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: P1 Teacher
Department: Girls Leadership & Education
Location / Work station: Mathare
Reports to: Head Teacher
The teacher will be responsible for creating a flexible elementary grade program and a class environment favorable to learning and personal growth; this is aimed at ultimately developing strong, ethical, community-centered female leaders of tomorrow.
Key Responsibilities and Job Dimensions
• Teach: Mathematics, Science, Kiswahili / English to students in middle and upper primary.
• Develop lesson plans and instructional materials.
• Provide individualized and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each student.
• Create and use a variety of instruction strategies,
• Translate lesson plans into learning experiences.
• Establish and maintain standards of student behavior needed to achieve a functional learning atmosphere in the classroom.
• Evaluate students’ academic and social growth.
• Prepare progress reports and keep records.
• Communicate with parents on students’ progress.
• Interpret the school program.
• Coordinate with other professional staff members in assessing and helping students solve health, attitude, and learning problems.
• Create an effective environment for learning.
• Select and requisition books and instructional aids.
• Maintain required inventory records.
• Supervise students in out-of-classroom activities during the school day.
• Administer group standardized tests in accordance with school and national testing programs.
• Participate in curriculum development programs as required.
• Participate in faculty committees and the sponsorship of student activities.
Academic Qualifications
• P1 or Diploma in Education
Professional Qualifications
• Must be registered with Teachers Service Commission
Other requirements (unique/job specific)
• This is an entry-level position
Functional skills
• Articulating information
• Adopting practical approaches
• Providing insights
• Taking action
Behavioral Competencies/Attributes:
• Establishing rapport
• Valuing individuals
• Inviting feedback
• Understanding people