Job Description
Organizational Overview
SHOFCO combats gender inequality and extreme poverty in urban slums by linking tuition-free schools for girls to holistic social services for all. The SHOFCO model elevates girls while connecting community transformation to women’s empowerment. Our ecosystem of services enables everyone to reach their full potential. Our holistic services change communities today: we improve health, provide economic opportunity, work to end gender-based violence and create sanitation systems that offer dignity. Tomorrow, our girls will become next-generation leaders, disrupting the systems that hold poverty in place.
Position Overview
Job Title: French Teacher
Department: Girls Leadership & Education
Location / Work station: Kibera and Mathare
Reports to: Head Teacher
The teacher should demonstrate fluency in the French language and proficiency for teaching and must have a bachelor’s degree/diploma either in education or French and satisfy all teaching certification requirements.
Key Responsibilities and Job Dimensions
- Prepare and deliver French lessons to students of diverse age groups.
- Evaluate and grade students’ class work, assignments, and papers.
- Prepare course materials such as syllabi, homework assignments, and lesson notes.
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
- Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction.
- Maintain records of students’ assessment results, progress, feedback, or school performance,
- Provide private instruction to individual or small groups of students to improve academic performance, improve occupational skills, or prepare for academic or occupational tests.
- Research or recommend textbooks, software, equipment, or other learning materials to complement lessons.
- Participate in training and development sessions to improve teaching practices or learn new teaching techniques.
- Organize teaching environment to promote productivity and learning.
Academic Qualifications
- P1 or Diploma in Education or French language
- Professional Qualifications
- Professional qualification in French language
Other requirements (unique/job specific)
- This is an entry-level position
- Preference to lower school experienced lady teachers
Functional skills
- Must possess good leadership skills
- Good command of English and French, eloquent and must have good interpersonal skill.
- Coordination skill
- Time management
- Creative, interactive, and engaging in teaching methods
- Familiarity with school administrative tasks and learning methods
- Great communication and organizational skills
- Cool-tempered and positive attitude
- Create interactive French classroom sessions.