Bridge International Academies Senior Curriculum Specialist Job in Kenya

About Bridge International AcademiesBridge International Academies is a startup revolutionizing education across Africa with a truly unique business model. The company has launched a large-scale franchise-like network of ultralow-cost for-profit private Academies across Africa. Our Academies profitably deliver high quality education for less than $4 per child per month, enabling local school managers to operate their school businesses profitably, while creating a highly successful business at the central level.We now have 83 schools in Kenya, and plan to rapidly scale the company to serve more than 10 million students.Bridge International Academies is seeking a Senior Curriculum Specialist to design elements of our instructional program and drive results in upper primary Social Studies, Science and CRE. You will be responsible for developing and researching curricular materials including schemes of work, detailed lesson plans, direct instruction scripts, student exercises, and student assessments. You will manage a team of authors writing Science, Social Studies and CRE lessons as well as our KCPE preparation program.
You have excellent written communication in both English and Swahili. You are able to write in a natural voice and adapt your communication to varied audience including government officials and young children.You have at least 2 years management experience.You have strong computer and typing skills.You have experience working with children in a classroom environment.You function well in a fast-paced informal environment where constant change is the norm and the bar for quality is set high.You have demonstrated ability to drive change and innovate new policies, procedures and pedagogical approaches.You have significant experience preparing learners for the KCPE and are able to exactly communicate strategies for improving student performance. Ideally, you have managed a team of adults working on a KCPE preparation program.
Our team has a passionate belief that basic primary education is critical to the development of every child, family, community and nation. We aim give millions of children the opportunity to accomplish their dreams and we are looking for exceptionally talented people to join us in this effort.Only short listed candidates will be contacted