Founded in April 2014, Moringa School plays a crucial role in developing and nurturing highly potential individuals who are passionate about technology and want to take a lead role in mobile and web development through equipping them with life long skills. Through our top quality teachers, to our intensive curriculum we are creating world-class developers i...
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Head of Curriculum (Senior Engineer)
- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND
- Experience5 years
- LocationNairobi
- Job FieldICT / Computer 
Lead Curriculum Development & Assessment Strategy
- Plan, review and implement Moringa’s technical curriculum in line with industry best practice
- Develop an end-to-end curriculum review process with all relevant stakeholders to maintain quality and effectiveness
- Lead implementation of standards-based grading, designed to ensure that grades are closely aligned with mastery of learning targets
- Designing robust projects and assessments strategies that accurately measure learner progress and course effectiveness.
- Plan, review and implement technical mock interviews for both instructors and students
- Manage curriculum/content quality assurance
- Support scoping & needs assessment and delivery process for our corporate training programs
Maintain Curriculum Relevance and Best-practice
- Ensure the performance of all new and existing content is reviewed, and issues and improvements are resolved promptly
- Collaborate with industry and education field to deliver a quality curriculum/content
- Develop & maintain policies and procedures related to curriculum guidelines and standards
- Collaborate with classroom on instructional strategies, lesson planning, effective classroom management/delivery, troubleshooting, assessments and giving/receiving/actioning feedback
- Observe in-class instruction, analyze test data, assess education standards, recommend best practice instructional techniques
Team Management
- Lead recruitment of specialist curriculum engineers
- Supervise and mentor the curriculum team including setting performance objectives, and establishing a supportive environment while emphasizing accountability
- Ensure the consistent performance and development of curriculum engineers
WHO YOU ARE
- An experienced software engineer with a desire to learn and remain on the bleeding edge of the field
- An educator who can recall when they were a beginner in the field, and use that to determine best how to teach beginner-level students
- A creative problem solver who can cooperate with peers to solve challenges and seek new opportunities for Moringa technical programs
- A great verbal and nonverbal communicator; you listen to understand then respond
- A knowledge base; you teach, guide and mentor the students
- Self-aware; you are in tune with your feelings and emotions and understand how they impact other people
WHAT YOU HAVE
- 5+ years working experience in technical software development roles
- Led the development of enterprise products in use in the market
- 3+ years experience in technical educational content curation and implementation
- Demonstrated experience with Java (Android), Python (Flask & Django), Dev Ops
- Nice to have experience in Data Science, Cloud, UX/UI
- A degree in Computer Science/Software or any other relevant degree
Method of Application Interested and qualified? Go to Moringa School on docs.google.com to apply
