Job Openings at Nova Pioneer

ABOUT THE ROLE

Key responsibilities for the role include: 

• Teach and deliver exceptional, real world, enquiry-based Physics/ Mathematics lessons that align with the Kenya curriculum requirements.
• Maintain positive, constructive and professional relationships with students, their families and colleagues. 
• Develop lessons plans and partner with the Learning Design Team in reviewing and updating lessons when required/ desired.
• Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning, is developmentally appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students and maintain an organized and focused learning environment.
• Infuse joy and passion for learning in lessons  so that students are excited  and interested in their academic excellence.  
• Provide necessary accommodations and modifications for the growth and success of all students both in academic and culture expectations.
• Be accountable for students’ mastery of content and academic standards.
• Integrate interactive technology into lessons to enhance instructional delivery.
• Set and communicate rigorous and ambitious goals for all students and provide effective student feedback so they internalize them.
• Provide consistent rewards and/or consequences for student behavior and model expected behaviour at all times for students to emulate
• Consistently meet the ambitious goals of a rapidly-growing organization
• Serve as teacher on duty and/or boarding teacher on duty and support school wide programs aimed at behavior interventions.
• Timely capture of students data on academic outcomes and articulation of students progress to NP families and other stakeholders when called upon to do so.
• Serve as a home room teacher when called upon to do so.

ABOUT YOU

Skills and Qualifications required:

• TSC certification and a relevant Degree in Education.
• Strictly 3+years teaching experience in Physics/ Mathematics.
• You are a great communicator. You are able to provide clear and effective written and verbal communication.
• You are flexible and open to change - you handle uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity well.
• You are a problem solver - you are proactive in identifying issues and address these thoroughly by making an effort to find appropriate solutions.
• You are excited about our organizational culture—and in particular, you are fired up to challenge yourself by embracing mutual vulnerability and a firehose of feedback.

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ABOUT THE ROLE

Key responsibilities for the role include:

Collections & Customer engagement

• Play a key role as a member of the collections team to ensure collections targets are met
• Primary responsibility is the collection of an outstanding debt within agreed deadlines
• Support weekly communication strategies (emails, calls, etc.) to manage and assist in collecting delinquent debtors
• Ensure customer queries are responded to within agreed timelines
• Ensure records of customer interactions, comments, complaints and transactions are maintained

Stakeholder engagement

• Family engagement - Communication
  • Maintain a positive, empathetic and professional attitude towards parents at all times.
• School Leaders and School Teams
  • Ensure that school leaders for campus(es) you are responsible for are updated on their campus specific fee collection rates.
  • Ensure risk areas are brought to the attention of the school leader and remedies actively discussed and implemented in partnership
  • Ensure gating is conducted in a family centric manner and on time.

Business control environment 

• Implement internal controls across areas of responsibility to ensure accuracy and timely delivery of responsibilities
• Ensure timely and accurate update of dashboards and trackers as required for business decision making.

General

• Contribute to the ongoing improvement of Nova Pioneer by suggesting and implementing measures that increase productivity, reduce costs and raise customer service levels
• Maintain an effective and productive working relationship with the Finance team and contribute to activities to improve interaction and collaboration with the Finance team 
• Achieve and maintain proficiency with the system and tools required to perform duties 
• Other duties as assigned by the Global Collections Manager, which may include (but not limited to) assisting with billings during peak times.

ABOUT YOU

Skills, Experience & Qualifications required:

• A Bachelor’s Degree (in Business preferred)
• CPA (K) or Finalist or it's equivalent (ACCA, CA etc) is an added advantage
• A minimum of 1-2 years of working experience. 
• Experience in a startup or in a company that gives you significant autonomy and responsibility 
• Have strong project management skills: able to juggle multiple tasks and meet deadlines and targets.
• Results-driven: goal-oriented, moves fast and takes ownership of work.
• Eager to learn and accepts feedback as a positive step to professional growth.
• Excitement about our organizational culture—and in particular, be fired up to challenge yourself by embracing mutual vulnerability and a firehose of feedback.
•  Ability to treat all confidential information with the utmost professionalism.

