Want
to Develop 21st Century Youth?
Nova Academies is a pan-African school network that prepares the next generation of leaders and innovators through world-class teaching methods with an emphasis on 21st century skills.
We look for passionate and creative individuals who are eager to bring in their diverse perspectives and experiences to develop innovators and leaders who will shape the African Century.
Nova Academies is a pan-African school network that prepares the next generation of leaders and innovators through world-class teaching methods with an emphasis on 21st century skills.
We look for passionate and creative individuals who are eager to bring in their diverse perspectives and experiences to develop innovators and leaders who will shape the African Century.
Position: Associate Learning Designer
As an
Associate Learning Designer you will revolutionize the way 21st century
STEM skills and knowledge are developed in African schools.
You
will be a central member of the team that will develop the learning model that
we will use in our schools in Kenya.
While
we are ideally looking for someone who can be based in Nairobi, we are open to
candidates who need to remain based in the US but are open to spending up to
50% of their time in Nairobi over the next two or more years.
Function: Network Office
Function: Network Office
Your
role will be based in our Network Office, Brookside Drive Westlands
Reports To: Director of Academics
The Nova Way
Reports To: Director of Academics
The Nova Way
Our
team culture is designed to reinforce our vision:
- We
model the growth mindset we want our students to embody; you are
challenged every day and, as a result, you grow more than at any other
point in your life.
- We
pursue excellence in every detail and do whatever it takes to produce
great work quickly.
- We
are radically open: we share tough messages and our own vulnerabilities to
help us grow.
- We
bring infectious energy, enthusiasm and fun to everything we do because
joy fuels the hardest work and learning.
How will your typical Week at Nova Look Like?
- Supporting
the Learning Designer and Master Designer in creating the day by day plan
for the curriculum
- Designing
schemes of work with coaching and support
- Helping
to identify the themes and big ideas for each subject they are helping to
design
- Infusing
National Curriculum from textbooks and outside text into lessons
- Creating
all materials for each lesson plan
- Creating
offline and online content when applicable for lessons
- Researches
the most effective types of assessments
- Designing
assessments and creating rubrics for assessments.
- Receiving
professional development on the Nova Model of Learning Design, integrated
curriculum design, STEM, PBL
Who You Are?
- You
have 2+ years of teaching experience in a rigorous, high-expectations
setting
- You
have distinctive experience and interest in math, technology (e.g.,
coding) and/or the sciences
- You
have a track record of developing creative and rigorous curriculum that
has led to distinctive learning outcomes and can demonstrate this through
example products and references
- You
have a desire to further develop your curriculum development skills and
apply them to transform the lives of African youth
- You
have strong writing skills and are able to use those to create lessons
that will help people learn it while being engaged and interested
- You
are driven by data and can use data from student assessments to strengthen
lessons and spiral in key skills
Does working at Nova Academies excite you?
Then CLICK HERE to apply online
Position: Lead Learning Designer
As a Lead Learning Designer you
will revolutionize the way 21st century STEM skills and knowledge are
developed in African schools.
You will be a central member of the
team that will develop the learning model that we will use in our schools in
Kenya.
While we are ideally looking for
someone who can be based in Nairobi, we are open to candidates who need to
remain based in the US but are open to spending up to 50% of their time in
Nairobi over the next two or more years.
Function: Network
Your role will be based in our Network Office, Brookside Drive Westlands
Reports To: Director of Academics
The Nova Way
Function: Network
Your role will be based in our Network Office, Brookside Drive Westlands
Reports To: Director of Academics
The Nova Way
Our team culture is designed to
reinforce our vision:
- We model the growth mindset we want our
students to embody; you are challenged every day and, as a result, you
grow more than at any other point in your life.
- We pursue excellence in every detail and do
whatever it takes to produce great work quickly.
- We are radically open: we share tough messages
and our own vulnerabilities to help us grow.
- We bring infectious energy, enthusiasm and fun
to everything we do because joy fuels the hardest work and learning.
How will your typical Week at
Nova Look Like?
- Using themes, big ideas, and National
Curriculum to create the day by day overview of lessons.
- Work with the Senior Designer/Director of
Academics and classroom teachers to revise Scheme of Work
- Creating detailed inquiry based lesson plans
that infuse technology and the materials that go with each lesson.
