Coach

Anticipated start: As soon as possible

Location:  Kigali, Rwanda

Instill’s mission is to transform teaching, learning and leadership in every classroom on the African continent. We believe that the greatest levers for change in the education system are teachers and school leaders. We have recently been accredited as a higher education institution in South Africa, and seek to build a team that will change the face of teacher education across the continent. We’re looking for a Programme Coach to join our small and growing team to ensure the success of our first

What makes you a great candidate?

You are an ambitious, entrepreneurial, collaborative, and results-oriented person with a deep passion for educational equity. You are excited by the disruptive opportunities that combining education with technology presents. You want to work in a fast-paced business environment and grow with a young organisation that seeks to change the face of education across the African continent. You are excited by the challenge of immersing yourself in new contexts and tackling complex problems that will bring you at the intersection of ed-tech, government relations, and impact investment. You are a leader who is not afraid of failure and are driven to improve through robust, data-driven decision making and feedback. You build incredible relationships with stakeholders.

When evaluating your candidacy, we’ll look for the following:

• Experience supporting and coaching teachers in high-needs communities
• Experience and ability to design and deliver sessions for adult learners in an
• engaging manner
• Ability to work efficiently and intensely in an entrepreneurial environment
• Familiarity with instructional leadership practices, such as teacher observation and coaching, leading data analysis with teachers, leading school culture, and/or leading continuous professional development sessions for teachers
• You have demonstrated a commitment to anti-racism, equity, and inclusion

What does the role entail?

As a Programme Coach, you will be reporting to the Lead Coach and you will be working within Instill Education’s Academic Team responsible for the professional development of district and sector education officers taking part in Instill programming in Rwanda.  The coach’s role includes making contributions to the design of programme sessions, providing on-programme coaching and support and assessing programme participant’s performance and related outputs.

Specifically, you will:

• Manage a caseload of sector education officers to support them in creating a culture of data driven decision making, school culture, and lower primary literacy and numeracy development at the sector level
• Coordinate and communicate with other coaches to reflect on cohort successes, challenges and how to respond as a programme
• Connect with participants to maintain regular, frequent communication via phone, text/Whatsapp, and/or email
• Serve as the first responder and primary contact for participant questions regarding technique implementation and integration into current school systems, filtering questions and problems up to the Lead Coach as necessary
• Observe, grade and provide quality feedback to programme participants on coursework and assessments (e.g. video submissions of leaders implementing key practices)
• Synthesise performance data, track cohort progress on implementation metrics and identify gaps in participant understanding and/or implementation
• Collaborate on session design, providing a first audience for feedback and iteration of session content
• Help to develop the culture of the cohorts as one of community, support, resilience, and a commitment to improving teaching and learning
• Perform other related duties as required and assigned

Selection Criteria:

• A teaching qualification i.e. BEd
• At least 5 years (classroom) teaching experience with an additional 3 years (minimum) in a leadership role as a principal, deputy principal, HOD or equivalent role
• Experience supporting and coaching teachers in high-needs communities
• Familiarity with instructional leadership practices, such as teacher observation and coaching, leading data analysis with teachers, leading school culture, and/or leading continuous professional development sessions for teachers
• You have the ability to co-facilitate teacher-training sessions and coach leadership teams
• You are highly adaptable, with strong critical thinking, planning and execution skills
• You are an outstanding written and oral communicator
• Commitment to excellence in the provision of service to students

Do our values resonate with yours?

We measure the impact of everything we do. We believe that education equity is a central pillar of achieving social justice. We pursue excellence in everything that we do. We have the courage to make bold decisions and learn from our mistakes. We build community by being accountable for our actions, fostering collaborative environments, and acting with integrity and humility. We believe that diversity is central to our success.

Submission requirements

Through our applications portal, upload your most recent CV (no more than 2 pages please!) and answer the questions related to the specific role. Questions are compulsory and should be answered as fully as possible. Unanswered questions will result in your application being rejected. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and we will hire only when we find the right candidate.