Latest Recruitment at Dignitas Project

Job Description

The Leadership Coach is responsible for improving teaching and learning across his/her portfolio of schools by strengthening the ability of school leaders to build the trust, systems, and collaborative leadership capacity necessary for all learners to thrive. The Leadership Coach is charged with facilitating change in schools by supporting leaders so that they can model excellence in effective pedagogy and teacher development. The Leadership Coach is responsible for fostering the ethical and effective leadership both in individual school leaders and leadership teams. These goals will be achieved through modeling, co-planning, providing feedback, and facilitating reflective conversations with school leaders. The Leadership Coach will also be appointed additional key responsibilities, such as supervising colleagues or leading the implementation of Dignitas’ partner programs, as per the direction of the Project Director. The Leadership Coach will report to the Project Director.

Roles and Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Oversee coaching of school leaders enrolled in the cohort.
  • Demonstrate strong working knowledge of project curriculum and relevant principles
  • Observe instruction, staff meetings, and peer observation debriefs and facilitate reflective feedback sessions at school sites to support learning-centered leadership.
  • Support the development of tools and resources in instructional delivery, pedagogy, and classroom management for school leaders.
  • Co-plan staff meeting and professional development sessions to be led by school leaders for their schools.
  • Support school leaders to create teacher work groups to encourage learning, work analysis, observation, and practice refinement.
  • Based on learnings from professional development sessions, guide school leaders in their creation of systems for school finances, classroom lessons, staff meetings, and observations.
  • Continuously measure, document, reflect upon, and adjust professional learning opportunities.
  • Collect and analyze school data to inform coaching support.
• Facilitate (plan and deliver content) for Leadership Institutes, Professional Development Workshops.
  • Ensure any new content is stored for future organizational use, along with relevant resources and presentation materials.
  • While you are not in charge of leading any sessions, you should be available to facilitate small groups and support the facilitators.
• Support Project Team in successful delivery of training and coaching across the cohort
  • Identify and communicate project development needs
  • Ensure full utilization of available digital tools to drive efficiency and effectiveness of training, coaching, MEL and other program objectives.
  • Contribute to organizational external communications by regularly sharing blog posts, articles and other stories of interest.

Candidate Profile Qualifications:

• Diploma or Degree in education, teaching or related fields
• At least 4 (four) years of overall professional experience
• Prior education, nonprofit, or social sector experience ideal
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience and proclivity to be an outgoing spokesperson, and relationship builder Key skills, mindsets, and knowledge to be successful in the role include:
• Belief that all students can achieve at the highest levels
• Conviction that all school leaders can develop and grow, and dramatically improve learning outcomes of their schools
• Self-awareness, integrity, and empathy GSL and Dignitas’ work environment requires:
• Ability to thrive in a start-up, fast-paced, highly collaborative work environment
• Willingness and ability to give and receive tough feedback
• Dedication to results-orientation

Candidate Profile Qualifications:

• Diploma or Degree in education, teaching or related fields
• At least 4 (four) years of overall professional experience
• Prior education, nonprofit, or social sector experience ideal
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience and proclivity to be an outgoing spokesperson, and relationship builder Key skills, mindsets, and knowledge to be successful in the role include:
• Belief that all students can achieve at the highest levels
• Conviction that all school leaders can develop and grow, and dramatically improve learning outcomes of their schools
• Self-awareness, integrity, and empathy GSL and Dignitas’ work environment requires:
• Ability to thrive in a start-up, fast-paced, highly collaborative work environment
• Willingness and ability to give and receive tough feedback
• Dedication to results-orientation

Work Location and Remuneration

The candidate will be based in Nairobi but must have the ability to travel to various parts of Kenya as required. There may potentially be some international travel involved and the candidate must have the ability to do so. Salary is commensurate with experience and competitive with the non-profit education sector in Kenya.

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Job Description

We are looking for an entrepreneurial individual to serve as Project Director in Kenya. The Project Director will lead the creation and implementation of the project that will deliver continuous professional development projects for heads of schools. She/he will be responsible for developing programmatic and funding partnerships that enable the future growth of the project.

The Project Director will report to the Executive Director of Dignitas and the Co-Founder of Global School Leaders.

Roles and Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Coordinate Project Activities
  • Create project calendar and ensure timely implementation of all activities, with appropriate risk management
  • Coordinate communication between GSL, Dignitas and AET
  • Coordinate Curriculum design with Dignitas and GSL academic teams
  • Coordinate design and implementation of MEL plan with Dignitas, GSL and AET teams
  • Manage Project Advisory Board
  • Manage Project staff
• Lead Policy-related Activities
  • Develop and maintain necessary partnerships with national and county entities, including Ministry of Education and Teachers Service Commission
  • Secure all necessary permissions for work with head teachers
  • Recruit and maintain working group of organizations with an interest in school leadership
  • Research and author white paper(s) on various aspects of school leadership in Kenya
• Manage Fundraising and Financial Processes
  • Identify growth opportunities for the project with funders and other NGO partners
  • Work with Dignitas and GSL to identify additional funding commitments for the project and create a sustainable funding base for the growth of the project.
  • Document project activities, including preparation and presentation of reports to key stakeholders including donors, board, etc.
  • Formulate and execute comprehensive marketing and branding plans to ensure external support and internal clarity for the organization.
  • Oversee the financial status of the project including monitoring the budget and ensuring sound financial controls are in place.

Candidate Profile

Qualifications:

• Masters’ degree in education, policy or related fields
• At least 8 (eight) years of overall professional experience
• Prior education, nonprofit, or social sector experience ideal
• Experience leading a team
• Excellent coalition building skills with an ability to communicate and work effectively with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
• Outstanding writing, presentation and communication skills
• Experience and proclivity to be an outgoing spokesperson, relationship builder, and fundraiser Key skills, mindsets, and knowledge to be successful in the role include:
• Belief that all students can achieve at the highest levels
• Conviction that all school leaders can develop and grow, and dramatically improve learning outcomes of their schools
• Self-awareness, integrity, and empathy GSL and Dignitas’ work environment requires:
• Ability to thrive in a start-up, fast-paced, highly collaborative work environment
• Willingness and ability to give and receive tough feedback
• Dedication to results-orientation

Work Location and Remuneration

The candidate will be based in Nairobi but must have the ability to travel to various parts of Kenya as required. There may potentially be some international travel involved and the candidate must have the ability to do so. Salary is commensurate with experience and competitive with the non-profit education sector in Kenya.