues are resolved proactively and to constantly keep the affected stakeholders updated on the issues and progress made in resolving them.
   

Supporting Academics and Learning Programs

• Supporting teachers in running heavy computer/technology aided lessons.
• Running one computer based club or coordinating and liaising with vendors of tech-related clubs (Little Einsteins, Coding & innovation clubs)
• Conduct innovative sessions, potential sessions HTML/CSS and game development.
• Ensuring proper setup or software and hardware and helping facilitate all schools online testing platforms. Ex: NWEA, MAP
• Ensure proper set up of school programs and support teachers in managing learning programs: Example:mRAZ Kids, Exploration Tech, Mathletics, etc.
• Working with the Dean Development Lead to lead the schools generation of all learners' report card pdfs test versions and sharing with concerned teachers to enable them resolve any gaps before they are published to families at the end of each term.
• Support academic teams with Tech needs for school events - parent, student and teacher events (Microphone, PA system, etc.)
   

About You

Skills and Qualifications required:

• You have a diploma/degree in an IT related field
• You have a minimum of 2 years technical experience, experience in IT support is an added advantage.
• Experience working in a school will be an added advantage and highly desirable
• You have a passion for a career in technology
• You have proficient knowledge in computer networks and can troubleshoot network related issues
• You are able to demonstrate competence and comfort with PC/Linux/Mac based computer systems

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About The Role

Key responsibilities for the role include:

• Provide a safe and secure environment for children to feel comfortable.
• Plan and execute appropriate activities for the children each day according to the curriculum, schemes of work and lesson plans.
• Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.
• Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials, in order to prevent injuries and damage.
• Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental, and social development such as games, arts and crafts, music, and storytelling.
• Prepare materials, classrooms, and other indoor and outdoor spaces to facilitate creative play, learning and motor-skill activities, and safety.
• Observe and evaluate each child’s progress and provide a written report to the Principal, other school leaders and parents.
• Monitor and keep records/ reports of the children’s progress and development.
• Instruct students individually and in groups, adapting teaching methods to meet students' varying needs and interests.
• Assimilate arriving children to the school environment by greeting them, helping them remove outerwear, and selecting activities of interest to them.
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior, and policies and procedures to maintain order among students.
• Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guests, or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.
• Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops in order to maintain and improve professional competence.
• Assist in bus loading and unloading.
   

About You

Skills and Qualifications required:

• TSC certification and relevant Degree in Education/ P1 Diploma / Teaching Certificate
• 3+ years of teaching experience particularly in teaching English at Upper Primary level
• You are a great communicator. You are able to provide clear and effective written and verbal communication.
• You are flexible and open to change - you handle uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity well.
• You are a problem solver - you are proactive in identifying issues and address these thoroughly by making an effort to find appropriate solutions.
• You are excited about our organizational culture and in particular, you are fired up to challenge yourself by embracing mutual vulnerability and a firehose of feedback.

go to method of application »

About The Role

Key responsibilities for the role include:

• Provide a safe and secure environment for children to feel comfortable.
• Plan and execute appropriate activities for the children each day according to the curriculum, schemes of work and lesson plans.
• Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.
• Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials, in order to prevent injuries and damage.
• Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental, and social development such as games.
• Prepare materials, classrooms, and other indoor and outdoor spaces to facilitate creative play, learning and motor-skill activities, and safety.
• Observe and evaluate each child’s progress and provide a written report to the Principal, other school leaders and parents.
• Monitor and keep records/reports of the children’s progress and development.
• Instruct students individually and in groups, adapting teaching methods to meet students' varying needs and interests.
• Assimilate arriving children to the school environment by greeting them, helping them remove outerwear, and selecting activities of interest to them.
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior, and policies and procedures to maintain order among students.
• Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guests, or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.
• Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops in order to maintain and improve professional competence.

About You

Skills and Qualifications required:

• You are currently enrolled or have completed a teacher training course - Bachelor of Education, Primary Teacher Education, ECDE, etc.
• You have strong recommendations from your high school, teacher training institution and/or an educational institution you have worked with.
• You aspire to join Nova Pioneer as an employee when the opportunity arises.
• You have a passion for children.
• You have good working skills with technology such as G-Suite, Zoom, Word, Powerpoint and Excel.
• You are a great communicator. You are able to provide clear and effective written and verbal communication.
• You are flexible and open to change - you handle uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity well.
• You are a problem solver - you are proactive in identifying issues and address these thoroughly by making an effort to find appropriate solutions.
• You are excited about our organisational culture—and in particular, you are fired up to challenge yourself by embracing mutual vulnerability and a firehose of feedback.
• You have a desire to further develop your leadership skills and apply them to transform the lives of African youth