Associate,Teacher Training at Bridge International

What you will do

• Lead the teacher training efforts in Kenya ensuring all training graduates are world-class teachers, prepared to succeed in a Bridge International Academies’ classroom, passionate and motivated to deliver for each pupil
• Manage and motivate a team of officers and facilitator assistants to achieve the overall goal of preparing talented individuals from each community to be exceptional teachers motivated to make a difference through teaching at Bridge International Academies
• Be responsible for teacher trainee outcomes in the training environment and in the classroom after training completion; imbue the training team with this same sense of responsibility
• Be a world-class project manager ensuring high quality delivery, continuous improvement and transparency for the execution of frequent 3-week training programs in Kenya.

• Lead the execution of up to 4 trainings per term in Kenya to ensure that all training facilitators are prepared and delivering top quality sessions and activities and achieving the desired goals for each of their sessions and training candidates

• Work closely with the administration, HR, technology, and other departments to ensure a seamless user experience for trainees (i.e. the training runs operationally smoothly and all trainee needs are met)

• Document and address all trainee needs, concerns and issues.
• Create GREAT teachers by ensuring that every aspect of induction, onboarding, content delivery, skill development, messaging, and creation of buy-in from all teacher trainees are executed with passion and precision.
• Ensure the team possesses the same charge. The measure of success in this role is the learning outcomes delivered by teachers, you and your team once they are placed in the classroom.
• Develop, coach, and mentor deeply skilled and mission-aligned facilitators

• Train, coach, and support facilitators as they begin new roles
• Observe and appraise facilitators according to the Bridge Training criteria for presentation skills and group management

• Engage in thoughtful leadership on how to improve training for those who are at the core of Bridge – our teachers

• Constantly look for ways to improve both the delivery of, the content of training sessions, the structure of training, and the overall delivery mechanism to ensure that world-class teachers are placed in our classrooms
• Be the leader for Kenya, working with global training teams to provide feedback, insight, leadership to continuously improve the training program

• Provide detailed written and verbal feedback to the global training team during and after each training. In collaboration with the global training team, use feedback to understand where the successes and gaps are for trainees and for delivery.

• Work closely with the Customer Experience team once teachers are placed in the field to understand how successful training was at creating teachers who are successful once they are placed in the classroom.
• Work with the content team to continuously improve and adapt our global training content to deliver quality teachers for Kenyan.

• Drive Process and Systems Training Improvement

• Evaluate training and create a detailed report at the conclusion of each training in accordance with Bridge Teacher Training systems
• In collaboration with the global training team develop new systems and processes to continually improve quality and efficiency

What you should have

• A Bachelor’s degree
• 3-5 years of management experience, preferably experience managing both in person and virtually
• 5-10 years of adult training experience; primary teaching experience is a big plus
• Experience leading small to medium (50 – 400 participant) training experiences
• A track record of leading teams to achieve strong and measureable training impact
• Experience as a thought leader on teacher improvement and a passion for teaching, training, and coaching
• A fundamental belief that great teachers are “made” not born
• A strong sense of accountability to training results and responsibility to lead your team to achieve those results
• Exceptional organisation and project management skills
• Strong people management skills with experience managing a large team of professionals
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to manage and execute large-scale projects
• Comfort analysing data and effectively using data to inform decisions
• Flexibility and a strong work ethic with an ability to overcome obstacles
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

You’re also

• A detailed doer – You have a track record of getting things done. You’re organized and responsive. You take ownership of every idea you touch and execute it to a fine level of detail, setting targets, engaging others, and doing whatever it takes to get the job done. You can multi-task dozens of such projects at once and never lose sight of the details. Likely, you have some experience in a start-up or other rapid-growth company.
• A networking mastermind– You excel at meeting new people and turning them into advocates. You communicate in a clear, conscientious, and effective way in both written and oral speech. You can influence strangers in the course of a single conversation. Allies and colleagues will go to bat for your ideas.
• A creative problem-solver– Growing any business from scratch comes with massive and constant challenges. On top of that, Bridge works in volatile, low-resource communities and runs on fees averaging just $6 a month per pupil. You need to be flexible and ready to get everything done effectively, quickly, and affordably with the materials at hand. Every dollar you spend is a dollar our customers, who live on less than $2 a day, will have to pay for.
• A customer advocate– Our customers – these families living on less than $2 a day per person – never leave your mind. You know them, get them, have shared a meal with them (or would be happy to in the future). You would never shrink back from shaking a parent’s hand or picking up a crying child, no matter what the person was wearing or looked like. Every decision you make considers their customer benefit, experience, and value.
• A life-long learner – You believe you can always do better. You welcome constructive criticism and provide it freely to others. You know you only get better tomorrow when others point out where you’ve missed things or failed today