Summary
Date Posted: Friday, February 04, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Why We Are Hiring for This Role
Moringa School is in an exciting transition from a primarily Nairobi-based school to an international education organization via rapid growth across Africa and expansion into new course offerings. We are a premier advanced immersive program, training exceptional full-stack and mobile Software Engineers. Students train 10+ hours a day, 5 days a week, through 20 weeks in a curriculum focused on computer science fundamentals, frontend skills, and Python/Django or Java/Android. We are looking for a talented, organized, systems-oriented thinker to provide management, leadership, and accountability to a high-performance team in support of the mission and core values of the company. The ideal candidate has demonstrated experience building software systems, and working well in diverse teams, even in a chaotic environment. The Technical Mentor role provides the mentorship and supervision necessary to ensure that their students have a 5-star experience and achieve strong outcomes.

What You Have
• 2+ years experience working, at least 1+ years experience professional coding in languages used in the classroom
• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• Lots of patience and empathy, ability to work well with and accommodate the needs of other people
• Strong problem-solving abilities to handle complex situations involving many people
• Ability to work with and mentor large, diverse groups of people
• Positive, empathetic, team player with a systems-mindset
• Ability to multitask and strategically solve diverse problems
• Experience with Ruby and React coding languages (preferred)
• Coding school alumni (preferred)
• Experience teaching, working in education, or program management (preferred)

What You Will Do
• Carry out all TM responsibilities within the classroom
• Facilitate daily standups, laboratory classes
• Lead classroom team to identify, compare, select, and support in implementing new classroom technology and solutions that meet the current and future needs of students and the business
• Support student growth through labs and practice sessions
• Provide timely and effective feedback on student work and assessments
• Support student development through one-on-ones and document notes and next steps from those conversations
• Leads in managing the legacy product and the implementation of pilots and new products
• Support in supervising classroom system infrastructure and help build quality assurance and data protection processes
• Personal professional growth: Moringa is part of your professional journey. It is up to you to decide how you want to grow through that journey and to continuously improve in doing your work using the tools at your disposal.
• Provide logistical support for students to engage in pair programming and study groups
• Support classroom culture and relationship building with students
Values Alignment: The Moringa Way
Have each other’s back by figuring it out together to achieve a goal, support each other
Value each person’s part by being inclusive and making time for connection
Keep your eye on the ball by doing your part, taking responsibility for your actions and their outcomes
Stretch your limits by being bold, believing that you and those around you have the potential to improve through intentional practice and feedback from others
Career Growth & Development
We do not believe that an organization can grow without the growth & development of its staff. At Moringa School, we are consistently building systems to invest in the growth of our employees. We are deeply invested in offering career growth within Moringa, provide actionable feedback through “weekly check-ins” & thorough career reviews.
We will work together with you to craft roles that both support the needs of the organization and that you can be passionate about.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 12

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Interested and qualified? Go to Moringa School on moringaschool.peoplehr.net to apply

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