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ABOUT THE ROLE

Key responsibilities for the role include:

• Teaching the subject of specialization i.e. Math / Physical Education.
• Maintain positive, constructive and professional relationships with students, their families and colleagues. 
• Develop lessons plans and partner with the Learning Design Team in reviewing and updating lessons when required/ desired.
• Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning, is developmentally appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students and maintain an organized and focused learning environment.
• Infuse joy and passion for learning in lessons  so that students are excited  and interested in their academic excellence.  
• Provide necessary accommodations and modifications for the growth and success of all students, both in academic and culture expectations.
• Be accountable for students’ mastery of  content and academic standards.
• Integrate interactive technology into lessons to enhance instructional delivery.
• Set and communicate rigorous and ambitious goals for all students and provide effective student feedback so they internalize them.
• Provide consistent rewards and/or consequences for student behavior and model expected behaviour at all times for students to emulate
• Consistently meet the ambitious goals of a rapidly-growing organization
• Serve as teacher on duty and/or boarding teacher on duty and support school wide programs aimed at behavior interventions.
• Timely capture of students data on academic outcomes and articulation of students progress to NP families and other stakeholders when called upon to do so. 
• Support clubs, societies and other core-curricular enrichments at the school aimed at building all rounded students.
• Serve as a home room teacher when called upon to do so.

ABOUT YOU

Skills and Qualifications required:

• You have a TSC certificate
• A Diploma/ Bachelor’s degree in Education to teach  Math / PE or Coaching Certifications
• You have 1-3 years of distinctive experience in teaching  Math / PE.
• You have good working skills with technology such as Word, Powerpoint and Excel
• You are a great communicator. You are able to provide clear and effective written and verbal communication.
• You are flexible and open to change - you handle uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity well.
• You are a problem solver - you are proactive in identifying issues and address these thoroughly by making an effort to find appropriate solutions.
• You are excited about our organizational culture—and in particular, you are fired up to challenge yourself by embracing mutual vulnerability and a firehose of feedback.
• You have a desire to further develop your leadership skills and apply them to transform the lives of African youth.

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ABOUT THE ROLE

Key responsibilities for the role include: 

• Teaching the subject of specialization i.e. Computer Studies.
• Maintain positive, constructive and professional relationships with students, their families and colleagues. 
• Develop lessons plans and partner and update lessons when required/ desired.
• Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning, is developmentally appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students and maintain an organized and focused learning environment.
• Infuse joy and passion for learning in lessons  so that students are excited  and interested in their academic excellence.  
• Provide necessary accommodations and modifications for the growth and success of all students, both in academic and culture expectations.
• Be accountable for students’ mastery of  content and academic standards.
• Integrate interactive technology into lessons to enhance instructional delivery.
• Set and communicate rigorous and ambitious goals for all students and provide effective student feedback so they internalize them.
• Provide consistent rewards and/or consequences for student behavior and model expected behaviour at all times for students to emulate
• Consistently meet the ambitious goals of a rapidly-growing organization
• Serve as teacher on duty and/or boarding teacher on duty and support school wide programs aimed at behavior interventions.
• Timely capture of students data on academic outcomes and articulation of students progress to NP families and other stakeholders when called upon to do so. 
• Support clubs, societies and other core-curricular enrichments at the school aimed at building all rounded students.
• Serve as a home room teacher when called upon to do so.

ABOUT YOU

Skills and Qualifications required:

• You have a TSC certificate
• A Diploma/ Bachelor’s degree in Education to teach Computer Studies.
• You have 1-2  years of teaching experience.
• You have good working skills with technology such as Word, Powerpoint and Excel
• You are a great communicator. You are able to provide clear and effective written and verbal communication.
• You are flexible and open to change - you handle uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity well.
• You are a problem solver - you are proactive in identifying issues and address these thoroughly by making an effort to find appropriate solutions.
• You are excited about our organizational culture—and in particular, you are fired up to challenge yourself by embracing mutual vulnerability and a firehose of feedback.
• You have a desire to further develop your leadership skills and apply them to transform the lives of African youth.