Information & Cultural Professional at Still I Rise

Location: Mathare, Nairobi, Kenya

Direct Supervisor: Head of Teaching and Learning

Contract: Internship with stipend, potentially leading to a longer term contract

Compensation: Dependent on Experience

Are books a lifelong passion you want to share with others?
Do you watch TV shows and movies from around the world?

Are you naturally curious about everything and feel the need to research?
Do you look forward to organising events and parties?
Do you like to keep a space beautiful and well designed?
Can you connect with teenagers and light up their passions too?

And do you want a job where you’re rewarded to be creative, energetic and fun?

If so, read on!

Still I Rise is an international NGO with a humanitarian mission to provide protection and quality education to refugee and underprivileged youth. Our flagship institution is our International School in Mathare, Nairobi. Here, we are passionately engaged in one of the world’s most ambitious, unique and exciting educational projects: to offer the very highest quality of schooling experience to some of the most disadvantaged children in East Africa.

We now seek an engaged and engaging person who combines energy, a love for a wide range of books and culture, and organisational skills. The role of Information and Cultural Professional at our school is completely unique so please read the range of responsibilities carefully.

If it sounds like your dream job, we can’t wait to receive your application!

RESPONSIBILITIES

INFORMATION LEADERSHIP

• Support students to research and organise content from online and offline sources.
• Supervise the usage of the public computers and help students develop basic ICT skills.
• Lead the school’s implementation of our Academic Integrity policy, including coaching anti-plagiarism and bibliographic skills.
• Join the whole Education team’s efforts to instil critical, creative and analytical thinking.

CULTURAL PROMOTION

• Spearhead programs to instil a love of reading and writing at our school (for instance, running a Reading Club, coordinating a poetry competition and internally publishing students’ writing efforts).
• Develop and lead activities which excite children about a variety of cultural forms: movies, drama, art, poetry, music, animation etc. 
• Put East African cultural expressions in the spotlight.
• Create themed sections of the school’s physical space to promote specific cultural topics (for instance, turning a corner of the library for a month into a celebration of Ethiopian poetry).
• Collaborate with our Head of External Affairs to organise cultural events for the local community.
• Collaborate with our Head of External Affairs to organise partnerships with libraries in Nairobi, in Kenya and abroad.

LIBRARY CURATION

• Provide advice and enthusiasm to get students reading ability-appropriate texts in the languages of operation at our school.
• Keep the library organised, accessible and attractive to all our students.
• Label, categorise and track books.
• Maintain and evolve the school’s procedures on borrowing and purchasing books and resources.
• Recommend new books and resources which our students will love.

REQUIREMENTS

• A very strong capacity for building organised spaces, processes and habits
• A visible love for all forms of learning
• An infectious passion for reading and culture
• A pride in the richness of East African and African cultural expressions
• Confidence and proficiency in ICT
• Experience in early childhood language teaching is considered an advantage