2 Job Positions at Kepler College: (Deadline 6 April 2024)
Iteme Fellow at Kepler College: (Deadline 6 April 2024)
Iteme Fellow
Humanitarian · Kigali, Kigali City
About Kepler
Since Kepler’s launch in 2013, we are building a model of accessible and quality higher education. We provide a different kind of education – one that combines in-person, online and on-the-job learning in service of a singular goal: decent jobs for young Africans. And we have been successful, with more than 90% of scholars employed within six months of graduating. Kepler, through a partnership with Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU), has enrolled more than 1,000 students across our campuses in Kigali and the Kiziba refugee camp in Western Rwanda.
In 2018, Kepler introduced a preparatory program called Iteme to prepare secondary school graduates from refugee and vulnerable host communities for access and success in higher education. Since 2018, Iteme has prepared 1,171 secondary school graduates across 6 refugee sites in Rwanda and in Kigali, with approximately 65% of them successfully transitioning to tertiary education in Rwanda and abroad, and others to employment opportunities.
In 2022, we piloted an Iteme+ program with entrepreneurship pathways that target Iteme graduates who wish to create or already have their businesses.
Position Description
Kepler is hiring an Iteme+ fellow to work with the entrepreneurship facilitator in Rwanda. This is a 6 months contract that will support the design, facilitation, and evaluation of Iteme+ classes
Iteme+ fellow will collaborate with the Entrepreneurship Facilitator to manage the Iteme+ Program’s entrepreneurial class, which will serve 20-25 participants. Alongside the facilitator, the Iteme+ fellow’s main duties include co-teaching, monitoring attendance, helping with class delivery, preparing and organizing course materials, leading student office hours, following up with students regularly, providing individualized business consultations, making sure fieldwork is adequately supported for students and more.
Key Responsibilities:
- Co-teach entrepreneurship classes with the facilitator.
- Ensure accurate reporting, keep track of and record class attendance.
- Prepare and arrange the materials needed for each class session.
- Prepare students for office hours and collaborate with the facilitator to provide more assistance.
- Conduct regular student follow-ups to monitor progress and offer feedback.
- Provide one-on-one business consultations to students as needed.
- Ensure that students’ field activities are adequately supported with relevant resources.
- Help to organize guest speaker sessions, workshops, and networking activities.
- Improve your teaching abilities, and learn from the facilitator’s best practices
Qualifications and eligibility
- Track record of achievement in business growth, entrepreneurship, or related fields.
- Excellent presentation and communication abilities.
- Demonstrated capacity for productive teamwork.
- Proficient in time management and organizing.
- Understand Rwanda’s local entrepreneurial environment.
- Previous teaching or mentoring experience is a bonus.
- Ability to communicate in Kinyarwanda and fluent in English
- Excellent with using Google Products(creating and uploading files and folders, sharing files folders, google forms, etc.)
Application Link: Click here
Deadline: Interested candidates should apply by April 6, 2024.
Iteme+ Entrepreneurship Facilitator at Kepler College: (Deadline 6 April 2024)
Iteme+ Entrepreneurship Facilitator
Humanitarian · Kigali, Kigali City
About Kepler
Since Kepler’s launch in 2013, we are building a model of accessible and quality higher education. We provide a different kind of education – one that combines in-person, online and on-the-job learning in service of a singular goal: decent jobs for young Africans. And we have been successful, with more than 90% of scholars employed within six months of graduating. Kepler, through a partnership with Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU), has enrolled more than 1,000 students across our campuses in Kigali and the Kiziba refugee camp in Western Rwanda.
In 2018, Kepler introduced a preparatory program called Iteme to prepare secondary school graduates from refugee and vulnerable host communities for access and success in higher education. Since 2018, Iteme has prepared 1,171 secondary school graduates across 6 refugee sites in Rwanda and in Kigali, with approximately 65% of them successfully transitioning to tertiary education in Rwanda and abroad, and others to employment opportunities.
In 2022, we piloted an Iteme+ program with entrepreneurship pathways that target Iteme graduates who wish to create or already have their businesses.
Position Description
Kepler is hiring an Iteme+ entrepreneurship facilitator in Rwanda. This is a 4 months contract that will support the design, facilitation, and evaluation of Iteme+ classes
The entrepreneurship facilitator will be responsible for leading entrepreneurship readiness classes for small classes in our Iteme+ program, which focuses on entrepreneurship, and training fellows on conducting entrepreneurship classes. The program is 4 months: One month for developing the content, 2 months for class, One month for reporting, and one one-on-one check-in with refugee youth and economically vulnerable Rwandans who have completed Iteme+ but have been unable to start meaningful income-generating opportunities.
The program will have approximately 15 – 25 participants. The facilitator will spend approximately 30 hours a week.
Position Details
- Fixed-term contract of 4 months
- Approximately 30 hours per week
- Proposed April 1st start date
Responsibilities and deliverables
- Facilitate Iteme+ classes and do one on one check-ins with students
- Create learning content in collaboration with the Kepler entrepreneurship manager
- Collaborate with Iteme+ fellow to ensure consistency and quality of programming
- Review participant work products and businesses and provide timely, thoughtful feedback
- Train Iteme+ fellow on how to deliver the entrepreneurship classes and provide feedback on their teaching
- Implement the evaluation method and provide feedback to improve the program
- Innovate new ways of supporting Iteme+ students, including engaging relevant community members
- Review existing materials and create updated curriculum/ training materials to meet the objectives of the program
- Collect and organize data effectively
- Run the program in- person if needed: Provide adequate support to participants, making sure that resources are easily accessible
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications and eligibility
- Direct experience as an entrepreneur/small business owner
- Experience working on product development and sales
- Knowledgeable about the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Rwanda, relevant policies and laws, opportunities for mentorship, continued learning, and funding sources
- Teaching experience preferred, desire to teach in an interactive/ student – centered environment required
- Experience in creating entrepreneurship learning content
- Ability to work under pressure and tackle challenges independently
- Exceeds at building and maintaining relationships, online and off
- Open and willing to give and receive feedback from all stakeholders within the organization including students, colleagues and supervisors
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
- Possesses functional knowledge and/or personal experience with technology: Microsoft Suite, Google Drive, Google Chrome
- Must speak, read, and write in English and must Kinyarwanda
Application Link: Click here
Deadline: Interested candidates should apply by April 6, 2024.
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