Technical Mentor at Workforce Africa

About the job
Responsibilities

• Carry out all TM responsibilities within the classroom
• Facilitate daily standups, laboratory classes
• Lead classroom team to identify, compare, select, and support in implementation 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

Key Competencies

• Can creatively solve tough problems, and have strong critical thinking abilities.
• Demonstrates ownership and proactively takes initiative to solve problems and help others
• Have deep self- and situational awareness.
• Exhibit enthusiasm for growth or show great technical skill.

Qualifications

• Degree/Diploma in Computer Science or related course.
• 3 years of professional work experience.
• Excellent reviews in the past appraisal (Minimum of a performer).
• Previous work experience in an educational institution is an added advantage.
• Ruby/Python/Javascript framework / Java mandatory work experience (software development).
• Python/R mandatory work experience (data science).
• Ability to work with and mentor both students and fellow technical mentors.
• Ability to lead, guide and manage a team with minimal support.