- Creating a full unit’s worth of material that
culminates in Project Based Learning
- Creating offline and online content when
applicable for lessons
- Work with the Senior Designer/Director of
Academics and classroom teachers to revise lessons after they have
been taught.
- Working with learning designers in Humanities
and Math/Science to create an integrated projects
- Working with the Senior Designer/Director of
Academics to create the overarching vision of the PBL for each unit
- Creating strong assessments/rubrics that allow
each teacher to evaluate students during the PBL and at the end.
- You may act as a manager to an Associate
Learning Designer or the Curriculum Intern
- Create Do Nows that assess important
components of what was previously learned
- Create interim assessments that infuse IGCSE,
IB, SAT and PISA into the questions.
- Use KCSE questions in the interim assessments
to determine how students are progressing towards their ability to pass
the KCSE
- Receiving professional development on
the Nova Model of Learning Design, integrated curriculum design, STEM, PBL
Who You Are?
- You have 4+ years of teaching experience in a
rigorous, high-expectations setting
- You have distinctive experience and interest
in math, technology (e.g., coding) and/or the sciences
- You have a track record of developing creative
and rigorous curriculum that has led to distinctive learning outcomes and
can demonstrate this through example products and references
- You have a desire to further develop your
curriculum development skills and apply them to transform the lives of
African youth
- You have strong writing skills and are able to
use those to create lessons that will help people learn it while being
engaged and interested
- You are driven by data and can use data from
student assessments to strengthen lessons and spiral in key skills
Does working at Nova Academies excite
you?
Then CLICK HERE to apply online
Position: Talent and People Development, Senior Manager
As the Talent and People Development,
senior manager, you will work closely with the Talent & Partnerships
Director to steer the growth and development of our top tier team as we move
towards scale.
You will be the Director’s strategic
partner in recruitment of senior roles, creating and implementing best in class
recruitment, retention, professional development and employee engagement /
culture building strategies that will enable Nova to meet and exceed our
ambitious growth plans.
Policies and systems will be integral
for scale, which is an important aspect of this role
Function: Network
Office
Your role will be based at our Nova
Network Office
Reports to: Director
of Talent / Partnerships
Our team culture is designed to
reinforce our vision:
- We model the growth mindset we want our
students to embody; you are challenged every day and, as a result, you
grow more than at any other point in your life.
- We pursue excellence in every detail and do
whatever it takes to produce great work quickly.
- We are radically open: we share tough messages
and our own vulnerabilities to help us grow.
- We bring infectious energy, enthusiasm and fun
to everything we do because joy fuels the hardest work and learning.
How will your day to day at Nova look
like?
- Keep Nova’s culture strong and our team
engaged as we grow
- Ensure that Nova’s mission, values, culture,
success, and growth potential are broadly communicated and internalized
across the organization
- Lead a best in class recruiting operation to
build a team of top senior talent
- Support strategic planning for the people side
of Nova’s expansion that includes succession planning and organizational
design
- Build onboarding and acculturation process
globally to ensure new hire success
- Develop programs and metrics to drive and
track employee engagement
- Build our capacity to manage performance and
develop talent across the organization:
- Build upon and manage organization-wide
performance metrics and performance review processes, and lead review
process for the Management team
- Lead organization-wide people reviews and
succession planning
- Manage organization-wide identification of
professional development needs and ensure that those needs are met
- Develop career pathway process
- Support compensation strategy, contract
negotiation and renewal processes across the organization
- Plan for, benchmark, and communicate
compensation and benefits
- Work with a team of associates to maintain and
update filing of statutory and voluntary deductions from the payroll.
The above statements are not a
complete list of all responsibilities and duties performed by employees in this
job.
Employee may perform other related
duties as assigned by their supervisor.
Who you are
- You love great talent and people. You think,
eat, sleep and dream people
- 7+ years’ experience in a busy organization
setting. School experience would be a plus
- Creative but with extensive knowledge in
people, performance and reward management.
- Good organizational, interpersonal,
presentation and problem-solving skills
- A Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field from a
recognized university with post graduate in a relevant field
- Conversant with HR practices and policies.
Does working at Nova Academies excite
you?
Then CLICK HERE to
launch your online application today.
If you are a great fit, we will drop everything and call you immediately
Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis until the right candidate is identified.
Only qualified candidates will be
invited for interviews.