Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, August 03, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Director of Academics - Nairobi, Kenya
Company Overview
The Pharo Foundation (the 'Foundation') is a privately funded entrepreneurial organisation that runs philanthropic programmes as well as for-profit Social Ventures. The Vision of the Foundation is an economically vibrant and inclusive Africa. The Mission is to achieve the Vision by investing in the human and physical capital of Africa, 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 directly design and implement its own programmes to ensure greater engagement with communities, better results and increased accountability. The key strategic pillars for the philanthropic side of the Foundation are education, health, water and agriculture. The Foundation has a portfolio of schools in Ethiopia, Somaliland and Rwanda, with further expansion plans into East Africa. The Pharo Schools aim to achieve the highest standards of Pedagogy, Intellect and Personal Development. As the Foundation seeks to provide academic excellence to the children and young adults of East Africa, we are also actively looking to build a driven and passionate team to drive these initiatives. 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).

Position Summary
The Director of Academics position is a senior role within the Foundation's education teams that will be entrusted with the overall responsibility of developing and managing the Foundation's Academic curriculum and professional development to enhance academic excellence across the Pharo Schools in East Africa. The role reports to the Director of Education and will be based in Nairobi, Kenya.

The role encompasses all aspects of the academic strategy and operations, from early childhood to secondary school as well as higher education and vocational schools. It includes, among others, designing curricula, overseeing academic standards, recruitment and well-being of students, academic services budgeting, policy development and controls and external relationships with community and governmental stakeholders. The Director of Academics will play a key leadership role in designing systems that will position the 'Pharo Schools' brand as a centre of excellence so as to attract and retain the best students and staff.

Qualification Requirements
•The ideal person should have a master's degree in Education Educational Administration, Educational Leadership or Curriculum Development.
• S/ He must possess a minimum of ten (10) years professional experience, eight (8)of these in senior management roles in learning institutions.
• Knowledge of best practices in curriculum and assessment.
• Experience in pedagogical improvement and implementation.
• Ability to work successfully with the Heads of Schools and Head Teachers in the development of K-12 curriculum
• Ability to work with diverse curricular subject areas.
• Demonstrated experience in successfully recruiting, retaining and developing educators, staff and administrators.
• The ability to work autonomously, have strong self-motivation and the maturity to remain accountable for results,
• Excellent communication skills both when working with peers and colleagues, as well as when remaining unapproachable and accessible to direct reports.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 96

Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

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Job application procedure
Please send the information listed below as a single PDF file, to the following email address: james.adair@big5search.com  / david. pinney@big5search.com 
1. A detailed CV and Cover Letter
2. An essay of no more than 1,000 words outlining:
•What education curricula development experience have you gained that makes you the most qualified candidate for the role?
• Detail your experience in transforming schools into centres of academic excellence and the lessons learnt.
3. A one-page list of five references with current addresses, phone numbers, and email contacts.

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